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My wife and I decided to bring our 6 month old baby girl out in the boat for the first time on Wednesday.

We headed back up to Cascade. I was the only one fishing as my wife just enjoys relaxing in the boat. Our daughter really seemed to love being out there! []

We got there about 9 am and decided to fish for just the morning as we didnt want the baby in the sun very long.

I perch fished again for the first couple hours. I kept about 20 perch with the largest 14.5".

At around 11 am, I decided to troll our way back to the ramp. In the 40 minutes or so that I did, I caught some nice fish. The first and 2nd fished were a 22" Coho and a 20" Rainbow. We also caught some other nice rainbows in the 16-18 inch range. I was using walleye trolling gear. 10' rods, Daiwa lincounters, and leadcore. The hot bait was a #5 Shad Rap in "Hot Clown" which is a Mills Fleet Farm exclusive color. Awesome pattern.






Andy
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All I can say is WOW!

If you ever need help holding the boat down, let me know....[]
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Good Job That is a good day. Have you tried any of the COHO does it have a good flavor? How deep are you catching them?
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way too go SD, the wife and I and the kids need too get up there one of these days with you and your fam., I have been going from fishing too hunting/scouting mode right now, but I may be able too fit in a quick trip if your willing, [cool]
Matt
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[quote nativefisherman]Good Job That is a good day. Have you tried any of the COHO does it have a good flavor? How deep are you catching them?[/quote]

The coho in Cascade are great eating IMO. I'm not huge on the trout but my aunt here in Boise just loves them.

I ran my cranks about 20' down over 35-40' of water. My HDS was showing the highest concentration of fish in that 15-25' zone. I ran about 2.5 mph and like I said, a #5 Hot Clown Shad Rap was the hot hot bait.


Andy
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You guys are more than welcome in my boat anytime you want to go. I've been trying to meet more people that fish out here and it's been tough to find those that are as crazy about it as myself.

Like I said, open invitation []

Tight lines boys...
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I'd really like to get with you. D-S is a good friend of mine also. Unfortunately, I'm going to be in the same boat (read as situation []) as D-S. Hunting season is fast approaching and I'm running out of time. I may be able to go the 3rd weekend in July to the second weekend in August some time, but after that, I'm out until around November.

Are you up for some ice fishing? D-S and I are pretty hard-core into ice fishing if you are up for that.

Hope to hook up with you soon (pun intended).
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Nice job -SD Look's like you had a great time!!! Those are some nice fish, I agree I'm not to big on eating the Rainbows either. But they sure are fun to catch, At least at Cascade.

Fish - On
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The problem I've had with catching the rainbows while trolling is that it's hard for me to get them to swim away. I'll handle them with care while unhooking them but trying to get one to swim away seems tough. It most likely them being just worn out from the fight.

Anyone else have this problem?
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Thank you for the info on how to get a little closer to getting one of those COHO. I would like to join you some day how often do you go up to cascade to fish i would help pay for gas and what not. I live in boise do you? Do you eat the perch or use for cute bait?
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Had the same problem, I found that if you never boat them (Except for a quick pic) They will do better and recover faster and swim away. Boat them and they will croak on you then you are stuck bringing them home because you feel guilty.
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Thats exactly the issue.

I'll have to try just leaving them in the lake and using a pliers to shake the hooks free.
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It works trust me... Another way is to leave them in the net, Just unhook without bringing them out of the water, and let them recover in the net then be on there merry way.
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Agree that if you do not intend on keeping them, crimp your barbs and try not to take them out of the water.

Cascade has extremely warm surface temperatures and fish CPR takes patience.

Do not squeze the fish while handling (try to avoid handling out of the water all together) .

If you must, hold the fish by the tail, with a firm grip but not to the point of squeezing. Submerge in the water. Move the fish back and forth, head to tail. While pulling back on the fish, make sure you are pulling back long enough for the gills to open and water flows through them...hence make sure you are going forward an appropriate amount of distance because it is the backward pull that revives the fish.

Back and forth, constantly, and this may take several minutes.

Do not let the fish go until it clearly has regained it's strength and has the power to literally swim out of the grip you have on it's tail.

In a river, this process goes much faster and expecially where there is current. In a lake, be patient. I have taken as long as 5 to 10 minutes to revive a fish. It's worth it!

In these warmer temps, it is almost better to use heavier gear, and horse them in quickly versus making them fight to the death, especially if you plan on not keeping the trout.
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Nice job Andy. Love the Bronco gear.
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