06-10-2019, 08:24 PM
In the name of science I kept detailed notes of today. I landed 27 kokanee and 0 trout. I had 16 fish get off that I could feel, with only one of those getting off at the boat despite me being by myself. The stat I didn’t keep track off were bites I had that never “stuck”. It didn’t seem like a worthwhile statistic in the morning but I know between my 26th and 27th fish I had 7 bites that didn’t stick. I also know that at one point I had 24 kokes boated and only 11 that had got off. So as it got later in the day and they stopped hitting it as aggressively, I definitely struggled to put as many in the net. Started fishing at 6:30 and stopped at 12:30.
With all that said, I’ll give myself a 63% landing percentage.
I know that some folks like to keep the first 3 fish they catch, some keep the first 3 decent fish. I keep the bleeders, especially this early in the year where they release a lot better. I did catch two kokanee that had been caught before.
Surface temp was 60.3 degrees when I left. 54 and change when I started this morning.
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With all that said, I’ll give myself a 63% landing percentage.
I know that some folks like to keep the first 3 fish they catch, some keep the first 3 decent fish. I keep the bleeders, especially this early in the year where they release a lot better. I did catch two kokanee that had been caught before.
Surface temp was 60.3 degrees when I left. 54 and change when I started this morning.
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