05-09-2020, 06:11 PM
(05-09-2020, 02:28 AM)fishnotphish Wrote: Beautiful weather this morning at Strawberry. You know that any post that mentions the weather first isn’t going to contain an impressive fishing report. Despite the nice weather this morning, the fishing out of the marina was very slow for me. I could see fish all through the water column but despite my efforts I couldn’t get them very interested in what I was offering.
I kind of expected slow fishing this early in the season based on Robert’s report earlier this week. If he’s not catching Kokanee it’s doubtful anyone is.
The docks aren’t in and the restrooms and pay station aren’t open but there were still a lot of boats today. Some inconsiderate fella backed his pontoon down into the water when I got there and he just left his truck there all day...trailer submerged, blocking a space on the ramp, while he was out on the water. It was still there when I left.
Four of us on my boat found some 50 degree water and ended up with 5 kokanee and 2 rainbows sized for eating out of 24 for the day. Fishing really picked up at 11:30 when it warmed up and stayed good until the wind came up and we left.
The kokanee were 16-18" and hit best when the water warmed up between 11:30 and 1:30. They were 0-30 feeet, many of them came on planer boards. Bright oranges and pink squids were the ticket but the biggest one came on a very reflective crankbait pulled on the planer boards.