02-03-2010, 05:35 PM
Hi Burt,
Balfour, where we stay, is 4 hours north of Coeur d'Alene, plus a 30 minute (free) ferry across the lake. They fish it two ways: if there is any chop on the lake, they use side planers--I use the Sidewinders, which are on-line, and very cheap-- out about 100 feet, and back 200, with a streamer fly. They also go down on downriggers with either a plug, or a flasher/hoochie combo. There are both dollies, as they still call them, and rainbow, or gerrards. Both run into the high teens frequently and sometimes even in the 20's, as seen in the pic. Yes, I used to fish Pend Oreille, but it just isn't worth it any more. Kootenay is what Pend Oreille once was. Mike
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Balfour, where we stay, is 4 hours north of Coeur d'Alene, plus a 30 minute (free) ferry across the lake. They fish it two ways: if there is any chop on the lake, they use side planers--I use the Sidewinders, which are on-line, and very cheap-- out about 100 feet, and back 200, with a streamer fly. They also go down on downriggers with either a plug, or a flasher/hoochie combo. There are both dollies, as they still call them, and rainbow, or gerrards. Both run into the high teens frequently and sometimes even in the 20's, as seen in the pic. Yes, I used to fish Pend Oreille, but it just isn't worth it any more. Kootenay is what Pend Oreille once was. Mike
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