07-19-2010, 03:36 AM
Got back yesterday from a four day canoe trip to Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone. Steelfisher and I were the trip leaders for 14 scouts and 6 leaders spread out between three different camps. Needless to say I had a wonderful time, but I am glad it is over and everyone is home safe.
Not all the scouts wanted to fish but everyone who got a license caught a least one fish. I felt like the fishing was a little tougher than last year because I never could find a really large group of fish it was just one here and one there with the exception of one large school of lakers that I found in shallow, but they were very spooky.
We used lead free jig heads on white tube jigs, as well as spinners and wobblers. The jigs worked out deeper and the spinners for the more shallow fish. One of the leaders figured out a way to take cheap steel barrel sinkers and tie them to a Matzuo hook and then insert them into the tube. That seemed to work best for a cheap non-lead solution.
Attached are a few pictures of the scouts and their fish. As far as canoe trips go. Shoshone lake is one of the best in the area.
Windriver
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Not all the scouts wanted to fish but everyone who got a license caught a least one fish. I felt like the fishing was a little tougher than last year because I never could find a really large group of fish it was just one here and one there with the exception of one large school of lakers that I found in shallow, but they were very spooky.
We used lead free jig heads on white tube jigs, as well as spinners and wobblers. The jigs worked out deeper and the spinners for the more shallow fish. One of the leaders figured out a way to take cheap steel barrel sinkers and tie them to a Matzuo hook and then insert them into the tube. That seemed to work best for a cheap non-lead solution.
Attached are a few pictures of the scouts and their fish. As far as canoe trips go. Shoshone lake is one of the best in the area.
Windriver
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