Well, I finally have a chance to write a detailed report. Today was a blow day with good 6 foot waves sending a group back to Missouri, sorry fella`s I wish the weather would have cooperated .
Saturday morning leaving at 5, I set up in the fog and rain between the first and second hill right on the line. The first rod down 30` is my morning stud, a lighted "J-Plug". The one I have is the "Metallic Superman" although I don`t think it really matters in the dark. Setting the second rod it was hit bringing a 14# King to the boat. I was pointed East and when we hit 60` a second hit came bring a 9# King in on a white on white "0" dodger flie down 35`. I turned back in as we reached 90 and took 4 more hits landing 2. I turned it back East as we reached 50` and the lead took a hit as we reached 90`. A 9# Steelie hit a Silver Streak "Smurf" on the lead and didn`t make it to the boat until we reached the 110` mark. We were out of the fog and in started to lighten up so I decided to take it out rather than turn towards the shallows. I had action all the way out to 160` and turned back in. We stayed between 130` and 150` from the line to a mile South, the lead and `riggers set in the top 50` took most of the hits.The best rod was a banana rig down 48` which accounted for 5 fish. Fireline dipseys 150` out on a # 3 setting with Lil` boy blue/smoke, and a clown behind chrome took a few hits as well. We ended up with their 3 man limit and mine as well.
On Saturday afternoon I ventured out to the same 130` mark and we took two fish soon after set up, one of which was a decent 4 yr. old king again tipping the scales around 14 #`s. Then it was a slow troll out to the depths, I didn`t see any consistent marks until we reached the 200` range and that is where we had the best action, all the way out to 230`. There we had a mixed bag of confused fish, I took steelie`s down 90` and lakers on the lead, with dink kings and coho all over the place. As it slowed I brought it back into the 170`s where the fish were again active, the dodger flie bite that I had almost lost confidence in was once again working and the clown/ chrome down 53` and banana rig down 60` were the two that took most of the hits. 22 fish found their way to the cooler, 5 of which were on the small side but were in no condition to return to the lake, yes we dragged them for a while .
On Sunday with a 6 O`clock start, the morning glow program was put on the wayside and I dropped lines at 160` and kept it pointed East. The high dipseys (150` Fireline on a #3 setting) and the `riggers down 52` and 60`, of which I kept changing the dodger flie combinations, were where the bulk of the action went. Clown/ chrome, Lil` boy blue/ smoke, banana rig, and green behind white were the most productive. Again the best action was from 200` to 230` where at times the screen looked like a fireworks display with marks from 50` down to 150`. I dropped a `rigger down to the 125` depths and although I switched the bait numerous times it never took a hit. It was a little choppy that far out, and with the wind, boat control wasn`t the best and we luckily made it without any major tangles.We ended up with their 3 man limit and into mine as we had to pull lines early for the long ride back from the depths.
On Sunday afternoon I set around 160` and didn`t have any action until we ventured out past 200` when a 14# laker hit a "Smurf" out on the lead.The second fish to make it to the boat was another slob of a laker tipping the scales at 16#`s. It wasn`t by any means lock and load and we had plenty of down time, as we trolled back in from the depths.The best rods were a mystery/white and a white "Hot Spot" with a half white and mirage flie down 48` and 52` respectively. I did my first dusk fishing of the year and we managed to land a 2 yr. old and a nice 4 yr. old. I put out my Morning Stud "J-Plug" which I guess will remain as the morning stud since it never took a hit that evening. I also had out a glow green dolphin and a glow Fishlander green Easter egg spoon all of which never took a hit.The smaller king hit a white/ white "Hot Spot" on a `rigger down 30` and the 4 yr. old hit on a #3 Fireline Lil` boy blue/ smoke 100` out, we also had a hit on the white and mirage / white "Hot Spot" combo but it was a hit and run. So much for the glow program. We ended up with 13 fish with the two lakers and 2 kings leading the way in size, a 9# steelie found it`s way to the boat as well. We had our fair share of dinks mixed in.
All weekend I tried to keep my speed right around 2.0-2.2 at the ball, with the current, I had my GPS surface over ground speed up as high as 3.0. Some guys ran faster and they had their spoons working better than their dodger flie combos.

"Wet Nets"
Captain Jim