GH 9/7 AM (5for10)

[Nobananas]

2.8 sog early on with riggers set deep 

2.3 sog after 10:30am 

130-160 fow NNE or SSE TROLL was best for me 

green mag spoons glow in low light, high shine green spoons once the sun was up also fireball on 7 color went twice one landed one broke off 

Riggers were set 90-105 down 

flasher fly didn’t seem to produce for me but I can only assume it’s because I didn’t have them in the right location low diver was out 250 high was out 280 I moved them all over the place I belive fish were very deep (hugging the bottom?) wasn’t marking much . Curious how you guys present flasher flys on dipseys when they are deep , do you just keep sending them back further if you are not getting bit ? Or keep them higher in the column anyway . 

Set lines around 6:30 am in 88 fow looking back I wish I would have hung out in this depth a while but I went on a NNW troll didn’t catch a fish until 120 fow 90 down green glow magnum spoons caught 1 steelhead proceeded to lose 3 fish in a row in 120-130 two on a rigger set at 90 and one on a ten color then fishing shut off just as I was about to head back to port at 10:30 am with one fish , a king  decided to whack the rigger set at 100 with a mag green frog spoon in 158fow then a while later green jeans got hit down 90 . Lost giant something On a 7 color after a good  long fight the  lead core broke still kicking myself for that one I tried to rush the fish in never got to see it though. It’s a real bummer when you have the fish almost to the net and it comes off ! Either way , it ended up being a great trip and I was able to take my neighbor out who hadn’t caught a mature fish until today ! Now he gets why I want to go out all the time . 

[jdh]

With the warmer water slightly deeper, I let the mag divers out a bit more than 2 times the depth to cold water.  So for cold water down about 100 feet, I would run them at maybe 225 and 250.  Down 80, maybe 185 & 215.  

What kind of fish finder are you running?

[littleboat]

Love the late bites, always boost the home front when least expected, also 3 extra rods help. Sounds like you may have a new fishing partner.

[Nobananas]

10 hours ago, jdh said:

With the warmer water slightly deeper, I let the mag divers out a bit more than 2 times the depth to cold water.  So for cold water down about 100 feet, I would run them at maybe 225 and 250.  Down 80, maybe 185 & 215.  

What kind of fish finder are you running?

A Lawrence elite 7 

[Reel-y-hooked]

nice catch ! Those late morning bites are fun. From my experience those fish start to bite again around that time and if you stay out there, you can get into that late morning bites. I think Ed is right you have a new fishing partner.

i’m curious if your lead core broke or did you break at the leader knot ?

[Nobananas]

30 minutes ago, Reel-y-hooked said:

nice catch ! Those late morning bites are fun. From my experience those fish start to bite again around that time and if you stay out there, you can get into that late morning bites. I think Ed is right you have a new fishing partner.

i’m curious if your lead core broke or did you break at the leader knot ?

At a glance it appears the lead broke but I will not know for sure until i count the colors, it was a 7 color . I assumed the lead broke further up because when I tied the leadcore sleeve to the mono I used a double uni knot and to do that I pull about 7 inches of lead out when I check the core after the snap the leadcore was even with the sleeve but it is entirely possible it snapped right at the leader . I can only assume it was a beauty of a fish it was ripping drag and stayed down the entire fight near the end I was so eager to see it I tighten the drag and got too aggressive with it .. lesson learned