FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

Knockin Tail Lures by My Coast Outdoors

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I have been having fun here in the mountains.  The first 2 trips to the lake catching rainbows and browns have been easy pickings.  I took a guy from next door yesterday and we caught our limit of 4 each in a little over an hour and finally managed to score my real goal, a kokanee salmon.  It is the only one we landed but it was a small success.  Talk about a silver beauty I can’t wait to spend enough time on the water to get them down.  (And on the smoker!)

************The Wade Right Fishing Belt and the new Madre Sling.

For all your wading needs.

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How many deer hang out in our yard?  Look close behind the propane tank, that is a buck in velvet.  He could care less I am in the boat doing stuff.  Love our yard.

I went to Beaver today and caught the snot out of trout and 1 small Kokanee.  Using a combination of dodgers and inline gang trolling spinners the fish just keep getting on.  Not sure how many I caught but it was lots, and the rainbow trout were a little bigger as I slowly learn the techniques.  Next up will be casting with jigs and jerk baits as I vary my methods to hopefully put a big trout over the side.  And will definitely be fishing a new lake this week.

The brown trout have cooperated and the spoon behind the dodger has been best for them.  The rainbows seem to prefer the trolled squid.  And my trial and error with lead core line has been interesting.  It is a really specialized way to fish and is fairly easy if that makes any sense.  But learning is the goal and as I am batching it there will be plenty of fishing to come as I finally have most of the jobs done around here.  I will be doing some fly fishing as the small streams are starting to fall some and with the warmer days there has been a hatch most afternoon.  Guess I am going to have to spend a little time learning this bug thing as it is the key to consistent success.  So the fishing goes on but there is one little hitch in the git along.

The blog has been dealing with spam, and I mean tons of it, and it is hardcore stuff.  Where it is coming from I do not know but sometimes as many as a hundred a day.  And the number of times they have attempted to breach by signing in has increased with almost 700 attempts.  Not sure what has happened, but it is a hassle.  What really is puzzling is who gives a crap about this little fishing blog but me and you long time readers.  So where that is going is hard to guess.  Sorry for the lack of photos but that will begin in earnest.  Until then I will try to figure out this spam thing and hopefully get back to normal.

I spent the day cleaning and waxing the boat and getting stuff ready.  No salt is a good thing but gravel roads are just that, gravel and will require consistent cleaning to keep the boat in top shape.  And it was time for new line on the spinning stuff and tackle check on the stuff I use on the river as the prime river level for lures is coming soon.  Give the brown trout credit when they smack a small minnow bait it is a thing of beauty.  Then it was clean and check out the fly rods, line and see what flies I need to tie.  The truck and boat are turning into a rolling fishing machine.

Hope you are all enjoying the summer heat, not the case here in the Rocky Mountains.  Low 40s in the morning usually rising to the 70s the weather has been fantastic.  Some days have been a little windy but not that big a deal.  According to some of the old timers until all the snow is off the high peaks the wind will blow.  Not sure how accurate that is but there is still some snow on the high mountains, but it is slowly melting.  But whether trolling the lakes or fishing a small stream you might never suspect holds fish; it is stunning no matter where you look.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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Random Rants

Flying quite a bit over the last 20 years there has been a noticeable decline in the quality of the passengers and their behavior.  (Why we do not fly any of the discount airlines.  It has turned into a zoo.)  Lately a family whose child had a peanut allergy decided to take over the intercom and announce it, then attempted to get at the cockpit and the pilot is a perfect example of entitled fliers.  Sorry your kid has an allergy, but it is not the airlines or passengers’ fault, if peanuts are served don’t eat them.  If your kid is that sensitive then drive, we are not responsible for your problems.  Any attempt by a passenger trying to enter or interfere with the cockpit should be immediate tossing from the plane.  The time has come to place anyone removed from a plane on the no-fly list.  It is a freakin’ airplane for God’s sake.

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