I hooked up with my good friend "H" and also along for the ride was his son in law Aron. As we motored out at first light I was amazed at all the bait fish we were seeing in the weedy areas with current. I mean MILLIONS of um!!We set up a 6- rod program with 2- divers and 4-rods stacked. It was a beautiful morning on a most pristine fishery.
The first hour was slow as we tried to figure the fish out. The lake must have "Flipped" because there were fish sighted right on top chasing bait and also down as far as 54' on the fish finder. I staggered the riggers and ran verticals on one side and clean on the other. Still nothing, so I added a set of horizontals to the ball on one side and spread the stackers 15' apart and now had lures from 15'-45'!!! Shortly after setting the side with all the "Bling" we had our first taker!!! A nice healthy keeper
Later we were having a family cookout so we were on a serious meat mission. I could hardly get the rigger back down and she fired again!! I quickly brought up the clean side and "BeDazzled" it as well I would like to say we were "Dialed in" however fish were coming at all different depths so I just kept resetting the depth in the broad spectrum. The next few hours we had constant action!! I never did get the divers to fire!! Go figure??? I guess it was all about the "Bling" This day
All of these saw action, however the small DB smelt and Crazy Ivan were chewed on the most
We had a GREAT few hours on the lake and landed 17 salmon and one rainbow. All of the fish were of keeper size the largest around 4lbs. All of the fish were healthy looking except for one that suffered from a jaw injury. He was a little skinny, but over all the fishery looks VERY healthy
Winni is a beautiful lake set in a pristine New England setting and I am once again grateful for the chance.
Tight Lines!!!
See Matt, Never enough!!! I will definitely be coming over this winter!!! I will get the tape from you then.... no need to ship any, for I am about to winterize the boat and put her away 