06-17-2015, 11:06 PM
Sorry for this late post. I went to Strawberry and fished Strawberry Bay on Friday June 12. I was on the water at 6:00 a.m. The reservoir was socked in with fog & you could only see about a couple of hundred feet.
I am fishing with downriggers (DR) and started out at 7.5 to 15 feet in depth. I am using Kokanee Creek dodgers and pink squids. It was a very good morning of fishing – I am not sure if the fog & low light had anything to do with it? Between 6:15 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. it was very fast fishing. During this period, I caught my best ever Strawberry koke -3 lbs 13 oz.
At 7:00 a.m. I decided to drop the GoPro camera down & take some video. I have attached a sampling of the video, about 5 minutes.
About the video: The camera is mounted to the DR cable. The dodger and squid are about 4 to 5 feet behind the DR ball & the boat. I am fishing 15 feet in depth and you can see the schools of kokanee are, for the most part, above the dodger & squid. For those of you who think the boat and DR ball frighten the fish, this video would prove otherwise. It appears to me that the schools of fish are drafting the boat. (I might try bringing my dodger & squids in tighter to the boat in the future)
It appears my dodger has plenty of action; however the squids do not. I am wondering if those billed squids have more action & would result in more hook ups? I am going to do some experimenting in the near future.
Overall it was a good day, I brought home my best limit of Strawberry kokes: 3 lbs 13 oz, 3 lbs 7 oz & the other two were 2.5 lbs. The fillets fed myself and two other families in the neighborhood. Ended up catching 15 fish – 12 kokes & 3 slot cuts. I was off the water at 10:00 a.m. As I recall, the fog lifted about 9:30 a.m. & when I left the kokes were still biting.
Sorry for the crappy photos. I need to take a better camera in the future.
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I am fishing with downriggers (DR) and started out at 7.5 to 15 feet in depth. I am using Kokanee Creek dodgers and pink squids. It was a very good morning of fishing – I am not sure if the fog & low light had anything to do with it? Between 6:15 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. it was very fast fishing. During this period, I caught my best ever Strawberry koke -3 lbs 13 oz.
At 7:00 a.m. I decided to drop the GoPro camera down & take some video. I have attached a sampling of the video, about 5 minutes.
About the video: The camera is mounted to the DR cable. The dodger and squid are about 4 to 5 feet behind the DR ball & the boat. I am fishing 15 feet in depth and you can see the schools of kokanee are, for the most part, above the dodger & squid. For those of you who think the boat and DR ball frighten the fish, this video would prove otherwise. It appears to me that the schools of fish are drafting the boat. (I might try bringing my dodger & squids in tighter to the boat in the future)
It appears my dodger has plenty of action; however the squids do not. I am wondering if those billed squids have more action & would result in more hook ups? I am going to do some experimenting in the near future.
Overall it was a good day, I brought home my best limit of Strawberry kokes: 3 lbs 13 oz, 3 lbs 7 oz & the other two were 2.5 lbs. The fillets fed myself and two other families in the neighborhood. Ended up catching 15 fish – 12 kokes & 3 slot cuts. I was off the water at 10:00 a.m. As I recall, the fog lifted about 9:30 a.m. & when I left the kokes were still biting.
Sorry for the crappy photos. I need to take a better camera in the future.
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