Evening Cruise

Carolynne and I took a short boat ride this evening after work and decided to try to fish for a couple of hours. We set up in about 150 foot of water and began trolling north. In 200 fow we found a good temperature break and as soon as we crossed into 49 degree water the planer board rod went off and a small coho surfaced. I grabbed the rod and began fighting the fish, when suddenly the rigger went off and a heavy fish took line. Carolynne grabbed that rod and battled a good fish that hit a slider with a small pink spoon on it. When I got the small coho to the side of the boat, a fish hit the opposite planer rod and immediately was on the surface. I knew I had a good steelhead and Carolynne was locked into something big. We battled our fish and got my 11 pound steelhead and Carolynne's 13 pound laker into the net. We took pictures, reset the lines, and began to troll towards where we had caught the three fish. Again, when we crossed the temperature break the planer rod went off. This time it was a real nice steelhead (a little over 14 lbs). We trolled a couple more minutes and hooked up with another small coho before we had to pull the lines and go in. A great two hours of fishing on the lake.