Thursday Shifty and hit the road for Jordanelle. We took the Shifty Fisher and were looking for Brown and Rainbow Trout, Wipers, Smallmouth bass and if lucky maybe a Kokanee. We launched at sunrise and put lines out quickly after getting to the area we thought the trout would be hanging out.
"Thought" was the appropriate word. We trolled for over and hour through lanes we knew they hung out in, not one bite or hit. We were running light gear diving between 6 and 28 feet in depth. The trout weren't interested in our offerings.
We ventured onto the Wiper fishing. Shifty had a report from a very knowledgable person on where they hang out. We followed their directions and did what they told us to do. We fished for again over an hour hitting every spot and crevice on the bank and within 30 feet deep water. No takers, once again the Wipers finned us off!
We picked up and left for new waters. Shifty was still out for some trout filets. We pulled into another section that we had caught many Rainbow in and started trolling again. Covering the water column the best we could with every lure we could think of. The picky eaters weren't taking our offerings again. Frustrated we picked up again and went to another area.
Okay onto Smallmouth Bass. Now we know for a certainty where they hang out and how to catch them. We thought to ourselves, we are for sure catching some Smallmouth bass. We fished areas we knew harbored large numbers of the smallmouth bass in the lake. They didn't disappoint. Shifty put on his trusty gilly pattern and had the first fish of the day to the boat. We fished the rocky shorelines the rest of the day and caught quite a few smallmouth bass. We tried areas that we had never been able to get fish to hit but the finder screen was loaded. Today we broke through and landed a few smallmouth bass from those deep pockets.
We didn't reach our goal of a trifecta in species but we did manage two. I landed a nice sized Perch out of one of the deep holes we targeted. That was nice to see, a large Perch for Jordanelle. Great day on the water and lots of laughs had.
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