08-27-2020, 02:49 AM
My wife and I ventured up to Lost Creek today. We did not start early, took a breakfast break at Carl's, stopped to get sodas at Maverik, and did not hit the lake until the sun was already up for a couple of hours.
Very few people, 4 gentlemen fishing right next to the ramp when we launched with one other small boat with two guys in it.
I had decided to try something different today. I decided to run my deepest rod with one of my biggest lures in my box, with smaller versions on other rods. Also, I decided to start by trolling some flatfish, lures that I have had in the box for years and rarely ever use. So four rods with flatfish/kwikfish, the largest a k14 kwikfish, which is 4.5 inches long and beefy. Wouldn't you know, that big kwikfish caught 2 nice cutts, with one smaller rainbow on a small flatfish.
I switched out the flatfish for rapalas/flicker shads. I put a J13 jointed rapala on the deep rod. Again, that big rapala caught a nice cutt. The flicker shad caught two smaller rainbows and a chub.
The funnest part of the day was when I anchored up the boat over a concentration of chubs. My wife and I had a blast catching them. She really had the touch, and we put a bag full in the cooler for future fishing adventures. It was drop to the bottom, start reeling up, and usually in a few seconds a bite would come. She got a double at one point and was so proud.
Very few people, 4 gentlemen fishing right next to the ramp when we launched with one other small boat with two guys in it.
I had decided to try something different today. I decided to run my deepest rod with one of my biggest lures in my box, with smaller versions on other rods. Also, I decided to start by trolling some flatfish, lures that I have had in the box for years and rarely ever use. So four rods with flatfish/kwikfish, the largest a k14 kwikfish, which is 4.5 inches long and beefy. Wouldn't you know, that big kwikfish caught 2 nice cutts, with one smaller rainbow on a small flatfish.
I switched out the flatfish for rapalas/flicker shads. I put a J13 jointed rapala on the deep rod. Again, that big rapala caught a nice cutt. The flicker shad caught two smaller rainbows and a chub.
The funnest part of the day was when I anchored up the boat over a concentration of chubs. My wife and I had a blast catching them. She really had the touch, and we put a bag full in the cooler for future fishing adventures. It was drop to the bottom, start reeling up, and usually in a few seconds a bite would come. She got a double at one point and was so proud.