Strawberry - 10/23/19

[Kent]

I was asked to give a report after fishing Strawberry today and so here it is. Forgot to remember that I had taken the fish finder off of the boat (because of freezing temperatures) and so we sort of fished blind. I had my hand-held depth finder along, so that at least helped us know the depth we were starting at (with the wind we couldn't stay put). Wind started at 9:00 AM and never quit by the time we left at 2:00 PM. It progressively got stronger as the day progressed. Had issues with my i-Pilot remote, so I had to resort to anchoring up the old fashioned way, using an anchor. No biggee because with the wind I would have used my anchor anyway. My power trim, several times, raised the outboard, all the way to the top, on its own, which is a new opportunity that I have never experienced before. [If anyone else has experienced this and have a suggestions on how to possibly fix that issue I would like to hear it.]

Now, the catching report. Strawberry was on fire today. I caught 58 (two rainbows and the rest, with the possible exception of one under the slot, were all in the slot. Chuck caught a few less. I am confident that had the wind not been so strong, and I wouldn't have played around casting a fly behind a bubble as long as I did, that I would have caught substantially over 100 cutts today. Early they were close to the surface and then later we were catching them all the way from the surface to vertically on the bottom. Did especially well in 22' of water and did fairly well in 33' of water. White or white with black speckled tube jigs, tipped with cut bait was the ticket.
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