Slammin Salmon

[tigerpincer]

Been trying to get a neighbor turned buddy on my boat for a couple years to show him the ropes of Kokanee fishing.  Our schedules finally aligned yesterday so we headed to Strawberry.  My step son also joined us.  We launched out of mud creek. The end of the ramp is exposed  by 3ft or so if I recall correctly.   About a 1ft drop off at the end of the ramp.  If launching from the ramp I'd suggest having 4WD and keeping your front tires on the ramp.  With that I had to push the boat off the trailer but was able to get back on just fine.  Might not be able to continue launching there if the water levels drop much more.  I did see a guy veer off the side of the ramp towards the bottom of it and avoid the ramp drop off.  Seemed to work well for him.

Fishing g started a little slower than usual for us but we ended having a great day.  Caught lots of Cutty's and plenty of Kokes just took a minute to find em.  We caught 3 very nice ones. One of which was a real dandy of a slob at nearly 4lbs.  Homemade lures and hoochie spinner combinations in the pink, pink n chartreuse and pink n orange caught all our fish.  We trolled at 1.5mph and all fish were caught between 38-32 ft.  Topped off the day smoking a few fillets seasoned with cilantro lime seasoning, a little dill and spray butter.