FLAMING GORGE UNREAL

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HAD A COUPLE CALIFORNIAN'S DRIVE UP FOR A CHANCE TO CATCH THE BIG KOKES OF THE GORGE AND THE LAKE DIDN'T DISAPPOINT!!! WE FISHED THURSDAY MOURNING AND THE ONLY WORD I CAN THINK OF TO DESCRIBE IT WAS " MAGICAL" THE FISH WERE HITTING LIKE FREIGHT TRAIN'S AND THE SECOND FISH OF THE DAY WAS AN INDICATION OF HOW THE FISHING WAS GOING TO BE (5 .1 POUNDS AND 24.5 INCHES LONG), AS I LOOKED ON AT THIS FISH I COULDN'T HELP BUT REALIZE THAT IF I HAD ONLY CAUGHT THAT FISH A WEEK EARLIER IT WOULD HAVE WON THE BUCKBOARD FISHING DERBY AND ELEVATED ME FROM MY FOURTH PLACE FINISH, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS!! WE CONTINUED ON AND GOT OUR LIMIT'S AND THEN TURNED OUR ATTENTION TO THE LAKER PUP'S..LOT'S TO BE HAD AND IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY ON THE POND. (WINDY THAT EVENING SO NO FISHING TO BE HAD). FRIDAY MOURNING TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF GOD'S CREATION AS WE WATCHED THE SUN RISE OVER THE SQUAW HOLLOW CLIFF LINE IT WAS NEAT... THE FISHING WAS FAST AND FURIOUS FOR THE FIRST HOUR AND 40 MINUTES OR SO AND AS FAST AS IT STARTED IT STOPPED, BUT WE HAD ALREADY DONE OUR BEST AND BOATED 3 KOKES IN THE 4+ POUND CLASS...HOT BAIT'S WERE THE SLING BLADE DODGER IN PINK GLOW WITH A NICKEL PINK SAND HUMDINGER AND A ORANGE COPPER SLING WITH THE NEW HOLO ORANGE KOKANEE KILLER FROM PRO-TROLL. WE ALSO DID BETTER THEN I EXPECTED ON THE PINK AND ORANGE HOOTCHIE/SQUID'S "PEE-WEE'S" BEHIND JUST ABOUT ANY DODGER!! THE FISH IN THE MOURNING WEREN'T AS DEEP AS MY BUDDIES EXPECTED AS WE NEVER CAUGHT ANYTHING BELOW 25 FEET!!! THE KEY IS BEING UP EARLY AND THAT IN TURN WILL GIVE YOU A SPOT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE AS YOU WILL HAVE YOUR LIMIT BY 7:00 AM!!!!!
I WILL BE BACK UP THIS WEEKEND WITH A COUPLE MORE OUT OF TOWNER'S SO LET ME KNOW IF I CAN BE OF SOME HELP AND GOOD LUCK
JARED JOHNSON SHASTA TACKLE CO.[][]
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