08-26-2014, 10:37 PM
I launched at the Strawberry Marina & on the water at 6:45 a.m. Headed out to the middle of the reservoir and fished in the general area of the old dam site and the east side bank (both north & south of the dam). Caught 3 slot cutts (16 - 17 inches) by 8:00 a.m. Fished with down riggers 25 to 35 feet. Fished this area until about 9:30 a.m. & then trolled over to the meadows. Hooked up with one other slott cutt around 10:00 a.m. fishing the east bank over by the entrance to the Narrows. Since fishing was so slow, I quit around 11:30. Missed only one other fish, felt like it might have been a rainbow. I was the only boat on the water (that I could see) until 9:00 a.m. So having too many boats on the water wasn't a problem today!
I pulled just about every type of lure through the water, never did key onto anything. I was changing lures every 20 to 30 minutes. All 4 fish were caught on different lures. In hind sight, maybe I should have thrown out the anchor & some power bait. It is hard for me to do that.
I had plenty of time today, so I read back through my fishing log book beginning in 2008. August has statistically always been my worse month fishing Strawberry. Some trips, I never caught a fish & most of the others trips were < 5 - so today was average for me. I am not sure what I am doing wrong; however, I appear to be consistent. I did try some new methods/procedures & they did not work for me either. Did not mark a lot of fish on the finder. Makes me wonder if they are cruising the shorelines?
For Strawberry, this was a "piss poor" day of fishing.
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I pulled just about every type of lure through the water, never did key onto anything. I was changing lures every 20 to 30 minutes. All 4 fish were caught on different lures. In hind sight, maybe I should have thrown out the anchor & some power bait. It is hard for me to do that.
I had plenty of time today, so I read back through my fishing log book beginning in 2008. August has statistically always been my worse month fishing Strawberry. Some trips, I never caught a fish & most of the others trips were < 5 - so today was average for me. I am not sure what I am doing wrong; however, I appear to be consistent. I did try some new methods/procedures & they did not work for me either. Did not mark a lot of fish on the finder. Makes me wonder if they are cruising the shorelines?
For Strawberry, this was a "piss poor" day of fishing.
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