Well, I had the great pleasure of having Todd and Parker come down this past weekend to try and catch a few kokanee on American Lk where I've been hanging out this spring.
The fishing....well it was fishing that day, and we had a some willing biter's but not like the carnage that was going on in past days. I guess you can't catch them all. But..... it was great to catch up with these two to see how life's been shaking since we last fished together. Oh and Doc, I'm apologizing now for what ever these two do in your boat this fall as they jumped on every bite at "first bounce" on the downrigger. I know you've been trying to teach us "don't even touch that rod until she bounce's 3 time's"!!!
We did have some issue's at the net, I won't mention any names, and we did catch alot of trout, nice trout that day more than I've caught all season. But they did mention that were trout/steelhead magnets so it was a given.
But we did catch some nice kokanee, and they were impressed at the size of these landlocked sockeye. So since we talked about various species of fish they all 3 of has caught throughout the day, and the nicknames we've given to the big one's we've lost. Like, Ike, Ol' Ironside's and Moss Back or was it Mossy Back. They came up with nickname "Albacokanee" for these drag peeling, jumping, thick necked koke's!!!
I had fun guys, let's do it again sometime, I'll call you!!!
No seriously,
Joe
(I'll add a couple of pics later)
Here's the guys contemplating whether or not what's the best beer to have with kokanee, and Parker with the grip and grin of the big fish of the day!!!