Strawberry 6/22-25

[obifishkenobi]

The struggle continues, I spent 4 days on Strawberry circling with some good boats and got 0 kokanee well over 100 Cutts under 15" 30 in the slot and 30 12-19 inch Bows. I covered a lot of ground starting Thursday at SC then going to Renegade, Hawes, Bear Paw, the Island and Mud Creek. Eventually I got word of a Rainbow bite and circled on a spot for 2.5 days catching Cutts and Bows, once I gave up on Kokanee. I had a bunch of great folks in my boat this year and I encourage you all to post a report of your day with me with all the details and picture.

Wow! Sorry no Koks but that’s a lot of fish! What worked best for you to catch the cuts? I’m taking my kids up Thursday and hoping to get some. I wish I could have got up there 2-3 weeks ago.

We caught everything on standard koke gear, squids and dodgers, Rocky Mountain Tackle Stuff mainly.

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My dad and I got to fish with Shawn on Sat, and what a great time!  On the lake at about 5:30am and the hunting and fishing stories didn't stop until we parted ways at about 2pm.  Always a good time when you can sit back a re-tell stories and re-live the memories associated with them.  Even if the kokes didn't cooperate it was still a great day.  We started out catching smallish cuts, but then Shawn got a report where bows were being caught, so we motored over to the area around 10am to try and boat a few for the smoker.  It took us about an hour or so to narrow down the area, but we finally figured it out, and each time we passed over the spot there would be a hook-up or two.  We even tripled up once!  Would we have liked to land some kokes, sure, but I'm an equal opportunity abuser, so if the kokes aren't willing, I have no qualms beating up on the cuts and bows!  It was a great time, and I was to see it end, but honestly, if we'd stayed on the water any longer, I would have probably spontaneously combusted.  Didn't put any sunscreen on, and this fair-skinned guy was red as Maine lobster on his face, neck and arms.  First good burn of the season, but it was definitely worth it.

To finish this off, my wife and I cooked up a few bows last night...sweet and smokey rub on a cedar plank.  Delish!!

It was really fun fishing and being able to watch memories being made all weekend by all of the folks who joined me. I really enjoyed your dads stories about fishing and hunting and every time you would say "dad it is your turn, get up " You guys are my kind of anglers.