Fishing Report

We launched at 5:30 AM and dropped the first line in water just outside of the ramp. We started trolling towards Jay's Cove. At 9:30 we had our three limits of Kokanee. It seemed anything pink would work. We were pulling Uncle Larry's Pink Tigers, Pink P-Line Sunrise Squids and Pink and Black Ted's Bug's behind a Sep's Watermelon dodgers all tipped with Pautzke Pink Fire Corn. We caught fish from 24' to 47' deep. These fish averaged 13" to 14" with two going 15".

Given the fact I had not fished Collins this year and had to meet clients at 8:30 AM, I decided to arrive early and try to pre fish. I spent about 2 hours trying to find the combination without any luck. Other people I spoke with were all saying "it's a tough bite". I tried just about everything and still no luck. At 8:30 I picked up my clients and have to say I was concerned. After about 45 min. with no action I slipped a 2" Berkley Power Grub on the line. It took no time at all before we had fish on. We ended up with a nice bunch of fish all about 1 ½ to 2 pounds and all in the 2" Black Grub.

We launched at Stampede about 5:45 AM and targeted trout. The water temp. was 43 degrees. We fished all the regular spots without a touch. We did hook a couple Kokanee on large Smithwick's. We talked to a couple of the regulars and they had the same report. About 9:00 AM we loaded up and headed for Davis. At 10:30 we launched at Honker Cove and dropped a line 100 yards from the ramp and were hooked up before we could get the second line out. That's the way it was the rest of the day. We ended of day about 1:00 PM with 16 rainbows. All the fish were on the small size 12" range. All the fish were caught on pink and copper Dick Nite spoons with a touch of Pautzke Krill.

We took a ride over to Rollins for an afternoon on the water. We looked hard for Kokanee with no success. We started running small Smithwick's with Pautzke Krill Paste on the surface and nailed planter Rainbows. For planters they still had a pretty good fight.