Fishing Report 7-23-05

Having back to back trips persuaded me to spend the night up at Paulina Lake. Mark Gardner from the valley and a couple of his friends joined me for half a day. It was pretty windy at the onset.....maybe 10 to 15 m.p.h. at 5:30 a.m. They were dressed in summer gear: shorts and T-shirts. I think they were wishing they had something more substantial. By mid morning the wind had laid down and their wardrobe was adequate.

The pattern was very similar to the day before except we didn't get any browns over 3 lb. The overall fish count was 12 browns by 10:30 a.m. Still a great showing in only a few hours. Because the fish are in the thermocline we were working them with leadcore and downriggers and using Tui Chub pattern stickbaits. The next trip is coming up this next Tues.

Tight lines, Rick