Fishing Report 8-6-05

It was my privilege to take my web guy Mark out for some brown trout fishing at East Lake this past week. He was on vacation here in Oregon and we decided to get together for an outing. If you have been following my reports for the past month, you know that East Lake has been red hot for browns so far this summer. We have been able to get into numbers and quality on every trip so far. This trip was no exception.

We hit the area of the lake that has been so good to me this summer. We started out slowly but the bite took off around 8:00 a.m. Mark got his second best brown ever and the 7.25 LB. hookjaw was as pretty as they come. We were able to release him after some photos and I hope to see him again when he is over 10 LB! I believe that we landed 14 browns and were off the water by noon. There were several browns around 3 LB. that attest to the quality of fish we are seeing at East this year. We are still working the thermocline as the fish are in the summer pattern of holding in 30-50 feet of water.

My Walker Downriggers have been working wonderfully and their new weight retrieval system puts their product in another league, I believe. They also have the best underwater camera system available. I will be working the show circuit in the Northwest this coming winter, so stop by to see me at the Walker booth.

Tight Lines, Rick