Landed 15 fish all lake trout and salmon. 3 for 4 on quality salmon. (All fish released)
Here we go:
Started at the Winooski launch at 8:30 am and with a smooth ride across I started setting up around 9:00 am. south of Schuyler. Today using the new digital autopilot fishing solo came in handy! Right away I had doubles and the first was the largest salmon of the day at 22.5" and a solid 4 lb fish! Jumped on a cheater down 15 feet almost in the back of the boat. Orange mooselook imitation I think it was an acme or some knock-off brand. Fish was in and out of the net twice and jumped 3 times. What an adrenalin rush to start the day! It was a total rigger bite with blades on one side and no blades on the other and all the fish were taken high today from 18 ft to 25 ft. Very narrow window. I kept the GPS speed at 2.7 and the probe at 2.5 all day never had to adjust it. Fathead specials crushed them the last few hours. Surface temp. was 57.5 degrees down to 50 feet very uniform.
Pulled em at 3:15 pm and had a short and nice ride on calm water with the autopilot guiding me back to the river at 27 mph and a fuel burn of 4.2 gallons per hour at 4,200 rpm's. Today fuel burn for 6 hours: 4 gallons! Matt I need to get you out on the pond this Fall! Your success at the Salmon Hole is just incredible!
It was nice to release all these fish for someone to enjoy another day. Great care was taken with a 5 gallon bucket with water to keep them alive until I took a picture of them on the floor. Then I handled each fish for 1-2 minutes in the motor bubbles and let em go!
Over and out!
Today's video 1 minute 3 seconds about mid-day before all hell broke loose!
22.5 " solid 4 lb salmon!
