Weekly Holy Moly Report — Kokanee

Day two saw another absolutely perfect day on the water.  Flat calm and clear, which meant for a great time.  We got on the water at 4am and began searching for schools of fish.  We learned from the day before that a lot of the fish on the top 60ft of water were generally the 10-12" fish, we wanted to target the bigger kokanee and that meant targeting deep.  We set up two rods middle of the water column at about 80ft and our deep rods at 100-160ft.  Right away we got a few small fish in the boat.  Then...

Lake Chelan Someting Catchy Kokanee derby 2016: What an amazing weekend and fun derby to participate in.  Team Holy Moly was ready to go to work!  This was my first derby for the new boat and a first as captain.  I brought my cousin and another buddy and we were ready to see what lake chelan had in store.  The weather was absolutely phenomenal, no wind, flat glass calm and sunny.  And the fish were on the bite. Day 1: Day one was the long haul.  Start at 4am and fish till 5pm for weigh in.   We launched at...

What a three day weekend! This was much needed fishing time to get me through a tough work week.  With the kitchen pass open I headed out the door Thursday night for some Cowlitz River Steelhead and Springers in the Morning.  I was too anxious upon getting to the river to even think about sleeping as I saw multiple people walking out with nice steelhead caught just before I had arrived.  (Note: The Cowlitz river is open legally at night for steelhead fishing at the blue creek trout hatchery).  I quickly threw on my hip waders, grabbed my gear and set...

The warm weather has begun the kokanee craze here on the west side of Washington State.  Each year, early season kokanee are some of the most fun and easy fish to catch on our local lakes.  They stay high in the water column, and targeting them can be done without downriggers.  To me watching a top lined rod double over is absolutely awesome.  This trip was a great example of it.  I was testing the recently acquired trolling motor (works like a dream) and running two top lined rods off the side of the boat and one on the down...