Yankee 5/17 Wilson - Afternoon

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Our afternoon trip started around 4pm with reports of a tough bite. Rumor has it the morning was good, but after that the picture and fishing got spotty. We set up a high/low Coho/King program. We had a mix of spoons and flasher/fly combos fished off our Cannon downriggers, a pair of wires pulling flasher.fly combos, a 200' copper, and 4 surface lines. We worked the water between Wilson and the red barn in 50-100' of water all night. The picture was there, but the Salmon had lock jaw.

The Coho bite was pretty good. Everything in the water took fish. Red Brads Thinfish, Challenger Lady Bug, Dreamweaver Orange Slurpee SS, and a Dreamweaver 6" Orange Spinny with an A-TOM-MIK Coho fly. Sometimes these Coho get picky and want a body bait, and other times they want metal. We try to put a little bit of everything out there and let them tell us what's tasty for them on any given day.

We did take one King bite, but as quick as he was there he was gone. The 200' copper pulling a Black Dreamweaver Spin Doctor with a new A-TOM-MIK Hijacker fly was the combo that went. We just got our hands on the new Hijacker series, and I think they are going to be a good one!

Although we didn't pound any Chinooks the Coho, and a nice drop back Rainbow, kept us busy.