PBH
Well-Known Member
Thanks to those who provided launch conditions at Hite prior to our trip. As described by others, launching was not an issue at @ 3627.75 - .56 elevation. We were able to float the boat at the primitive launch. There were numerous boats larger than my 18.5' Ranger launching as well.
Nice to meet BobCo. Hope you had a good trip.
Fishing was interesting.
Friday was windy. We were still able to find some willing fish. Trolling for stripers was not as productive as we had hoped. It was very spotty. We did troll up a couple crappie on deep diving cranks (yes, you read that correctly), and marked the spot on Trachyte. That spot proved to be a nice "go-to" spot the rest of the trip. We spooned up stripers, crappie, walleye, lmb, and catfish off that hump.
We ended Friday with a slab of crappie, walleye, and stripers.
No boils.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cBk9U9Hm8vedunbk1
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mxwX790oRjCSEHbW2
Saturday was much less windy, but a bit cooler. Fishing, again, wasn't easy. The occasional striper was trolled up. We could pick up a few spooning in various places when marked on the graph, but nothing consistent. The "humps" between Trachyte and White proved as good a spot as anywhere. We found good walleye off the hump in Trachyte, but no crappie this day. Afternoon fishing was slow. We ended up with a good number of stripers and walleye.
Six A-10 Warthogs also came screaming downlake from Hite, past Farley / White, and out past Trachyte, then up and down then around the corner of the Bend, towards Good Hope. That was impressive!
No boils.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6435IEREuD65oYtu2
Sunday was beautiful. Clear skies and no wind. Fishing, again, wasn't easy. We could troll up a few on the humps between Trachyte and White again. We spooned a few crappie and walleye off the hump in Trachyte again. We also could find schools to spoon, but we'd get a few then no more. Afternoon fishing was down-right slow. But then the magic happened. At 5:30 the bay was dead calm. We were spooning a school when the noise came up. Splashing water. We all noticed it. It was loud. We all recognized what it was. I went for the binoculars. Richard spotted it across the bay on the south shoreline just outside the mouth of White's. Splashes. Everywhere. That whole bay came alive. In the next 3o minutes we reeled in striper, after striper. We filled the livewell to capacity. That was definitely one of the best boils I've ever experienced! And we had no other boats to share it with! (where'd everyone else go???)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XgPBhVgdx0rWHOI73
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DAPZY41I3oBL7Bsz2
Boil
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uY0jTDoCSYeeMabB3
That was awesome.
Monday morning was another beautiful morning. Most of the other camps had cleared out. We went back to the humps, trolled up a couple stripers, then spooned a school and pulled about 15 stripers out. We also trolled up a few fish at the mudline just down from Hite. We figured the trip was complete, so we cleaned the boat, packed up camp, and went to Stan's for a burger.
I love these trips. I get questioned rather frequently about fishing during the deer hunt. Those silly deer hunters just don't understand.
Nice to meet BobCo. Hope you had a good trip.
Fishing was interesting.
Friday was windy. We were still able to find some willing fish. Trolling for stripers was not as productive as we had hoped. It was very spotty. We did troll up a couple crappie on deep diving cranks (yes, you read that correctly), and marked the spot on Trachyte. That spot proved to be a nice "go-to" spot the rest of the trip. We spooned up stripers, crappie, walleye, lmb, and catfish off that hump.
We ended Friday with a slab of crappie, walleye, and stripers.
No boils.
Saturday was much less windy, but a bit cooler. Fishing, again, wasn't easy. The occasional striper was trolled up. We could pick up a few spooning in various places when marked on the graph, but nothing consistent. The "humps" between Trachyte and White proved as good a spot as anywhere. We found good walleye off the hump in Trachyte, but no crappie this day. Afternoon fishing was slow. We ended up with a good number of stripers and walleye.
Six A-10 Warthogs also came screaming downlake from Hite, past Farley / White, and out past Trachyte, then up and down then around the corner of the Bend, towards Good Hope. That was impressive!
No boils.
Sunday was beautiful. Clear skies and no wind. Fishing, again, wasn't easy. We could troll up a few on the humps between Trachyte and White again. We spooned a few crappie and walleye off the hump in Trachyte again. We also could find schools to spoon, but we'd get a few then no more. Afternoon fishing was down-right slow. But then the magic happened. At 5:30 the bay was dead calm. We were spooning a school when the noise came up. Splashing water. We all noticed it. It was loud. We all recognized what it was. I went for the binoculars. Richard spotted it across the bay on the south shoreline just outside the mouth of White's. Splashes. Everywhere. That whole bay came alive. In the next 3o minutes we reeled in striper, after striper. We filled the livewell to capacity. That was definitely one of the best boils I've ever experienced! And we had no other boats to share it with! (where'd everyone else go???)
Boil
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uY0jTDoCSYeeMabB3
That was awesome.
Monday morning was another beautiful morning. Most of the other camps had cleared out. We went back to the humps, trolled up a couple stripers, then spooned a school and pulled about 15 stripers out. We also trolled up a few fish at the mudline just down from Hite. We figured the trip was complete, so we cleaned the boat, packed up camp, and went to Stan's for a burger.
I love these trips. I get questioned rather frequently about fishing during the deer hunt. Those silly deer hunters just don't understand.
