Dirtbag sockeye

[Wanative]

The bite was red hot today for opening day at Baker Lake.
My friend and I put 5 in the boat. Had a triple on and a couple doubles. We probably lost 7 or 8 fish.
Those sockeye go apeshit when hooked.
Really nice sized too.
I had a 6.5 lb male and a 5.5 lb female and a 3 lb female.

 

[Porter2]

Full sinker and two blood worms 5-6” apart works (sometimes). Hard to go deep tho when they are to deep. Flash flies in red/silver also works. Nice day.

 

[Buzzy]

The bite was red hot today for opening day at Baker Lake.
My friend and put 5 in the boat. Had a triple on and a couple doubles. We probably lost 7 or 8 fish.
Those sockeye go apeshit when hooked.
Really nice sized too.
I had a 6.5 lb male and a 5.5 lb female and a 3 lb female. View attachment 72072View attachment 72073

Fred - why don’t you smile?! . Nice!!

 

[Wanative]

Full sinker and two blood worms 5-6” apart works (sometimes). Hard to go deep tho when they are to deep. Flash flies in red/silver also works. Nice day.

Most of the fish came from around 40' fow depth.

 

[mcswny]

Tasty buggers

 

[charles sullivan]

Surprisingly excellent fighters. They really can run and jump.

 

[Evan B]

That's a great meat fishery. While I get lots of chinook and coho from my local Columbia haunts, the sockeye fishery here is fickle at best and the fish aren't much bigger than kokanee.

 

[Salmo_g]

Baker Lake daily limit just went up to 5 per day.

 

[Evan B]

Almost making me tempted to make the 89789473mi drive

 

[Wanative]

Baker Lake daily limit just went up to 5 per day.

Unreal, the fish are the biggest I've seen up there.
5 more in the boat yesterday.
Home tied rig doing a lot of damage this year.

 

[Wanative]

Surprisingly excellent fighters. They really can run and jump.

That is for sure! They can kick your ass.
Our hook to landing ratio is only about 60% this year.

 

[John Svahn]

What is the little pink/orange think in the skirt of your home tied hoochie? It looks like what is on the back hook of a koke-a-nut. I tie my own Koke flies and am inspired by your tie!

 

[Wanative]

What is the little pink/orange think in the skirt of your home tied hoochie? It looks like what is on the back hook of a koke-a-nut. I tie my own Koke flies and am inspired by your tie!

They are 4mm pink plastic beads slid onto a piece of monofilament with a knot tied on the end then coated with uv resin and cured with the light.

 

[_WW_]

We had the pleasure of meeting LEO and survived a boat safety check today.

The magical hour in the morning has been pretty good to me. Unfortunately it involves getting up at 1:30am in order to be there for it.

 

[Buzzy]

We had the pleasure of meeting LEO and survived a boat safety check today.

The magical hour in the morning has been pretty good to me. Unfortunately it involves getting up at 1:30am in order to be there for it.

I'm not sure the author of this thread is the same Fred @Wanative that I know as the times we've fished together- he's not a morning person but claims he picked his buddy up at 2:30 AM. Well done, Fred!!

 

[_WW_]

I'm not sure the author of this thread is the same Fred @Wanative that I know as the times we've fished together- he's not a morning person but claims he picked his buddy up at 2:30 AM. Well done, Fred!!

I didn't bother calling Salmo to see if he wanted to go...

 

[Wanative]

I'm not sure the author of this thread is the same Fred @Wanative that I know as the times we've fished together- he's not a morning person but claims he picked his buddy up at 2:30 AM. Well done, Fred!!

@Stonedfish taught me that if I leave that early stalkers won't follow me to the hotspot.

 

[Wanative]

We had the pleasure of meeting LEO and survived a boat safety check today.

The magical hour in the morning has been pretty good to me. Unfortunately it involves getting up at 1:30am in order to be there for it.

I'm not sure My boat would pass.
I have PFD's for each person
Fire extinguisher
Whistle and airhorn
What am I missing?

 

[Wanative]

I know, Google it.

 

[_WW_]

I'm not sure My boat would pass.
I have PFD's for each person
Fire extinguisher
Whistle and airhorn
What am I missing?

Registration in the boat.