Off to a Rough Start

Salmon fishing with Joe and John. We now have a wi fi hook up so I plan to update every day. Saturday afternoon we tried to go fishing in 3 to 5 foot waves. After 20 minutes of beating ourselves up we called it a day. No hook ups and no fish. The report for Sunday morning was light east winds. When we got to the lake in the boat the wind was out of the northwest 10 to 15 knots with waves 2 to 4 feet. We went fishing anyways.

Started fishing north of the harbor in water 80 to 100 feet deep. Had a hard time trying to set lines because of the wind and waves, kept getting lines tangled. Finally got 3 lines set when the first rod went off, down rigger #2 set 80 feet down with a green silver horde. Before that fish was in the boat down rigger #3 went off, set 75 feet down with a glow black and white spoon. Had the first fish in the net, Joe was fighting the second fish and the #1 dipsy set on a number 1 1/2 setting at 110 feet back went off. Got Joe's fish in the net and the only pole in the water was the one with a fish on. Got that fish in the net and then the fishing slowed up. Had one more hook up off a meat rig that we lost.

The trip ended with 3 kings that weighed between 11 and 16.12 lbs. We got back to the docks and were unloading the boat when I fell off the dock and into the boat. Right now my knee is very sore and it's packed on ice. In a couple more hours I will try to walk on it and see what happens.