pmmpete:
The temperature was predicted to get above 100 degrees today, so I decided to beat the heat by going lake trout fishing on Flathead Lake. The 66 degree water temperature nicely offset the scorching air temperature. I caught 11 lake trout. One of my hookups put up a particularly hard fight, and after I winched it 170 feet up to the surface I discovered why - it was two fish, not one fish. Playing the fish up to my kayak was tricky because they had different opinions about what direction to swim, and netting them was a challenge because my lures were 18 inches apart. I would scoop up one fish, but when I went for the second fish, the first fish would slither out of my net. It took me six tries to get both fish in my net at the same time. A couple of times I thought that one of the fish had gotten loose and had returned to the deep, but it was just hiding under my kayak.
alpalmer:
Great work, never give up.
YakHunter:
--- Quote from: pmmpete on June 28, 2021, 06:00:49 PM ---The temperature was predicted to get above 100 degrees today, so I decided to beat the heat by going lake trout fishing on Flathead Lake. The 66 degree water temperature nicely offset the scorching air temperature. I caught 11 lake trout. One of my hookups put up a particularly hard fight, and after I winched it 170 feet up to the surface I discovered why - it was two fish, not one fish. Playing the fish up to my kayak was tricky because they had different opinions about what direction to swim, and netting them was a challenge because my lures were 18 inches apart. I would scoop up one fish, but when I went for the second fish, the first fish would slither out of my net. It took me six tries to get both fish in my net at the same time. A couple of times I thought that one of the fish had gotten loose and had returned to the deep, but it was just hiding under my kayak.
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I assume one hit your jig and the other the fly?
pmmpete:
--- Quote from: YakHunter on June 29, 2021, 07:51:52 AM ---I assume one hit your jig and the other the fly?
--- End quote --- Correct. I rarely catch two lake trout at the same time on a jig/fly rig because both fish have to bite at the same time to give me a double. Normally as soon as I get a hit I set the hook and start pulling up the fish, which pulls the other hook away from any other lake trout which were inspecting my rig.