American Lake 10/27

I was using the downrigger because I want to get used to dragging it through the water and the reports I saw before I went out said the fish were 30+ feet down.  It's also worth mentioning that I kept the downrigger out, even though I wasn't seeing any fish, because it forced me to paddle harder, and I was cold.  

I hear ya on that! Holt (Holtfisher) and I were out paddling the S Sound between Johnson Pt and Tolmie St Pk on Tuesday afternoon, doing some exploring along the beaches in hopes of finding a searun cutthroat or two, and that NE breeze that kicked in was a bit chilly. I had to throw a windbreaker on over my new 5mm winter wetsuit, and even with all that rubber on, I never got too warm.
We got skunked, too.
Holt was toasty warm and comfortable in his new NRS dry suit. He got a top-of-the-line suit there. Very well constructed, and from "quiet" material, too. The price was a shocker though...around $900 he said. And then after you figure in the wicking underlayers and fleece and boots, you are well over a $G to suit up.
Oops, I think I just stole your thread and sneaked in a mini-report. Sorry 'bout that!

Found plenty of fish, but they weren't biting.  Found a few medium/large size fish in close to shore, tried a bluefox, brokenback rapala, worms, flashers and no flashers.  No hits.  Then I tried for some fish in deeper water.  About 200 yards off the shore, in 60 feet of water, I found tons of fish between 10-30 feet down.  Threw everything at them, and they wouldn't bite either.  Ran into a guy that says he fishes there all the time, and he had been trying all day too with no success. 

Oh well.

Found plenty of fish, but they weren't biting.  Found a few medium/large size fish in close to shore, tried a bluefox, brokenback rapala, worms, flashers and no flashers.  No hits.  Then I tried for some fish in deeper water.  About 200 yards off the shore, in 60 feet of water, I found tons of fish between 10-30 feet down.  Threw everything at them, and they wouldn't bite either.  Ran into a guy that says he fishes there all the time, and he had been trying all day too with no success. 

Oh well.

Just a matter of time Lee... Don't give up!!
Thanks for the report

SD

I got skunked again today, BUT, I ran into a guy at the launch that had a 7 pound rainbow.  He was fly fishing from a bass boat.  He told me when and where to find them, so if I can, I'm going to kill a fish tomorrow.