Lake trout double creates chaos

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.

Great work,  never give up.

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.

I assume one hit your jig and the other the fly?

I assume one hit your jig and the other the fly?

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.

What a great problem to have Peter!