Salmon

Salmon

       We decided to try some evening fishing, in NW Montana.   We took our neighbor, Tom, along to show him the ropes.  We went out, about 5pm and stopped about 8 pm.  We caught 17 kokanee with maggots on a pink skirted hoochie.  With all the heat, the fish are down deeper.

 While we were there, we watched a full moon come over the horizon.

Evening

Evening 

     It was a beautiful, evening to fish, one of the little, local lakes, up here, in north Idaho.   We kept 17 larger crappie, within an hour.   The temperature was cooling down, no wind and peaceful. 

Brrr

Brrrr

     Cold, damp morning to fish.  The crappie were biting at first light and stopped, soon after the sun came up.  Beautiful morning with the fog on the water.  We caught enough crappie for supper,  up here in north Idaho.

Canner

Canner

    We had gotten 39 kokanee, for a full canner load (9 pint jars).  I can for 90 minutes at 13 pounds of pressure.  Each, pint jar, gets:  1/4 teaspoon of liquid smoke, 1/2 teaspoon of non-iodized salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar.

Kokanee

Kokanee

    The kokanee are biting, up here, in NW Montana.  We have just caught a canners load, 28.  Will post pictures soon.  Tom also caught a 32" pike from the same place.

2 More

2 More

     Marie caught a couple of nice pike, in the morning, here in NW Montana.

Pike

Pike

  The pike are starting to bite, in NW Montana.  We went, later in the afternoon, when the water was warming up.  We also caught  a few perch.

Tom and the neighbor, Tom, with a small pike.

A little bigger Pike.