06-04-2018, 03:30 AM
[quote brookie]Since cutts fight about as well as dragging in an old shoe and they can and are caught with any method used for kokanee and rainbow. And because 99.99% are in or below the slot limit and have to be returned to the lake, there are not a lot of posts. They can be caught with dodgers and squid or lead line and pop gear with a worm. They can also be caught jigging tipped with power bait or worm, or just using a sliding bubble or sinker rig with power bait (probably the most productive method).
Rainbows are in pretty shallow right now and can generally be caught from shore with power bait. Choose a less popular site for best results. If you are fishing from shore at the marina, they will mostly be planters. There are some pretty big ones in there. Find an access either by boat or walk down from a road access. Use a sliding bubble rig on the bottom with floating power bait. They fight hard and although they do not taste as good as kokanee IMHO, they are still pretty good. You will probably have to cut the line on about as many cutts as rainbows fishing with bait.
Good luck both cutts and rainbows are in Strawberry in significant numbers and can be caught with regular gear and without a boat.
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Although, I do agree to some extent about the fight in the cutthroat's, they didn't get the memo on being an old shoe last time out. We fished it Thursday before memorial day, and was totally surprised with the fight in them. Whether it was the water temperature ,size of them, or what, they were all pretty much in the 18-21" range.
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Rainbows are in pretty shallow right now and can generally be caught from shore with power bait. Choose a less popular site for best results. If you are fishing from shore at the marina, they will mostly be planters. There are some pretty big ones in there. Find an access either by boat or walk down from a road access. Use a sliding bubble rig on the bottom with floating power bait. They fight hard and although they do not taste as good as kokanee IMHO, they are still pretty good. You will probably have to cut the line on about as many cutts as rainbows fishing with bait.
Good luck both cutts and rainbows are in Strawberry in significant numbers and can be caught with regular gear and without a boat.
Hope that helps.[/quote]
Although, I do agree to some extent about the fight in the cutthroat's, they didn't get the memo on being an old shoe last time out. We fished it Thursday before memorial day, and was totally surprised with the fight in them. Whether it was the water temperature ,size of them, or what, they were all pretty much in the 18-21" range.
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