04-21-2008, 04:38 PM
My wife and I fished Lake Coeur d'Alene last Thursday for chinook. We fished helmetted herring, two poles on the downriggers and two on Sidewinder side planers. Fishing had been slow on the lake, with the previous week's derby producing few fish. We fished the bays with no results, and didn't have any action until we began heading back to the north end. The Sidewinder produced a 6 # chinook. I have been wanting to try this fishery for a long time, and will return in May for another shot at it. P.S.: The Sidewinders work great. They are certainly a cheaper alternative to the regular, expensive versions. I will certainly be using them when we head up to Kootenay Lake for the big Gerrard trout later in May. They fish them just like they do in Pend Oreille--they troll a bucktail about a hundred feet behind the Sidewinder with no weight and a very fast troll.
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