MONTANA DAN CONTINUED
My last fishing trip for the month was downstream from town , towards Trout Creek on the Noxon Reservoir , I had heard through the rumor mill that people were once again catching walleyes so I immediately hooked up my boat and headed west in the morning .
The rumors were right and I caught eight walleye the first day fishing solo , I was able to talk Jeff Durkin and Rafe Reich into going a couple days later and we had another good day and boated nine walleye all one to three pounds , perfect for eating . We were employing the same methods that worked earlier in the spring downriver , slowly trolling bottom bouncers and walleye spinners baited with nightcrawlers . I can ' t express how awesome it is to have a walleye fishery within an hour from my house , these are an immensely popular sport fish and it is very unfortunate that this fishery is not supported by our own Fish and Game Dept , but I digress .
All in all a pretty good June , I ' m headed to Terrace Lake in the morning with Alexis and one of her friends , it ' s been too many years since I hiked into a mountain lake to fish so I ' m looking forward to give that another whirl . Later this month I ' m driving to Westport , Washington to spend my 50th birthday tuna fishing with my brother Nick , this is a bucket list trip that I ' ve wanted to accomplish for some time so stay tuned and hopefully I will have some good tuna tales in the August ' s issue !
Pictured Top Row : Dan and Jeff Durkin with three keepers and Jeff with a nice 3 pounder .
Pictured Bottom Row : Rafe Reich with a nice days catch and a two pounder
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