Made a solo trip this afternoon to prospect the coho grounds.  The water had warmed about 4 degrees since Sunday and the end of the piers looked good with a decent river plume.  I decided to set one line, then another in front of the piiers.  After 10 minutes I was ready to head south when a rod took off.  The Brads thinfish took a nice little coho on the 2 color.  Another lap in the mud and I took another fish on the Slide diver and Orange Ice (41) 25 back and out 50 feet.  Another couple laps and a firetiger reef runner took another coho.  I switched tactics looking for a brown or steelie in tight and managed to loose a lake trout on the same diver rig and lost a coho on another body bait.  Three more bites on Orance Ice (41) that all came up empty and I headed in.  I fished from 1-4 pm mostly in the mud and then trolled a couple miles south.  Water was up to 47+ in the mud but dropped to 46 or less before I headed south.  The chalk water along the shore was mostly about 44 today.  Heavy clouds dominated the skies and rain threatened but didnt happen.

Captain Paul

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