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HiTechKoke
09-11-2010, 03:13 AM
Yet another report to catch up on from last weekend. Some would say you are crazy to go fishing on a holiday weekend but that's what we did on Labor Day Weekend. We always wait until Sunday when the lake lice are late risers due to their general over consumption from the previous nights.

So only 10 boats were brave enough to take on the growing crowds of Vampires from the deep. And deep they were as the biting crowds were from 75 to 95 feet enjoying the darkness and 54 degree water. We got a nice early start, you gotta love a family that's all willing to leave at 4AM! It didn't take long before we scored first blood with a King and then a nice pink Kokanee to get things started. It was lots of fun action throughout the morning with always something going on with the highlight being a delayed triple that required two nets to complete. In the end we kept 11 nice Kokes from 16.5 to 18.5 inches and along with a few that escaped to see another day and the Kings it was a great day at Berryessa. Since we had enough fish in the cooler we bailed for some tubing and swimming.

The fish came on a lot of different Radical Glo Hoochi Mama combos, Hoochies and Apex's but the main killer was the purple / pink Assassin. Even though the fish look pretty mature the meat was very good... as per the photo at the end. Eventually I'll produce some video when time permits as we had some wild moments above and below the water. So on with the picture show...

Vampire Fishing requires an early start....my better half still thinks I am Kokanee Crazy... confirmed!

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The Sun begins to rise... for a beautiful morning....signaling the vampires to go deep!

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The Vampires are clearly congregating deep to get away from the sun...

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First Vampire to the boat....what a slug!

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HiTechKoke
09-11-2010, 03:14 AM
The girls double up showing Dad they can bring them in too!

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More Vampire Love...in another double up!

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Jenna shows off her fattie female with beautiful spotting...

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The vampires are getting crowded in the cooler!

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HiTechKoke
09-11-2010, 03:14 AM
10 of our best...

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Clearly the Vampires gave in to defeat and tried to call out to the others to save themselves...

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They were given a proper burial.... straight to the dinner table and the smoker! (photo idea courtesy of Koke Machine - Robbie)

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Stay tuned for a double header video extravaganza coming to a Youtube theater near you this fall!

Kevin

SilverBullets
09-11-2010, 11:27 AM
Great report HTK! You guys had a heck of a season this year. I'll be sure and tune in for the for the up coming video...those video's of yours is what keeps me going throughout the winter!!thumbsup

kokaneekid
09-11-2010, 07:56 PM
Nice report, and great pictures.... I would like to know what kind of under water camera are you using. You have some great stuff on tape. Thanks for the reports.

Fish On kokaneekid

Bduck
09-11-2010, 09:00 PM
Out here in the west, it takes a "Hog Leg" to bring brutes like this to justice. awesomereport Looking fwd to the video. signfishin

HiTechKoke
09-12-2010, 11:33 AM
Tks for the comments from everyone.

The camera is part of the Walker Strikevision Downrigger system. The video and power are encased in the down rigger cable. It takes a while to get everything setup and thank goodness Kokanee are not line / cable shy.

Kevin


Nice report, and great pictures.... I would like to know what kind of under water camera are you using. You have some great stuff on tape. Thanks for the reports.

Fish On kokaneekid

dunnigan jim
09-13-2010, 05:33 PM
WTG KEVIN ... Always great to see your pics and video's .. I'll be at Berryessa on fri . Hope we can hook up to some ... Thnx for the pics..

TrophyBoat
09-13-2010, 05:38 PM
Nice report and pictures, i sure do with our koke season was as long as your guys. 101goodpost101

SalmoTrutta
09-13-2010, 09:07 PM
Awesome report! Those are some gnarly looking kokes. Vampire fishing at its best.