March on Wallowa Lake. Tire chains were needed on the boat ramp the day before.Wallowa Lake was breaking records last year like a disgruntled employee at a music store. For a while, Bob Both held the record with his kokanee weighing 8.85 pounds. Then some 9.6-pounder got reeled up from the depths and currently holds the title.
This is Bob Both of Lostine. Kokanee whisperer.That 9.6 pound fish enjoyed some fame, but now has fallen on hard times and currently works as a celebrity greeter next to the seafood buffet at a casino in Vegas.
The fish pictured below was lucked into by me after I talked Bob into showing me the secrets of kokanee jigging. He did that thing where he's like, 'Well, if I tell you I'll have to kill you,' and I was like, 'Ha ha, OK...' but then he really did give me a savage beating after telling me the secrets of catching kokanne -- I mean, really gave me a thorough working over with a tire iron, kicking me in the ribs and ran over me with his boat trailer a few times but joke's on you, Bob, I survived.
And then we went out fishing and I caught this fish pictured below. The fish enjoyed eating some corn kernels on the barbs of a jig down about 90 feet, then I enjoyed eating the fish with some garlic salt, pepper, fresh lemon, basil and garlic.
A 20-incher. Or, like, a thousand centimeters. Sounds better in metric.
Ice floe we parked next to. Tip: wear longjohns.
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