Sockeye salmon (kokanee salmon)

Brought the kayak, but when I arrived there was no one fishing on my beloved wind-blown shore, so I decided to just fish from shore. It took hours, but finally hooked up with a Kokanee on the “reaper” spinner. I then switched to the chartreuse woolly bugger, since I figured I’d found the Kokanees, and it’s one of my favorite spawning Kokanee reaction-bite magnets. So… the next two fish ended up being fat rainbow trout! That was an interesting learning experience, as I was throwing several trout lures previously with no action. I then found the Kokes again and landed a few nice ones. All C&R today.

One Kokanee today. Might be my last fish of the season here. Think im going to pack it away and focus on my trip to Asia next month. All n All, it was a helluva year! Cheers again, everyone. Ill hopefully have some fishing photos from my trip in Thailand.