08/30/2026
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Hello DT6 family!
As promised, here is your weekly photo dump! 📸🐟 Be sure to read the captions on all the photos! As part of our new social media interaction, I'm going to give some of my seat-of-the-pants // hands on fishing report(s) on our current local lake(s).....the rest of this fall will be Big Lake! Everything I type will be factual and (Sonia said) will contain no opinion (darn it). I'm not going to divulge secrets that we have worked relentlessly for over a decade now to learn, but I'm going to share my experiences on the water so people can get a vibe on "what's going on out there" and maybe help you figure something out with your fishing game.
I have typed a lot. If you want some good information, read the whole thing.
I promise.
If not and you check out..... Thank you again for tuning in and we look forward to seeing you in the future!
Here we go.....
Pike - July is generally our warmest month concerning water temps. In the month of July this year we received an unheard of 6" of rain. Water temps which usually peak on Big Lake in July at about 72° and ignite the 70° bite never got above 68° this summer. In the end there never was a summer Pike bite that was reliable. The good news is the pike also responds to the water temperatures dropping, which as of this morning reached 60° and take a look at what is coming around. I've been watching these fish for 3 weeks not take lures or bait. I've invited plenty of you to come bowfishing... every one of you could have stuck these fish. From here on to ice-up pike fishing is going to get better everyday. Get out there and figure it out!!
Char - gggrrrrrhhhh. One day it is predictable as it can possibly be and hot as an oven and the next day you perfectly roll over 35 mating pairs staggered exactly like they should be in the thermocline and not a single bite after six passes. For those of you that have been on the boat, our "Swedish Secret 😉" is still paying dividends, but that switch just flips off for no reason. I know a lot but I still do not the answer to this one. This keeps me humble. I have a feeling it's sockeye interaction while they're in the early stages of the spawn. Once again, this is first hand information. But in the end we've already caught some gorgeous fish, and as with the Pike fishing folks it's only going to get better as we move further into the fall and that water temp keeps dropping!!!
Rainbow Trout - generally, in this period of the fall, I'm not specifically targeting these fish with customers. There are massive amounts of juvenile sockeye moving out of the lake right now and the trout are hanging in 17 ft of water. 2' above them is as much food as they can possibly eat..... AND they've probably already been following the school for half a mile. Once the sockeyes start dropping eggs the gloves are off so more to follow............
GAME ON.
Still going to work hard for that first 30" plus ADFG verified Arctic Char out of Big Lake in the last 2 decades. We have reached 29.5 once and numerous 29s & below. Some of you have put up those numbers so congratulations once again!!
I know this was long-winded. I'll find ways to condense it, but I tried to keep it entertaining. I let loose some pretty good information in there so grab hold of that.
For those of you that have fished with us on Big Lake or are an avid fisherman.... some of this babbling mumbo jumbo I just let loose will make sense 😂 😭 😂
OR if you are trying to figure out a fishing scenario like a CSI detective on a manhunt
OR you fish THE VALLEY (REPRESENT!!!)..... some of this stuff is going to hit home 💜
Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts to everybody who joined us this past week. As much as we want our butts to be at our new cabin becoming Lake Trout masters & looking for that new state record bourbot (we were so close SPENCER!!!), it's been a blast down here entertaining all of you & making new friends ❤️
Talk to you soon,
Sonia & Dan ⚓
P.S. - I taught a HERO (US Army) how to properly fillet a damn Pike the right way so you don't waste a ton of meat .............
That's opinion. Sonia said I can't do that.
I'm out.
(Dan)
P.S.S. We finalllyyyy got to see Mr. Dave Mustaine and MEGADETH at OUR Alaska State Fair! 🖤
P.S.S.S.S.S.- for those of you that read the whole thing I told you it was going to be worth it 😉 😜 ✌️
Sonia & Dan
702-465-4747
https://dt6fishingexcursions.com/
