08-02-2006, 02:25 PM
"Don't bother" would probably sum it up but here are the specifics:
On the water at 7 am yesterday. The dirt road in is so washboarded that you could yodel the entire way if you were so inclined... shallow ramp allows you to get wet whether inclined or not... Lake is surprisingly low now. Surface temp was 75 degrees.
We tried near the dam and along the rock slides for kokes/trout at various depths of 15 to 75 feet with the riggers and the leadcore pulling hoochies, e-chips, humdingers, with scented shoepeg. Koke trolls and dodgers/slingblades. Also tried crankbaits and spinners. Squawfish (pikeminnow) after squawfish; couldn't keep the little buggers off the line. One smallmouth about a pound.
Went up the south fork arm to the end. Thick with smallmouth; all about a pound; one maybe pound and a half.
Out of the water at 1pm. Yodeled all the way back along the washboarded road.
However, we did see a bald eagle take one of the smallmouths and saw a couple of osprey cruising . Beautiful boat ride. All in all a very nice day on the water. Grandson had fun with the smallmouth. They hit about everything; spinners and crankbaits.
To summarize: about 30 squawfish; ten to fifteen smallmouth.
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On the water at 7 am yesterday. The dirt road in is so washboarded that you could yodel the entire way if you were so inclined... shallow ramp allows you to get wet whether inclined or not... Lake is surprisingly low now. Surface temp was 75 degrees.
We tried near the dam and along the rock slides for kokes/trout at various depths of 15 to 75 feet with the riggers and the leadcore pulling hoochies, e-chips, humdingers, with scented shoepeg. Koke trolls and dodgers/slingblades. Also tried crankbaits and spinners. Squawfish (pikeminnow) after squawfish; couldn't keep the little buggers off the line. One smallmouth about a pound.
Went up the south fork arm to the end. Thick with smallmouth; all about a pound; one maybe pound and a half.
Out of the water at 1pm. Yodeled all the way back along the washboarded road.
However, we did see a bald eagle take one of the smallmouths and saw a couple of osprey cruising . Beautiful boat ride. All in all a very nice day on the water. Grandson had fun with the smallmouth. They hit about everything; spinners and crankbaits.
To summarize: about 30 squawfish; ten to fifteen smallmouth.
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