Fishing Forum

So, I thought I'd give little Camas a try today (yes, rain and all), even though they've had salvage fishing in the fall the past 2 years and the hope of holdover trout is nil. Stocking report indicated that the place was stocked with rainbows the end of April. Well, not a trout to be seen. No rises, no trout strikes, nothing. What was to be had were smallmouth bass. Caught and released 6 between 10 and 13 inches and my fishing buddy caught several as well. Smaller GBH black or brown woolly buggers or black leech patterns. With the draw downs the past few years pretty much decimating the current trout fishery in Camas, perhaps the place is changing to become a smallmouth fishery. Won't go there again for trout until it stays filled for consecutive years, but if you are into fly fishing for smallmouths off a pontoon or float tube....................................
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smb on the fly...might be worth checking into! Thanks for the report!
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Thanks for the update. I sure miss the old days at Camas. [] A green WB use to catch boat fulls of football sized trout.
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Thanks for the report and welcome to the forum. We hope to hear from you often.

Windriver
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Welcome to the site, and thanks for the report. Wondered about it as we passed it on the way to Magic. Glad now we didn't slow down!!!! Mike
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The F&G web page shows it got trout this spring. Ron
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welcome to the forum!
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That would explain why my friend and I got skunked there about a month ago.

Too bad, looked like a nice spot for trout.
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Interesting. They haven't been stocked. I wonder if the make their way in there from Anderson Ranch Res. or if they are helped.
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My money is on illegal plantings. People have been dumping bass, perch, crappie, and whatever else in there for years. They have had to poison it at least a couple of times, if my memory serves me. Mike
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