In the past I have been primarily a stillwater fly fisherman. This year I have gotten much more into fly fishing the rivers nearby. It has been a pretty good year so far. Went up to I.P. for a family reunion this last weekend and managed to get away for a few hours and fish Henry's Lake. Pulled in my personal best of 19" at Henry's which I know isn't huge but was a good solid fish. Caught 8 in just a few hours ranging from 15-19". I have caught the stillwater bug again and am wanting to get out again soon. Was thinking of hitting up I.P. Reservoir but have not fished it. At one time I heard that if you didn't have a motor it wasn't worth it. Due to the distance you would have to row to get to any decent spots. Is this true? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Island park will be more difficult for a couple of months. You have to find places with cooler water ie springs, creeks etc... It can be difficult to get to those places without a boat. In the past Trudes Bay has been the best.
In September the fish will spread out a little and for me early Oct. is awesome at the west end fingers or even around the dam.
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West End would be your best bet . If you can get over to Trudes , it has been good .I will be there tomorrow .
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Good luck Curt.....looking forward to your report. I actually bought a boat to fit the whole family and is river compatible. Stillwater fly fishing trudes bays brings good memories. Sinking line and dark leach patterns work well for trout.
it is a long haul from the damn. is that where you launch?...anywhere else I fish on IP does not seem to produce very well for me.
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I launch at Mill Creek until the lake get to low .Fishing was slow for me today. ? The people that got out ea
rly did well trolling flys .You can launch at
West End , if you don, t mind the long dirt road to get there .
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Glad I got on here and read this. I will be camping at Buttermilk all next week. I guess I should apologize for my lack of posts for the last few months. Fishing for me this summer has been almost non-existent. I only hit Henry's 1 time so for and caught nothing but dinks and that is about it. Way to much working and running kids around to baseball games.
I am very excited to get a week off work even if the fishing isn't hot. I have not fished I.P. for about 10 years so I hope I can find some fish. I will probably hit Henrys a couple times also. Curt, How long does it take to motor from Buttermilk over to Trudes? I was thinking about 15 to 20 minutes cruising about 20 mph.. It has been way to long for me since I fished it. I will give my report when I get home. Thanks
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It, s 5 miles to Trudes . Last week we had a couple of good days at Henry, s . The fish are in the middle in the cooler water. ? The fish at IP are a lot better eating.
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Thanks again Curt! Can't wait to get up there.
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