Fishing Forum

Hello everybody, back from Wade Lake for the past week. The weather was spotty at best. Sunday through Thursday major showers everyday with lightning and thunder, pretty cool in though hearing and seeing in the mountains. Fishing was tougher than usual up there. I limited out every day but it was not fast and furious like years past. There have been these little worms dropping down from the pine trees on silk lines that I see every year. This year though they had hatched and were everywhere. Tan in color, probably about 3/4 of an inch long, the same wide. Along the edges of the lake it looked like a fish hatchery at feeding time, fish cruising the edges mouths wide open sucking them in, so fish that I could normally catch with downriggers and bait were only taking flies. On the positive side all the kids caught fish. The one little girl I got set up on the bank and in twenty five minutes she had her limit. Between shuttling fifteen different family members and friends around the lake I got about two hours of fish time to myself, usually at first light. A panther martin, black and gold at about fifty feet down on the rigger was my main destroyer. My biggest fish for the week was twenty inches. Most of the fish I caught were those cookie cutter wade lake fish, but so much fun to catch. I kept a hand full of eaters but most went back to fight another day. The pictures aren't of the best quality but I hope you enjoy them. I also look forward to posting another thread I will title gut check time. For the first time I put on my pfd. Sustained fifty mile an hour winds for ten hours and I am stuck up the lake with the sun going down, will look forward to your observations of what I did right and what I did wrong, don't worry I can take it.
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Nice photos and sounds like a fun trip with the exception of battling the wind one day. Very scenic area, have to get up there myself one of these days. Thanks for sharing, tight lines.
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You done nothing wrong! Nice fish dude. Perhaps finding a fly to drop in front of those gulpers would have been fun but I feel you done well. Now that Polaris......[]
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Thanks for the report and the pictures. I think I'll try to head up there this week and see if I can find the spruce moths. If I get up, I'll post a report.

Bill
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Great report on a beautiful area! Glad the wind event turned out okay too. There have sure been some nasty storms lately.
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Very nice report and a very beautifull area! Thanks
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The worm and the moth are called the Spruce Budworm, they kill the new growth on many of the trees. The ends of the branches will be brown and dries out, and it kills many of the trees--but the fish do love them[]
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Just one other thought. I had to pull into that boat check at Henry's when I came back into the state. The guy said that the draw on Henrys Lake and Island Park is about to begin. He said the fisherman in our area are beginning to struggle to get into lakes because the water is so low. I hope they don't suck those other two lakes down to badly.
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