looking into some land in the Huntsville area between Pineview and Causey . a place to store my boat and other toys........i know all about pineview but have never been to Causey, I see there are some no wake restrictions and it appears to be a short season on the water there. is this a body of water that i could launch my 18 foot deep v on during normal times? hows the fishing and area?? any insight would be appreciated. PM are fine . thanks in advance.
[signature]
There are no dedicated boat launch facilities at Causey. You'd have to launch in the south canyon arm, on dirt (mud). That's why almost all boat use there is canoe or kayak that can be carried to the water.
Frankly, I've never found the fishing there to be worth the effort.
[signature]
If I remember right from a few years ago when I was there with my kayaks, you can't even get a trailer to the water. The dirt launch area is only assessable by walking because of a steel gate to block vehicles. I don't think the rule is no wake, I think it is no motor.
[signature]
Wakeless us correct. You have have to haul any craft over the barrier. Impossible to launch anything on a trailer.
[signature]
Absolutely no possible/realistic/legal way to launch a boat from a trailer there. Only what you can carry to the water. The entire lake is wake-less.
Fishing is fair. You would expect better with it limited to canoes and kayaks. The lake level drops considerably through irrigation season and usually fills to capacity each spring. I would generalize it as a below average put-and-take bathtub fishery. With that said, always a chance at a few monster browns withing the depths.
It's know better for ice fishing.
[signature]
I recall seeing a pickup backing a trailered boat down to the water in the south arm, but that was years ago. It sticks in my mind because he stuck his rig in the mud.
They may have put the barrier up since; I don't know.
[signature]
It's a wakeless lake. Motors are allowed if you can haul it down by hand. South arm is the best place to haul a large boat. The dam area is a short walk down to the water for hauling lighter watercraft.
Fishing can be tough. The water is pretty stained in springtime. My favorite time to fish it is when the temps warm up. Trout and I'm assuming salmon will rise in the surface for bugs early in the morning before the sun hits the water. During the middle of the day I will paddle my toon up into the "arms" of the reservoir, and hook a quarter to half piece of worm onto a small hook (size 14) 4 lb test leader, and a small split shot sinker to make the worm sink very very slowly. I will cast and drift with that rig and catch tons of bows and tigers while nobody else is catching fish. Kokanee are fairly easy to catch using Dodgers and squid. You'll need a downrigger or dipsy diver in july to get the setup down to the school. Kokanee in causey have traditionally been bigger than porcupine. 12-15 inches are common with an occasional 18. There are monster browns and tigers dwelling there. Spear fisherman could attest to that, I haven't caught one over 20 ... yet.
Otherwise causey is a great place to cruise in a canoe or kayak. July bring lots of swimmers, cliff and rock jumpers, so if your not big on fishing then the latter option would be a better fit.
[signature]
There are some decent fish in there, IF you work for it. It's been 2 years since we fished it, but we would take our small boat out and my buddy caught his biggest tiger in there, plan to hit it up a few times this year now that the new little boat is set up for it a bit better. It is indeed wakeless but you can have a gas or electric motor.
[signature]
Thanks for all the info ! i appreciate it . ill leave the smokercraft home when i go check this place out . you would think the fishing would be really good with the limited access. maybe a float tube will be in order down the road if we pickup the property im looking at .
[signature]
Tube, toon, canoe, or 'yak are the best choices.
[signature]
Last year I took my boys up there on our little row boat to try some fishing. We set up near some of the cliffs and tried casting some crank baits and drowning some worms. My 4 year old (who is not very responsible with his hook) wanted to use a big frog jig that I had in my box. I thought that would be harmless so I tied it on and bent the hook point into the body of the frog so he wouldn't catch anybody else on the boat. He was just messing around with it on the back of the boat saying "jump, jump jump" as he was popping it in and out of the water. Suddenly a large 20+" Tiger Trout came up out of the depths and crashed on that frog, almost pulling the spider man fishing pole out of my sons hand, but his stupid dad had bent the hook in so it wouldn't hook ANYTHING. That tiger came back and slammed that frog on the surface just 2 feet behind the boat 3 times while I was frantically trying to get my hook back so I could through it to him. By the time I got my hook back the monster had slipped away. I quickly put my lure in in an attempt to entice him onto a hook that actually had a hook on it when suddenly I hooked up... with an 8" planter rainbow[:/]. we stayed in the spot for about an hour trying to find that fish but a school of little rainbows had taken refuge under our boat and we couldn't get a bait past them. My boys had a blast, but every time I unhooked a small rainbow I was wishing it was that Tiger Trout.
[signature]
[quote betterthanwork]Last year I took my boys up there on our little row boat to try some fishing. We set up near some of the cliffs and tried casting some crank baits and drowning some worms. My 4 year old (who is not very responsible with his hook) wanted to use a big frog jig that I had in my box. I thought that would be harmless so I tied it on and bent the hook point into the body of the frog so he wouldn't catch anybody else on the boat. He was just messing around with it on the back of the boat saying "jump, jump jump" as he was popping it in and out of the water. Suddenly a large 20+" Tiger Trout came up out of the depths and crashed on that frog, almost pulling the spider man fishing pole out of my sons hand, but his stupid dad had bent the hook in so it wouldn't hook ANYTHING. That tiger came back and slammed that frog on the surface just 2 feet behind the boat 3 times while I was frantically trying to get my hook back so I could through it to him. By the time I got my hook back the monster had slipped away. I quickly put my lure in in an attempt to entice him onto a hook that actually had a hook on it when suddenly I hooked up... with an 8" planter rainbow[:/]. we stayed in the spot for about an hour trying to find that fish but a school of little rainbows had taken refuge under our boat and we couldn't get a bait past them. My boys had a blast, but every time I unhooked a small rainbow I was wishing it was that Tiger Trout.[/quote]
There are certainly some big ones in there, we will never know for sure what lies beneath because the DNR has no way of doing a good sampling like they do at bigger lakes with their nets.
[signature]