Fish Lake Questions

[MasterDaad]

I'm spearheading a Venture fishing trip to Fish Lake next week.

Any hints on what they're hitting now would be helpful.

I do have downriggers and planer boards.

What is the water temp?

TIA!
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[fishinfool]

3" pearl white tube jigs on 1/4 oz jig heads to get them down fast.

Catch a few perch near the weed line on small jig head tipped with worm, fillet both sides off leaving the skin on the fillet cut into 1/2 inch wide 2-3" long and hook onto the white tube jig setup on one of the ends of the meat so it drops fast without much resistance. Hit the bottom, using the tip of your pole reel down until the tip is 6 inches from the surface with the jig on the bottom, use long lift an drop jigging action and watch for the jig to stop dropping on the drop, this is typical of splake to grab it on the fall and you need to watch your line not the tip of your pole. any slack on the drop means a fish has grabbed it, reel down quick and set the hook. If you get hit and you don't seem to be getting any action check the bait they will take the meat off the hook sometimes.

Using your fish finder look for fish stacked up off the weed line on the bottom, 40-70 feet. Splake and macs will usually be around each other so you could catch either in the same area. I can give you a few good locations in a PM if you want them. A bow mount is a must to keep you over the fish an anchor is useless at fish lake in my opinion.

If wanting rainbows troll small pop gear, I like the really small willow blade type so there is not much resistance when fighting the fish, troll on the surface with a chartreuse blade wedding ring and or the original red bead works at time also. the center and about 400 yrds of the east side have been the best trolling path for me. you can be clued in on there location by looking for the number of osprey picking them off the surface.

Hope this helps.
Tight lines.
FNF[cool]
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[MasterDaad]

Fantastic info. Thanks a bunch.

I have a bunch of 3-4" pearl and white speckled tube jigs I love for Strawberry and Scofield. The techniques sound very familiar but with Perch meat instead of chub.

Thanks a bunch. I will PM for locations.
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[liketrolling]

we are going up this fall
have not been up this year
but a lot of the stuff that works at Strawberry works their
I like
Bass Pro Shops Bass Teaser Tubes 2 3/4 Pearl Silver Flake
Bass Pro Shops Tender Tube 3 1/2
they are one good tube
when I troll with them, put beeds in the body
and have Snelled double hooks with worms on the hook.
and on the planer board I put sliding sinkers in the body.
also try somthing like this with a light green dodger
[url "http://shop.kokaneecreektacklecompany.com/HIGH-VOLTAGE-CHARTREUSE-SB-222.htm"]http://shop.kokaneecreektacklecompany.com/HIGH-VOLTAGE-CHARTREUSE-SB-222.htm[/url]
my fishing buddy has been up this year about 4 time he loves pop gear and a worm.
but me I'm a dodger guy.
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[MasterDaad]

Pop gear a "last resort" for me (I think I have two sets in my boat that haven't been wet in 3 years). I'd also much rather use a dodger.

You recommended stuff very similar to what I normally use... this is good news! Not a lot new to buy!

I use the dual hook wedding rings a lot that are similar to the Kokanee Creek spinner you linked. I will add some of those as well. I believe I have two dodgers that are at least partially green.

If I had to pick one lure to fish in most the lakes I hit, pearl, silver flake tubes would probably win for me. I love them also.
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