Strawberry

[N.E.T.O.]

Actually, according to all my logs and journals over the last 6 years...July is the very best fishing at Strawberry. Save Renegade for early spring and late fall fishing. This is a screwed up year, so everything is late and the lake is fishing a month late. It's fishing right now like it normally does early June. Look for fish around 25 feet deep. Leave the trolling stuff home. Jigging is where it's at right now. Also, casting tubes with a slow retrieve on the bottom will yield fish when the jigging is slow. When you feel a tap, open the bail a bit or let some line out and let the bait go back where it was...wait for the tap and set the hook. I'm hoping to be up there this Saturday. I would have been there today except that I was exhausted from another trip I just got back from!
Also, I never have much luck with crank baits, such as Rapalas, although some people do. Are you tipping your jigs?...with something other than a worm?
July has been my most productive month each year at the Berry for the last 6 years. I've had 80+ fish days (myself!) during July, and I'm not that good of a fisherman. There are others on this board that really kick it at that lake.
I just heard from a workmate that trolled all day on Saturday without a bite for the 2nd weekend in a row! I keep telling them to start jigging, and I even showed them how once...but I guess they would rather troll and not catch fish than jig and catch fish. You do have to have a good anchor to jig. It's always windy. I'm just rambling now sorry...
Randy
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