Fish Lake help

[sportsnutzz]

Ok so I have lived in Utah all my life (28 years).. And I have never gone to Fish Lake. We go up the the skyline drive area lakes religiously. Well I am heading out to Fish Lake on the 15th for a few days, rented a small boat. Anyone have any tips for a first timer on Fish Lake??? Thanks in advance. [fishon]
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[PIKEMAN99]

Welcome to the board. You gotta take what some of these guys say with a grain of salt. If you know what I mean. In July and August the north end in 35-55 feet of water the rainbow are all the way through the column, Just fish with power bait floating off the bottom a couple of feet. You can catch all the rainbow you want. For splake jig in the same area with jigs tipped with perch meat or a worm. Make sure what ever lodge you rent the boat from that you get at least 100 feet of rope to anchor. If you are real courageous you will find the Mack in the 80-90 feet of water. Remember Bowery Haven has the best ribeyes friday and saturday nights. My man Jeff will take good care of you. Good luck and hope to hear a report from ya.
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[SportfishinSteve]

[#000050]PikeMan gave you good advice. You can troll pop gear and worms mostly anywhere and catch all the dinks you want, but most of the fish are deeper. I caught most of my decent fish last weekend in 70-80' of water and the fish were mostly holding at 50'.[/#000050]
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[#000050]The current water temp is 59 degrees so the fish are moving away fromthe banks for deeper water.[/#000050]
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[#000050]The food at Bowery Haven is indeed excellent. Their motel is all remodeled and the boat docks are nicer than the "other end".[/#000050]
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[sportsnutzz]

Well thank you for the advice, I am hoping to have a lot of fun. We will be out from Wednesday evening through Monday morning. We have a boat rented for 3 days. What about shore fishing? I usually fish off the shore from the bottom with powerbait.
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[JustJim]

Shore fishing is pretty limited because of the weed line that encircles most of the lake. Twin Creeks right by the big lodge is about your only bet but it gets crowded.

Also, beware of the wind. It's been brutal around here latey. If you're in a small boat, keep an eye out. 9 to 11 am it's been popping up just about every day. The Sheriff's Dept rescued two people when their 12 footer tipped over yesterday when the wind came up. I was over at the far side a couple weeks ago in my 14' Valco. I scrammed at the first hint of a breeze and it was white capping by the time I got back to the lodge.

Welcome to the board and good luck. Let us know how you do.

Jim
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[Matador]

It is true that fishing from the shore is tough because of the weeds, but it is not impossible. In the evening you might be surprised what you can do with a fly-and-bubble rig. The last time I was there I was standing on the bank (not at the stream inlet) catching fish while people around me were telling me it couldn't be done. What do I know...?
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[JustJim]

Good point Matador. I had not considered they fly/bubble approach. That would probably work.
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