Blue Mesa Report - June 2 and 3

[DonInDenver]

For any of you who may have thought that all you needed to do for a double digit lake trout was run down to Blue Mesa and drop a tube jig, I've got news. It ain't that easy.

I was on the water both days by 5:30 AM and fished with some very, very good lake trout fisherman in several boats and I only saw a handful of fish caught. Two of those were in the teens and two in the mid-twenties. This was among about 25 really good lake trout jig fishermen (and women) over the course of two days!

The fish were very hard to find. They seem to have left the areas where they have been holding for the last couple of weeks. And when we did find fish, they were mostly singles, occasionally a pair. And, they didn't hang around when you dropped on them. They boogied. Very skittish.

It was literally a case of "You shoulda been here last week!"

And I understand Flaming Gorge is fishing pretty tough these days, too. Bummer. I'm headed there in a couple weeks.
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[Wyobraz]

[font "Tempus Sans ITC"][#808000][size 3]The Gorge is terrible. Too much pressure, too much food, who knows probably both. I havn't hit it personally in awhile but my fiends that also fish it regularly are catching the fewest fish they have in many years. They have said it has been the toughest May in many years. I think I will give up on the Macks and start fishing for Kokes and bows.[/size][/#808000][/font]
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[DonInDenver]

Hey Brazure!

Nice to see you slumming it over here on the Colorado board! Boy, it sounds like it's been tough up there. Tarponjim was telling me the same thing. Using basically the same words.

If you happen to talk to him, tell him "hi". []
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