eustace
4/2/2008 12:25:00 PMFor the Walleye try from dusk to dark and shollow. This is the time of year they spawn, I know theres not an inlet big enough for them to spwan, but try near the springs. Whats your trolling speed, I would go as slow as can. Try a jerk bait about 3' behind you bottom bouncer!
Ty
4/2/2008 4:18:00 PMThanks for the tips! We literally trolled the entire lake a couple times about 1.3 to 1.6mph. Havent given up, just ran out of cash for the new license.
Honkster
4/3/2008 12:25:00 PMActually, the larger rainbows you may have caught around March 1st are fish that have carried over from previous year. Quite a few of these fish were trying to spawn in the rock piles along the launch this year. The WDFW has only planted catchable size rainbows in Liberty tLake this year so far. No triploids or larger brood stock have been planted this year based on the weekly planting reports. Those larger fish shouldn't be very good eating since they just finished spawning. Maybe think about letting those big boys go for someone else to catch again. Fish On!
Ty
4/4/2008 9:06:00 AMMy two friends watched the truck back up to the launch and open a pipe that literally dumped a ton of fish into the lake at the launch. Many of these fish were "huge" in their opinion. When I arrived at the lake there were dozens and dozens of huge brooders just swimming around real shallow. There were a lot of dead ones just lying there also in the water. Call the WDFW and ask them if they did.
Honkster
4/4/2008 11:44:00 PMI guess if you were there than they must have put some big boys in with the normal small stock. Most of the bigger rainbows we caught appeared to be post spawn. Males were still juicin everywhere and females had already dropped their eggs. This lake is too busy for me now, so i will be heading to the next good fishery that has recently thawed. Have fun with the slimers (i.e. rainbow trout). Fish On!