My 11yr and 6yr old sons and I arrived at 7:15am at the boat launch. We were the 2nd boat in the water. We head up to the north side and started trolling in 70' of water. Downriggers at 15ft down and not a bite. We played with the depths for a while and the winning depth was 10ft down. My sons and I used the same set up as always; red wedding ring, brass blade, size #2 hook and a chunk of worm. The best place for producing the fish, was down by the river by the south shore line... in 70ft of water. Although, I did manage a cutthroat in the middle of the lake with a small red/black flat fish with sparkles on it. All gear was 65-100 pulls back, speed was 1.5-1.7 mph, the water temp was 44 deg. for the most part, and calm waters throughout the day. By the end of the day, we boated a total of; one 18in bow (top fish in the picture) and 6 cutthroat. We lost a few and threw a few smaller shakers back. As I report, all the fish are in brine waiting to be smoked! : )~

The Quadfather

1/24/2011 12:48:00 PM

I am surprised that your best success came from the South end of the lake. It was very muddy with limited clarity in the water at the South end. When you are trolling the wedding rings or whatever (flatfish, etc.) are you using an attractor (flasher/dodger) of any type, or just the simple wedding ring?

snake7676

1/24/2011 2:43:00 PM

Quadfather after looking at a map it was the nw side of the lake , im sorry by the river and as you head back and come around the corner on the right side has been the most productive areas for me the last dozzen times I been out . Yes just a plain red wedding ring with a chunk of crawler on it and a dry flat fish seems to work awsome for me .I tryed a brads cutt plug for a few and no luck ! but if you head out any time soon go down by the river and find them and stick on them and you shall limit fast. : ) good luck !

snake7676

1/24/2011 4:14:00 PM

Quadfather after looking at a map it was the nw side of the lake , im sorry by the river and as you head back and come around the corner on the right side has been the most productive areas for me the last dozzen times I been out . Yes just a plain red wedding ring with a chunk of crawler on it and a dry flat fish seems to work awsome for me .I tryed a brads cutt plug for a few and no luck ! but if you head out any time soon go down by the river and find them and stick on them and you shall limit fast. : ) good luck !

hydra

1/24/2011 8:59:00 PM

Nice, at that end, I have never been skunked! and about 9 bald eagles know its a good hunting ground too!

danm

1/24/2011 11:11:00 PM

No picture today? Great ! The middle of the lake gave me the biggest fish last time I was there. The North side gave me the most fish.

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