out there last week - everything was the same - thinking maybe waiting about 40-45 days, then will stay in the steamboat
campground for a week - thanks for doing the report for us - c u there when it cools a bit.

We also fished 8/3 out of Northrup, the past couple weeks have been a learning experience for us, we have always used bottom walker and slowdeath but this year seems different for some reason. On the recommendation of some friends we started trolling Flicker Shad crankbaits. We fish them as close as you can safely troll along the rock slides and cliffs of the northwest shore. A number 7 Flicker Shad trolled at 1.6 mph 130' behind the boat in water 8' to 20' produced very well for us, we ended the day with 12 walleye the smallest being 16" and 16 smallmouth ranging from 14" to 17", we also released at least 30 smallmouth that were less than 14". We did have to suffer the heat, we launched at about 7 am and fished until 3 pm. The fish are out there and biting we just had to change the way we have always fish for them and it has paid off in a big way for us. I hope this helps a little. Good luck

Sorry, I mis spoke about the Bass we caught. All Bass released were 12" and under, the Bass that we kept were 12"to 17". I'm not sure what I was thinking when I wrote the first report, I caulk it up to age I guess.