Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Wanted to wait till I saw what was going to happen with the water after the rains this week. As far as I can tell, we received about 2 inches of rain Wednesday and Thursday. Babler reported muddy water conditions in the trophy area. He said fishing was slow yesterday. No water has ran since the rain and no telling when they will run it. The water in our area is slightly stained but it great shape. Fishing has been very good off the docks this week.

I'm confident the lake is clear below the dam. Even with the rains, the area below the dam washes out quickly from the outlet flow.

Below Fall Creek, night crawlers are the hottest bait and rightly so... lots of night crawlers have come out because of the warm weather and the rain has washed them into the lake where the trout have feasted on them. Shoot alittle air in them to make them float. Even in the merky water they should be excellent.

Jigs should be another great lure this weekend. Try a 1/16th oz jig, dark like brown, black, sculpin and work it slow off the bottom or vertical jig it off the bottom in the deep channels.

Will report more as the day goes along.