Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

I drove to the dam- wanted to fish the spin cast rig and jigs.

#2 outlet - casted a jig and float using a olive and then a tan micro with no luck. Walked and fished down to the stairs near #3 outlet and nothing. Wind was blowing upstream. Tough conditions for I wanted to do and that's throw a jig straight.

Drove to the boat ramp. Walked up a little. Tried a olive micro and caught a few rainbows. Fished it under the float 24 inches. Tied on a sculpin 1/32nd oz jig - nothing. Tied on a brown 1/32nd oz jig and they liked it! Tried to stand on rocks out in the lake alittle and casted up lake, with the wind, along the bank. Caught the biggest and most rainbows in front of the big rocks. Had one pushing 17 inches. Several others around 14 inches. I worked the brown jig for quite a while - missed a bunch of strikes. Went to take it off and noticed the point was broken off. Darn!

Then put on a float and fished a 1/125th oz brown/black jig about 24-30 inches deep and caught 3-4 more rainbows. They liked brown.

Fun time.

The lake wasn't as crowded as I thought it'd be. Rebar was covered up but up and down from there waders were spread out pretty well. Some some fish caught, mainly small rainbows. The wind was tough! Hate when it blows up lake.