Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted September 25, 2011 Root Admin Posted September 25, 2011 Love to hear how everyone does today. It's been a long time since we fished down water below the dam.
snagged in outlet 3 Posted September 25, 2011 Posted September 25, 2011 It's nice to see the water off but the O2 level dropped below 2 PPM. Not good. SIO3
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted September 25, 2011 Author Root Admin Posted September 25, 2011 That's normal for the fall. As I've said before- the only oxygen comes from the outlets.
snagged in outlet 3 Posted September 25, 2011 Posted September 25, 2011 Thanks Phil I know it's normal and what is your thought about how far down lake do the 02 levels get better? It would seem that below the rebar chute o2 levels would go up with the aeration of the water there. Pete
Jack Jones Posted September 25, 2011 Posted September 25, 2011 I was there for two hours today stripping cracklebacks near outlet 2. I did pretty good. Quite a few smaller browns, and three nice bows. The biggest bow looked to be about 18-20 inches in the water, but couldn't net him. He broke off. As I was driving home, the sun came out too. Overall, a good trip. "Thanks to Mother Mercy, Thanks to Brother Wine, Another night is over and we're walking down the line" - David Mallett
Dylan Cluver Posted September 26, 2011 Posted September 26, 2011 I caught two nice bows just short of 20 inches tonight at about quarter to ten. The bite really dropped off after that. although there was a lot of surface action. No one gripes about obese fish.
laker67 Posted September 26, 2011 Posted September 26, 2011 Spent 2 weeks with nothing to do but squirrel hunt and trout fish. They ran water 24 hrs a day for the past two weeks. Headed out of town for a week, with low water in the forecast. trout fishing sucks. good luck to all.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted September 26, 2011 Author Root Admin Posted September 26, 2011 I drove to the dam and fished from about 3-5ish. Fished alittle after the water came on. Went directly down to Big Hole cause I hadn't been down there yet since spring. There's no long point anymore, just a big flat. Caught 4 small browns on a #16 red soft hackle and had a dozen more hook ups that came undone. Caught a couple nice rainbows in that bottom shoot dumping into the top of the hole. A guy fishing above me in that shoot hooked a nice brown but it broke him off. Looked to be over 20 inches. Saw one brown and one rainbow on the flat that were well over 20 inches. The trout I was watching down there seemed to be in good shape o2-wise. Fought hard and were feeding actively below and on the surface.
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