Night Fishing Friday, June 29

[Dave Cook]

Generation pretty much followed the schedule. I met Kent at the parking lot around 10:30 and there was only one other fisherman. The water was shut off at 11 pm except for about 10mw. By midnight it was all off and pretty calm. There was enough heat in the air to keep any fog from forming but the air out in the lake was still cool and comfortable and the water is still cold enough you need some clothes to insulate you.

Fishing was kind of slow. I started with a PMS and a 14 inch brown but with the little current still going on, I don't think I was reaching the fish. Switched to an olive jig and caught a fat 19" rainbow. It was awhile without another bite, so I switched to the white bunny strip. I caught several on that but they were running small. A couple were 14-15" but the rest were smaller. Had to quit at 3am. The moon was gone behind the dam by then and I bet the fishing only got better but I had to go.

[laker67]

Generation pretty much followed the schedule. I met Kent at the parking lot around 10:30 and there was only one other fisherman. The water was shut off at 11 pm except for about 10mw. By midnight it was all off and pretty calm. There was enough heat in the air to keep any fog from forming but the air out in the lake was still cool and comfortable and the water is still cold enough you need some clothes to insulate you.

Fishing was kind of slow. I started with a PMS and a 14 inch brown but with the little current still going on, I don't think I was reaching the fish. Switched to an olive jig and caught a fat 19" rainbow. It was awhile without another bite, so I switched to the white bunny strip. I caught several on that but they were running small. A couple were 14-15" but the rest were smaller. Had to quit at 3am. The moon was gone behind the dam by then and I bet the fishing only got better but I had to go.

Hi Dave, fishing was somewhat slow on sat night as well. caught some more good quailty fish and lost the biggest fish of the night because I got impatient. Hooked up with a nice female, she made 2 hard runs and then fought in the deeper water for awhile. Worked her in close and put the light on her too soon. She made a turn down stream and I tried to snub her, thats when she made 2 big head shakes and me and her and the 5x tippet parted company. A nice female between 5 and 6 lbs. Hadn't seen you on here for awile, glad you got out for a night trip.

[Aaron J Scott]

Hey Dave, good to hear you had better luck than I did. Couldn't get anything dialed in. Like I said, it'd been a couple years since I'd been down there. Next time should be better!

[Dave Cook]

^{It was nice to meet you the other night Aaron. It was a pretty bright night last time and I think it's a lot tougher then. I'll be down again this Friday, the 13th. Let's just hope they turn the water off because the heat is on it's way back.}

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Should be good with a very late rising moon. Might see you down there too!