August 10-12

[Seth]

I was down at Lazy Valley for a family reunion the past few days and got plenty of fishing in as well. My dad and relatives had no problem catching their limits with crawlers and salmon peach powerbait off the dock in the AM when the water was off. They also caught 10 nice white suckers on the crawlers. That was a nice bonus since we haven't done very well on them in several years. Myself and the fiance mainly fished out of the boat using the pink power worm and 1/16oz jigs. Jig colors were black and orange head sculpin/orange. Black was the most productive. Monkey Island produced decent as did Short Creek area, but there were a lot of runts. I ended up finding better quality rainbows in front of the first long dock above Lilley's with the wooden shack in the middle. Most of the fish we caught in that area were 11-15". My fiance got big fish for the stay with a chunky 17.5" bow that weighed 2.55# on my digital scale. She caught it on a white thread jig Friday morning just below the buoy near Lilley's.

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[Gatorjet]

So, is your fiance going to be your partner in the Firefighter's benefit tournament in a couple weeks?

 

[Seth]

I won't be able to make that one. The bass club I fish has a tournament that day.

[Phil Lilley]

We have a tournament a week from Saturday... I think we're going to see some huge weights.  I've never seen this many quality trout below Fall Creek in many years.  Even if you want above FC, good chance to catch a couple of 20+ inchers.

[trythisonemv]

So do you think the commentary about the browns not running as heavy this year is still valid ?