July 7th 2018 Report

[Bill Babler]

Started at 6 the last couple of mornings out of Lilley's to a lite fog and a lot of fish.  Methods have pretty much been the same with the jig and float technique only using the power worm.  Orange and Pink seem to be the best colors and really I can't tell the difference.

One thing you can tell the difference on however is leader length.  I'm using 9' and it is a game changer over 5' to 7' when there is any sun on the water.  Fished on either an 8' spinning rod or a fly rod it fishes that length with no problem.  On a shorter rod it would be a challenge.  No heaver than 6X on the leader. 

Did not take pic's but MDC put some huge stockers in the pond.  If Phil were home I would be getting some raised eyebrows from the size of fish we are cleaning.  Lots of these true purple just stocked fish are running from 15" to 17".  Don't know the rest of the story, but these are fresh fish and they are super nice.  After years of looking at them, its easy to tell the fresh stockers, they are almost purple in hue and look almost exactly alike regardless of length.

Fish seem to be thick from Lilley's thru the 65 bridge, but it is an early bite, even with the extended leader.  When the boats get running and the sun hits by 9 AM you are about to reach your end time until evening.   Remember depth and shade are your summertime friends.

Don't have a handle on wade fishing the upper end or any restricted zone fishing so perhaps Duane and Jester will let us know the total rest of the story.

Good Luck

 

[JestersHK]

Thanks for the report Bill.  Sounds like they are in a good pattern!  I'll be sure to post up if I can get into them up in the trophy area.

[netboy]

All systems are on go. Go get um and post some good pics.😄

[duckydoty]

Still catching good fish early and late on the jerkbaits up in the Trophy area.  Been seeing one really big brown that has given me a few good chases between the Narrows and Lookout.  Rusty midge and crackle backs are a good way to catch numbers of fish up in the Trophy area.  Scuds producing well in the moving water around Lookout.  The jig bite on a 1/32 sculpin and ginger has been good both early and late all up and down the lake.  Quality fish are being caught from Cooper Creek on down to the Landing  on the power worms and power baits. Only 2 units came on for 3 hours yesterday and the fishing was fantastic during the flow. Lots of boats came in with limits, stating they caught them while the water was running.