06-23-2004, 05:26 PM
Lake Avery - Fishing is very good for trout using spinners and bait. Flyfishers report good evening action with #14-16 Caddis and Parachute Adams.
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Mack Mesa Lake - Water temperature is 78 degrees and climbing. As a result, trout fishing has slowed but several anglers still caught their limits over the weekend. Mornings are best and worms or salmon eggs remain the most productive baits for fish that are biting. Some trout have also been taken on Mepps and Phoebe spinners in orange or black colors. A few small catfish have been caught but no big ones and a few small largemouth bass have been taken in the shallows. Only electric motors and self-propelled vessels are allowed on the lake. Tubes and rafts must be multi-chambered.
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Muddy Creek - Flows are still up due to irrigation releases from Wolford Reservoir but the creek continues to fish well. Use Woolly Buggers, Caddis, Prince Nymphs and Joe's Hoppers. Spincasters have been catching nice fish on Mepps, Blue Fox or Panther Martin spinners. Best colors are rainbow trout, frog and yellow with red spots or black with yellow spots. Browns and rainbows seem to concentrate behind the bluffs.
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Pearl Lake - Fishing is good in the coves, best mornings and evenings. Woolly Buggers, large emergers and small spinners are most productive.
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Rifle Gap Reservoir - The lake level is 35 feet below capacity. There is still 30 feet of boat ramp for launching boats but a sharp dropoff at the end of the ramp necessitates caution. Perch fishing is excellent using worm harnesses and silver Panther Martins. The fish average 8-9 inches long. The hotspot is near the dam. Crappie fishing has also picked up along the dam using on brown crappie jigs. Trout fishing has slowed, though some are still being caught at the southeast and west end of the reservoir. The best baits are worms, popcorn shrimp or Power Bait. Upstream at Rifle Falls, brown trout bite well in the afternoons on black flies and worms and rainbows are hitting on spinners.
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Mack Mesa Lake - Water temperature is 78 degrees and climbing. As a result, trout fishing has slowed but several anglers still caught their limits over the weekend. Mornings are best and worms or salmon eggs remain the most productive baits for fish that are biting. Some trout have also been taken on Mepps and Phoebe spinners in orange or black colors. A few small catfish have been caught but no big ones and a few small largemouth bass have been taken in the shallows. Only electric motors and self-propelled vessels are allowed on the lake. Tubes and rafts must be multi-chambered.
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Muddy Creek - Flows are still up due to irrigation releases from Wolford Reservoir but the creek continues to fish well. Use Woolly Buggers, Caddis, Prince Nymphs and Joe's Hoppers. Spincasters have been catching nice fish on Mepps, Blue Fox or Panther Martin spinners. Best colors are rainbow trout, frog and yellow with red spots or black with yellow spots. Browns and rainbows seem to concentrate behind the bluffs.
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Pearl Lake - Fishing is good in the coves, best mornings and evenings. Woolly Buggers, large emergers and small spinners are most productive.
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Rifle Gap Reservoir - The lake level is 35 feet below capacity. There is still 30 feet of boat ramp for launching boats but a sharp dropoff at the end of the ramp necessitates caution. Perch fishing is excellent using worm harnesses and silver Panther Martins. The fish average 8-9 inches long. The hotspot is near the dam. Crappie fishing has also picked up along the dam using on brown crappie jigs. Trout fishing has slowed, though some are still being caught at the southeast and west end of the reservoir. The best baits are worms, popcorn shrimp or Power Bait. Upstream at Rifle Falls, brown trout bite well in the afternoons on black flies and worms and rainbows are hitting on spinners.
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