06-12-2008, 02:58 PM
I just got back from Brownlee as well. I stayed at Spring Rec. Site. The weather cold and windy but the fishing was really good. We caught 100's of smaller crappie 7-9 inch each day and made the mistake of keeping them the first day. We filleted for hours the first day but learned an important lesson. The following days we kept just crappie 10 inches and above. This amounted in 40-50 fish each day. For crappie the best bait was any jig with a white body and a red head. We caught fish on anything but when times were tough the white and red was the only producer. I also broke off a crappie at the boat (trying to lift it in) that might have been a new state record. I have been fishing Brownlee for 20 years and have never seen a crappie close to this size. I blame my fishing partner for the loss as he did not grab the net (Ha! Ha!).
We also caught several smallmouth over threee pounds each day and even caught one that was over 20 inches. The catfishing was slow but we did manage at least one really nice (18inch) catfish each day.
The two most unexpected catches of the trip were a rainbow trout and a Kokanee.
The water was cold up by Spring Rec. Site 55 degrees but we traveled down reservoir until we found 60 degree plus water and had really good success in spite of the smaller fish.
Drew
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We also caught several smallmouth over threee pounds each day and even caught one that was over 20 inches. The catfishing was slow but we did manage at least one really nice (18inch) catfish each day.
The two most unexpected catches of the trip were a rainbow trout and a Kokanee.
The water was cold up by Spring Rec. Site 55 degrees but we traveled down reservoir until we found 60 degree plus water and had really good success in spite of the smaller fish.
Drew
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