05-27-2009, 04:46 PM
I went out to Willow Beach Yesterday actually. I got there a bit late (traffic over the dam is crazy, way worse on the way back though). Didnt' actually catch anything, I was intendign to lure fish my way down the shore past the fishing jetty but apparently there is no way past the fish hatchery?
I went back for lunch and a beer after unsuccesful worm fishing off the jetty and beside it (saw a few cruisng round in the shallows though).
Ended up walking round the shore the other direction, there are some very very nice little coves if you're willing to scramble over some rocks and get a bit wet, very picturesque! Also no success. I could see them! they were just cruising past the lure, past the worm... very frustrating, some sizeable fish too.
I guess you don't get to be a decent sized fish in a place that busy without being a wee bit canny though.
I'm pretty sure I was using the wrong lure though, I was using an articulated rainbow trout type thing that seems to cruise about a foot below the surface, the fish I saw were deeper. Do the trout minnows work or should I be going with like a spinner or a spoon or something? (a link would be fantastic, I was just about ready to throw rocks at them)
The area is very nice though, nice gravel bottom so you can wander round in the water and not have to wory about mud. Taking the wife and some friends of hers out there this weekend too. One of them knows the fishing spots round somehwere called searchlight needles or something! rah. always good to know more.
But all in all a good spot, thanks for the reccomendation! (also I'm going to have to rent a kayak one day, that should be a lark)
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I went back for lunch and a beer after unsuccesful worm fishing off the jetty and beside it (saw a few cruisng round in the shallows though).
Ended up walking round the shore the other direction, there are some very very nice little coves if you're willing to scramble over some rocks and get a bit wet, very picturesque! Also no success. I could see them! they were just cruising past the lure, past the worm... very frustrating, some sizeable fish too.
I guess you don't get to be a decent sized fish in a place that busy without being a wee bit canny though.
I'm pretty sure I was using the wrong lure though, I was using an articulated rainbow trout type thing that seems to cruise about a foot below the surface, the fish I saw were deeper. Do the trout minnows work or should I be going with like a spinner or a spoon or something? (a link would be fantastic, I was just about ready to throw rocks at them)
The area is very nice though, nice gravel bottom so you can wander round in the water and not have to wory about mud. Taking the wife and some friends of hers out there this weekend too. One of them knows the fishing spots round somehwere called searchlight needles or something! rah. always good to know more.
But all in all a good spot, thanks for the reccomendation! (also I'm going to have to rent a kayak one day, that should be a lark)
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