01-21-2010, 04:25 PM
I went on Wednesday. I don't know if anyone saw me out there but I was having a heck of a time - I forgot my sled and my auger blade got bent somehow. I had to beat holes in previous holes with a rock, no kidding. I haven't tried fishing the middle of the lake yet this year, but I've been doing pretty good around the banks. I went out to the line on the opposite bank from the boat dock near some shallower platforms and didn't do any good at all. After moving around and trying 10 different holes with NO luck I traded sides of the reservoir.
I walked directly across the lake from where I was a did great after searching a little. The fish are VERY grouped up and it's all or nothing. I pounded a total of 20 holes on Wednesday and caught all my fish through 3 of them - 7 perch 2 koke 3 trout and 1 huge sucker. From previous visits I seem to do better about 20-50 feet from the bank near rocky outcroppings and in small nooks. Try fishing in about 20 fow right at the bottom or slightly above (less that 2 feet above the bottom). Believe it or not that's where I caught even the kokes. The perch action was hot and I missed at least twice as many fish as I caught, but you definitely need to be running spring bobbers to see the bites.
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I walked directly across the lake from where I was a did great after searching a little. The fish are VERY grouped up and it's all or nothing. I pounded a total of 20 holes on Wednesday and caught all my fish through 3 of them - 7 perch 2 koke 3 trout and 1 huge sucker. From previous visits I seem to do better about 20-50 feet from the bank near rocky outcroppings and in small nooks. Try fishing in about 20 fow right at the bottom or slightly above (less that 2 feet above the bottom). Believe it or not that's where I caught even the kokes. The perch action was hot and I missed at least twice as many fish as I caught, but you definitely need to be running spring bobbers to see the bites.
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