06-30-2015, 02:15 AM
I was at Cascade June 15-20 and my wife and I camped at the Poison Creek campground. I didn't have my boat and I had to use a kick boat loaned to me by my brother who felt sorry for me.
I fished from the kick boat and I stayed near the Poison Creek area. I never went more than 200 yards offshore where I found the depth to be 13-20 feet.
I didn't do all that well but I caught fish each time I went out. I used a small minnow type jig on a 1/16 oz. head tipped with a piece of worm with a dropper down to a 3/8 oz. weight. I just moved around slowly and dragged the lure along the bottom. The perch I caught were in the 9 to 14.5 inch range. I caught four that were right at the 14.5 inch length. They were in great shape and produced some great fillets. I think I kept about 15 perch on the trip and I released a few that were smaller.
I caught three rainbows using the same method. The largest RBT was about 23 inches and I guess it weighed about three and half pounds. The other trout were smaller. I caught most of the fish in water that was around 14 to 18 feet deep.
My wife and I really enjoyed the trip and we particularly appreciated the great lady who is the campground host at the Poison Creek state park. We were in space #244 which allowed direct access to the water just a short 50 feet from our camper.
I'm looking forward to a return visit this winter when (and if) the ice conditions are good and several of my friends will be along for the fun. You guys with easy access to this wonderful lake are lucky to have such a tremendous fishery close at hand.
Matt.....Sorry we didn't get to meet up there. Maybe we can get together on our winter trip.
Mike
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I fished from the kick boat and I stayed near the Poison Creek area. I never went more than 200 yards offshore where I found the depth to be 13-20 feet.
I didn't do all that well but I caught fish each time I went out. I used a small minnow type jig on a 1/16 oz. head tipped with a piece of worm with a dropper down to a 3/8 oz. weight. I just moved around slowly and dragged the lure along the bottom. The perch I caught were in the 9 to 14.5 inch range. I caught four that were right at the 14.5 inch length. They were in great shape and produced some great fillets. I think I kept about 15 perch on the trip and I released a few that were smaller.
I caught three rainbows using the same method. The largest RBT was about 23 inches and I guess it weighed about three and half pounds. The other trout were smaller. I caught most of the fish in water that was around 14 to 18 feet deep.
My wife and I really enjoyed the trip and we particularly appreciated the great lady who is the campground host at the Poison Creek state park. We were in space #244 which allowed direct access to the water just a short 50 feet from our camper.
I'm looking forward to a return visit this winter when (and if) the ice conditions are good and several of my friends will be along for the fun. You guys with easy access to this wonderful lake are lucky to have such a tremendous fishery close at hand.
Matt.....Sorry we didn't get to meet up there. Maybe we can get together on our winter trip.
Mike
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