dannypecka
6/11/2012 11:35:00 PMWe were fishin out there the other day and we had the same thing happen with the soft plastic getting ripped off!!! We were saying thats never happened! It happened 3 times, we were thinking it was perch or some small fish with teeth because we caught a few decent size perch on some senkos. We fished there Sunday and the water on the main lake was about a foot low, so they must have opened up the dam. The water temps dropped about 5 degrees this week from the previous week so the fishing was tough on sunday. We were out there 7am till 4 and caught about 15 fish, biggest was a 4 lb 5oz smallie, but that was the only one over 3lbs that we caught it was slooooooow. Thanks for the update!
Elijah.Loves.Fishin
6/12/2012 1:00:00 AMnice~ i've always fished the zoom trick worms wacky rigged or on a shaky head. i have never fished it enough on a texas rig to have any luck with it.
CCTMark
6/12/2012 10:15:00 AMI fished Long about a week and a half ago and had the same problem using tubes, set the hook and lose your bait. I figured it out as being the perch, mainly because I caught half a dozen about 10in on a tube while bass fishing.
Rocky
6/12/2012 1:53:00 PMWere is every one putting in at I use to put in at tum tum but now it's gone.
Drumdog
6/12/2012 3:01:00 PMWent to Long Lake Sunday. Launched at 9 mile. Our first stop was a dock about 2 miles down the lake from the launch.
2 casts with a Zoom lizard and 2 pound smallie couldn't resist it. 3 docks and 20 minutes later my partner bagged a 4 pound 2 oz largemouth.
Then nothing but 4 or 5 dink smallies the rest of the day. Like Danny said, the water temp was 5 degrees cooler than last week when my partner bagged 22 fish, including 2 smallies just under 5 pounds.
2 casts with a Zoom lizard and 2 pound smallie couldn't resist it. 3 docks and 20 minutes later my partner bagged a 4 pound 2 oz largemouth.
Then nothing but 4 or 5 dink smallies the rest of the day. Like Danny said, the water temp was 5 degrees cooler than last week when my partner bagged 22 fish, including 2 smallies just under 5 pounds.
CCTMark
6/13/2012 9:39:00 AMI launch out of nine mile resort. I am a disabled vet so its free, otherwise it is a pay launch site. The launch fee is $7 or you can launch from the state site upriver. The state launch only requires the yellow vehicle license, but it can be quite hazardous especially with the extreme current flow for the last few months.
ilv2fish
6/13/2012 9:58:00 AM@Rocky-I normally put in at the Lake Spokane (that's what the sign says) launch about a half mile up from the 9-mile dam heading south. Be careful here, the water is still flowing pretty fast. I think there is still a $7 launch fee (I don't know because I have a Disabled Vet pass exemption). Then there is Riverside State park a few miles up accross the 9-mile bridge, not sure about a fee there either. Then there is the DNR (Dept of Natural Resources) launch about 5 miles up past Tum Tum, this one's free when it's open. There is a resort in Tum Tum too, not sure if it's still open or what the cost is this year.