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I fished Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and was able to limit all three days, even with only about 50% of hook-ups resulting in boating a fish. Many of the fish treated me to airborne displays as soon as they were hooked, which accounted for some of the lost fish. All of the fish looked like carbon copies, with very little variation in size. They ran about 12". It look about two hours to catch a limit on most days.
I had the best luck on the west and north sides, between the two Girl Scout docks and the point in the center of the north shore.
I tried all of my favorite flasher/fly combinations, without success, and eventually succumbed to the temptation to run pop gear, wedding rings, and crawlers. I tried running deeper like I did last summer, but to no avail. The best results were achieved by running about 20 pulls back, with a 5-bladed fender with small blades, and a red wedding ring (Mack's Kokanee Killer) with a silver smile blade. Other combinations produced a few fish, but the red/silver outscored the rest by 5:1. Keep it in tight to shore -- maybe 20-25 feet out. Even at the motor's lowest speed, I don't think my rigs were deeper than about four feet, as I could actually see them on the outside of turns when they swung in closer to the boat. The middle of the lake and the south end didn't seem anywhere near as productive.
BEWARE the Girl Scouts. They're holding weekend events out there now, and will be there on a daily basis in the summer. It's great seeing kids having a lot of fun, but they are largely unaware of safe boating practices and bear a watchful eye on your part to steer clear of trouble.
By the way, if you want to see a Great Blue Heron up close, just wade out to the logs at the boat launch to clean your catch. He'll be along directly to dispose of the entrails for you.
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