I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and drive to Lenore for a day of fishing. Unfortunately, the fish weren't as enthusiastic about the ideas I was.

The water was a pea green color that I have never experienced before at this lake in decades of fishing it. Not sure if the lake was turning over or what, but visibility was about a foot. I checked the creek and the southern outlet to see if any of the fish were staging for the spawn yet and only saw one fish at the creek. This means one of two things. 1.) It's cold so they are still in the deep parts of the lake or 2.) the fish numbers are way down.

I've fished this lake many times on the opener and never had trouble finding fish. I also spoke with a local retiree who was on his fourth outing to the lake since it opened and he had yet to hook a fish. It was a disappointing outing to say the least.

Does anyone know if Grant County is having a water table issue? Lenore is about a foot lower than normal water mark and Rocky Ford is about 6-8 inches lower than it has been historically. Rocky Ford is a shell of its former self. Low water, low fish numbers etc.

Getting skunked was still better than working, but let's hope things get better soon.

boyscoutman

3/14/2018 12:29:43 PM

Better luck next time

armstrong88

3/17/2018 6:09:19 PM

From what I have been told by fishing buddies that know more than I, the hatchery at the start of Rockyford has been sold to a new company that had no interest in stocking the creek or maintaining it, and is expected to decline rapidly. Extreamly saddening as I and many others love fishing Rocky Ford. Have fished it several times in the last 6 months and have had very poor luck every time. A year earlier we never got skunked.

zen leecher aka Bill W

3/30/2018 8:23:51 AM

If the reluctance to stock RF is true then the new operation is probably in violation of their lease. WDFW owns the land and in the past it was part of the agreement that the hatchery put fish in RF periodically.

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