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I've fished the last four days consecutively. It has taken some experimentation, but overall the fishing has been pretty decent.

Friday was cloudy and cooler, and the hot ticket seemed to be a red 0000 and a glass bead-headed Olive Willy. I hooked one fish that bent my ultralight rod so far over that I thought I was snagged on the bottom until he erupted out of the water behind the boat. One impressive splash-down later the line went slack. That was the biggest fish I've ever hooked in that lake.

Saturday, Sunday and Monday were sunnier, but featured some unfortunate winds between 4:00 and 6:30 or 7:00pm. I'm using an old 12' Starcraft aluminum boat, and when it gets hit broadside with a stiff breeze, it can be challenging to keep things pointed in the right direction without dialing in most of the thrust on the electric motor.

Later in the evenings the wind seemed to calm down, and the swallows starting working the lake. I'm always amazed by the artistry and agility of the swallows. They are definitely the masters of flight in ground effect, spending their time wheeling and diving within a wingspan of the surface.

On the three sunnier days, I tried all kinds of rigs, including spoons and flatfish. The top performer by a wide margin, however, was a 50/50 Dick Nite dodger, with a black, bead-headed flashy bugger on a short leader. I tried using various weights, but found that the best results were gained with no additional weights attached. I don't have a precise count, but I'd estimate about a dozen fish per session of about 2-2.5 hours. Despite some wide variations in the fights offered by the fish, most were nearly identical in size at around 12 inches.

Weekdays are preferable to weekends when it comes to launching and parking. On Sunday, there was a guy in an Escalade towing a cargo trailer who wasn't satisfied with just parking ON the boat launch. This rocket scientist felt it necessary to park ACROSS the entrance to the launch and leave his vehicle there for several hours. Nice, dude. Really nice.

alfafish

4/24/2018 7:09:00 AM

Man, some people are such idiots! Too bad the police didn't pick that time to drive by as I see them do sometimes!

alfafish

4/24/2018 7:09:01 AM

Man, some people are such idiots! Too bad the police didn't pick that time to drive by as I see them do sometimes!

alfafish

4/24/2018 7:09:40 AM

Not sure why this posted twice...

quickdrawmagraw

4/24/2018 3:40:20 PM

Did he leave with 6 fully inflated tires?

TMBob

4/24/2018 3:51:18 PM

I saw this from the lake on Sunday....first off, I was there at 6:10 and the gate was locked. I had to park on the main road in and walk all my gear to the launch....not happy one bit especially because the bite was very good early on, thus I missed much of it. The SUV and Cargo Van was parked there for a photo shoot that they did just left of the launch. I thunk was them....still no reason to do this. I felt Sunday was somewhat slow compared to my other outings. Orange FF in the Morning and Gold when the sun came out.

MoonValley

4/25/2018 6:41:20 AM

Thanks for the info, TMBob. Are you using anything in front of the FF? I'm assuming that since you packed your gear in you're fishing from a pontoon or kayak? I like my little 12' aluminum StarCraft, but it doesn't pack in well. :)
I went out again yesterday, and started early - about 2:30pm. The extra time really wasn't well spent. The fishing didn't get going until after 4:00 anyway. I haven't tried any mornings yet. I'll probably head out to Langlois for the opener this weekend.

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