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Got there about 7:00 for the Corona Opener. Tons of boats, launch was full; I got the last parking spot. Cloudy and light wind. They stocked this lake with 600 Triploids and 5,200 1lb Rainbows. It was a challenge to get your line out without getting a fish. No matter what lure I used, WHAM, fish on. I got my first monster trolling a wooly bugger about 6 feet deep on lead line. I have a new Kokanee pole, and I knew the fish was a beast when I heard the drag screaming, and it was making 30 foot runs. It took me about 5 minutes to land it; a 6.8 lb monster. I didn't use bait, because I knew there would be a ton of smaller fish, and I wanted to catch and release so I could target the big boys. I could have limited at least 10 times; it was ridiculous how the fish would eat anything you threw in the water; I lost count of the times I had 2 fish on at the same time. Finally got into 2 more big ones in the afternoon. It cleared up and was sunny, so I went deeper with some Poulsen Cascade Lake Trollers and Arrow Dodger tailed by a Paulina Peak pink and white spinner hoochie. This was on a heavier salmon pole, so when I heard the drag buzzing on that pole, I knew it was at least a 5lb fish, which they both were.

Even the "smaller" fish were very nice sized in many cases. I kept 2 small ones that were wounded and bleeding badly before I could release. One guy at the ramp had a nice 3.5+ lb bass he had landed by mistake on a wedding ring. One of my 5lb fish had a large bass hook through it's lip; he must have broken someones line. It took me a minute to figure out what the heck was going on.

Every person I saw limited, shore or boat.

strikezone

5/6/2020 8:40:09 AM

Thanks alot. Keep your fishing success to yourself! Now everyone including the pope will be coming to the lake to fish it! Keep your fishing success to yourself.

Salmonids

5/6/2020 10:38:11 AM

Thanks for the posting! Great to hear you had success.

mlasnier

5/10/2020 7:27:27 PM

Kind of defeats the purpose of a fishing report page if no one does fishing reports. I’ve noticed this site is lame; many lakes have no reports for years, yet hundreds of guys fishing them. I’m never shy about sharing success or advice.

buc

5/6/2020 11:03:39 AM

How did you fish 4 lakes in a day?

mlasnier

5/10/2020 7:29:12 PM

I apparently wasn’t logged in, and if you don’t it lists your post as “anonymous”, so me and 3 other fisherfolk all posted about opening day “anonymously”. I guess if you come here for info, it would be good form to post a report once in a while; that’s how crowd sourcing works.

strikezone

1/5/2024 8:43:54 PM

Ya. And that's why the lake gets fished out of big fish super quickly, and you are lucky to find a parking spot at places you fish at like Nahwatzel. Thanks a lot.

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