Fishing Report

Water temp = 65 degrees

We continue to have cold fronts move in about once a week which is affecting the fishing a little bit. It seems that the fishing is slow for the next two days after a cold front, then it starts picking up on the 3rd day. The river arms are stained with the main lake clear. The Mesquite has started to leaf out and that's when the locals say that the Crappie are going to turn on. I was on the water 5 of the last six days. On Monday (5/11/09) we fished in insulated coveralls and Tuesday you could not peel off enough cloths because of the heat. Fish were caught on all days, but it was much better later in the week.

Walleye --- I have started to troll Reef Runners and Wally Divers with pretty good success in 15-20 feet of water over brush that is submerged. The average life spam of a Reef Runner is maybe an hour, but that is where I have had the most luck. Walleye are also being caught near steep structure in 10-15 feet of water using minnows and jigs.

Small mouth remain on a constant bite hitting about anything you throw at them. Minnows are an excellent bait for them. You will catch quite a few shorter fish, but there are some nice ones being boated.

Large mouth are on beds and will soon move out to a little deeper water. I really do not fish for them, but spinner baits and Senkos should do the trick. I am selling allot of watermelon red colors from the store if that is any indication for the color bass fisherman are using.

White bass are still a hit or a miss. You will usually catch a few trolling, but there are times when you can hammer a bunch of them. They are starting to school up more which is a good sign.

Crappie are being caught up the Ute more than the Canadian right now. We have caught several trolling while fishing for Walleye in the Ute. They should turn on big time any day now.

Cat fishing remains good using stink baits in 2-4 foot of water up either river arm. A couple of my friends caught 16 nice cats on 5/13/09. They did have to fish 8 hours to get em.

FISH ON------Rob