Mark & Tami Garmin from Texas with some excellent Walleye caught on 7/10/10. The biggest one came in at 23 inches and close to 4 pounds. We were trolling flicker shads made by Berkley.
I.J. and wife Audray from Portales, N.M. with fish caught on 7/11/10. We caught numerous Walleye, but the majority were short fish.
John and Pete from the east coast with "Eyes' taken on 7/13/10. It was one of the toughest days of fishing in a year or so. We did manage a 22 incher though.
Water temp = 80 degrees, main lake clear, river arms slightly stained.
The water temp has shot up to 80 degrees the last few days. Last weekend the temp was 75 degrees. As you can see, the catches on my trips started to fall as the water temp rose. I believe that the fish are moving a bit deeper into a bit cooler water. My next trip is Friday and I will be armed with a variety of deeper running lures to get down to 30 feet or more to see if my hunch is correct.
Walleye---Good---Still catching them trolling over brush, but not in the numbers or size we want. Try 20-30 feet of water for the bigger fish ---bottom bouncing crawlers or deep divers in the channel.
White bass---poor to fair--If you are at the right place at the right time, you can hammer them, but over all it is a tough bite compared to the past years for this time of summer.
Crappie--Poor---Where are they?
Channel cats---Good to Excellent---Rogers sticky bait in 4-6 feet of water near brush and tulle's in the main part of the lake is producing the best. The dam to where the Ute enters the Canadian is the location.
Small mouth bass--Good---There is an unbelievable early morning top water bite going on over the shallow flats near the deeper water. Throw anything that does not sink and you will catch fish. After about 8:00 am it is over and you will need to fish deeper.
Large mouth bass--Fair--Again a good early morning top water bite in the back of the coves, but as the day goes on you will need to go to deeper structure to entice them.
FISH-ON,
Rob & Maria
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