March 10, 2011

Jim with a 5.25 pounder along with a 4 pounder and a couple of 2-3 pound Walleye caught 3/10/11 on minnows.

A Colorado fisherman with a nice batch of Crappie and a 19 inch Walleye taken 03/09/2011 trolling up the Ute arm.

Water temp = 46-47 degrees, lake is clear.

It has been a rather long and cold winter, but it looks like we have rounded the corner to spring. The next week is fore casted to be in the 70's and the wind is not supposed to howl. The fishing has picked up quite a bit the last few days and I think it is very close to busting loose when our water temperature hits 50 degrees. I was out a couple of days ago --- trolling the Ute arm in 30 feet of water and caught a couple 20 inch Walleye. It was right after a cold front moved through and it was what I would consider to be slow fishing, but I was encouraged to catch a couple. Since then I have seen quite a few Walleye come in and a bunch of Whites and one really nice batch of Crappie.

Walleye--GOOD--Minnows on the bottom from 12-30 feet. Work the drop offs near the main channel . Trolling is also producing --- lead core at 3 colors with Berkley Frenzies up the Ute.

White bass--GOOD to EXCELLENT--Trolling up the Ute around Rogers Park has been producing quite a few fish. Trolling Wally Divers has been the ticket. I have not been up the Canadian arm yet, but I imagine it is also a good place to fish. Historically, the Whites start to stack up in the river arms to spawn this time of year.

Crappie--SLOW to FAIR--Although you see a nice batch of Crappie in the picture, it was a situation of being at the right place at the right time. I have only been able to catch one here and one there.

Channel catfish---GOOD--Use stink baits up the Canadian near the Adobe house to catch them. fish 3-8 feet of water.

Small and Large mouth bass--Not much to report except I have been catching a few Smallies on the flats near deep water.

FISH-ON,

Rob & Maria