Name: Eric
e-mail+address: eobrien_usa@yahoo.com
Date: Aug 26, 2002
Time+started+fishing: 5:15pm
Time+finished+fishing: 9:00pm
Weather+conditions: overcast
Location: north tower / outside of ranger cove
Fishing+method: Bait - Casting lures
Depth+of+presentation: range between 15ft to 65ft
Water+depth: 70ft
Type+of+lure: Blue fox spinners / Rapalas
Type+of+bait: worms
Water+temperature: 8?
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: n/a
Total+caught: o
Comments: We saw ton's of fish on the fishfinder but nothing want to
bite???I guess that's how it goes sometimes at this place......
Name: Mike
e-mail+address: Bellfordmike@aol.com
Date: 8-23-02
Time+started+fishing: 7:00am
Time+finished+fishing: 11:30
Weather+conditions: hot but overcast
Location: between both ramps
Fishing+method: fly-fishing
Depth+of+presentation: aprox 12 feet
Water+depth: 10 thru 25 ft
Type+of+lure: hot green beadhead wollybugger
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature:
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 11 to 15 inch
Total+caught: 4 also 3 large mouth
Comments: this is Mike i fish a Dave Scadden Pontoon boat on 6 wt floating
line and with wollybuggers caugt all fish when i went with a louisiana
pig bait caught largemouth in the grass anyother flyfishermen contact me
at my email to get together to fish
Name: Walleye Wally
e-mail+address: walliwally@aol.com
Date: 8/21/02
Time+started+fishing: 6:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 1:30pm
Weather+conditions: nice-wind 5 mph.south
Location: all around
Fishing+method: D/R
Depth+of+presentation: 40'
Water+depth: 60'
Type+of+lure: Rapala orange/gold
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 80.4*
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 14-18 3/4"
Total+caught: 6
Comments: Good action till 11:30am,also caught 2 Lakers up to 23 3/4"and
one Brown. All fish caught on D/R.The Water level went down some more.
Name: Gary& Matt Murdoch
e-mail+address: gm78987 @aol
Date: 8/19/02
Time+started+fishing: 5:00 am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:00 pm
Weather+conditions: nice
Location: all over
Fishing+method: trolling riggers
Depth+of+presentation: 25-40 ft
Water+depth: 40- 100 ft
Type+of+lure: rapala j 7 blue brown orange sutton
spoons mooselook wobblers
Type+of+bait: n/a
Water+temperature:
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 15& 16 in
Total+caught: 2 bows
Comments: Got out early, and started with rapalas. went
along the north side all the down and came up the other side in about 60
ft. of water picked up the first bow.. nice and healthy had a state
tag in its jaw.. Than got the other bow near the south tower that was it
for the day. Fishing was very slow.. going up Thurs. night hope fishing
is much better..
Name: Dennis Haggerty / Brendan Collick
e-mail+address: Rvtapres@yahoo.com
Date: 8-18-02
Time+started+fishing: 0900 am
Time+finished+fishing: 1300
Weather+conditions: Warm, Light breze
Location: between North & South Towers
Fishing+method: Wire Line
Depth+of+presentation: 25 to 100 ft
Water+depth: 60 to 135
Type+of+lure: Rainbow color lure
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 22 1/2
Total+caught: One
Comments: Went on the Valley to troll for browns, rainbows and lakers.
Caught the Laker pulling wire between the towers in 80 ft of water, lure
was 65 ft down. laker was in good shape with a large stomach. The fish
was released unharmed. We had six releases on the downriggers at 35 ft
closer to shore. We marked alot of fish at all levels.
Enjoy the summer before its gone !!!
Name: Eric
e-mail+address:
Date: Aug 18
Time+started+fishing: 3:30PM
Time+finished+fishing: 9:00PM
Weather+conditions: Sunny / breezy
Location: north tower and south tower dam
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 20 - 45 ft
Water+depth: 55 ft
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: baby night crawlers
Water+temperature: 80
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 2 - 15" + 2 - 12"
Total+caught: 4
Comments: All kamloops with tags. Fish seem weak and tired, we pulled
them in like a couple of sunfish.
Name: Brian
e-mail+address: a224@erols.com
Date: 8/12/02
Time+started+fishing: 5pm
Time+finished+fishing: 8pm
Weather+conditions: hazy hot humid 100 degrees
Location: 50ft hump
Fishing+method: trolling riggers
Depth+of+presentation: 25ft-60ft
Water+depth: 45-ft-130ft
Type+of+lure: silver rapala, orange rapala,
Type+of+bait: lures
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 15in,16in 23in
Total+caught: 3
Comments: Was very hot evening on the Valley. Ok until the breeze sat
down. did manage to boat two Browns and one 23 inch Bow. the only tag was
one of the small Browns............all fish appeared healthy. Did see alot
of bait on the fish finder. also saw some feeding activity on the surface
what appeared to be small Browns chasing herring.................
Name: Randy Guerrera and Marty Prusock
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: 8/11/2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:00 am
Time+finished+fishing: 1:00 pm
Weather+conditions: sunny and calm
Location: 50 foot hump and point near marine police cove
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: bottom
Water+depth: 70 foot
Type+of+lure: none
Type+of+bait: minnows
Water+temperature: 78
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 17 to 22 inches
Total+caught: four
Comments: Went up with Mary prusock on his boat to fish the contest.
pretty slow. only 4 lakers all morning. entered 2 in contest,
but don't think we were in the money. tried Marty's method of double
anchoring. Very relaxing. Could be very productive earlier
in the year. Seems like the trollers were catching a lot of rainbows
at 40 feet.
Name: Jeff Banko
e-mail+address: jkbanko@earthlink.net
Date: 8/11/02
Time+started+fishing: 5:oo a.m.
Time+finished+fishing: 1:00 p.m.
Weather+conditions: Sunny and clear
Location: all over
Fishing+method: Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 30 - 120 feet
Water+depth: various
Type+of+lure: Sutton Spoons, Mooselook Wobblers, black and silver Rapala
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 78
Species: Lake Trout
Size: all around 18" Couple of small bows
Total+caught: 7 lakers and 3 bows
Comments: Looks like I had the same kind of luck as Wally with the
tournament. At least he got the decent bow. Caught 7 lakers
biggest one 19". Lost two that would have been tounrey entries at
the boat. Also caught three small bows that looked like this years
stockies on the Rapala.
Name: Clint
e-mail+address: burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: 8/11
Time+started+fishing: 5AM
Time+finished+fishing: 130PM
Weather+conditions: no wind, no clouds
Location: mainly on far end
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 40 to 50
Water+depth: 45 to 100
Type+of+lure: jointed rapalas, flatfish
Type+of+bait: shiners (for lakers)
Water+temperature: 80
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: up to 15+
Total+caught: 4 + 1 LT
Comments: lost several bows near the boat. Only caught one 17"
laker. most of the bows were just under 15". By the next MOT,
they should be over 15".
Name: Walleye Wally
e-mail+address: walliwally@aol.com
Date: 8/11/02
Time+started+fishing: 5:00am
Time+finished+fishing: 1:30pm
Weather+conditions: Nice
Location: Pines
Fishing+method: Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 40-50'
Water+depth: 60-70'
Type+of+lure: Changing Lures & Colors all Day
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 78*
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: !6 7/8"- 17"
Total+caught: 2
Comments: I had 16 Fish in to days. Tournament, only 2 decent Rainbows,
all the rest were 14 1/2"-15" fish.We had a pretty good turn out for August,
36 participants.
Name: Walleye Wally
e-mail+address: walliwally@aol.com
Date: 8/7/02
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 2:30pm
Weather+conditions: windy
Location: North Tower & North Shore
Fishing+method: D/Rigger trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 30-35'
Water+depth: 60'
Type+of+lure: Silver Willow Leaf
Type+of+bait: none
Water+temperature: 79.4*
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 14"-14 7/8"
Total+caught: 6
Comments: ALSO CAUGHT 3 LAKERS UP TO 23"- 3 KAMLOOPS UP TO 14 7/8"
AND 1 BROWN.
OUT OF 13 FISH TOTAL, ONLY 1 KEEPER. HAD A GOOD TIME ANYWAY. LOT'S
OF ACTION!
THE WIND WAS HORRIBLE, GUSTING TO 25 MPH OUT OF NN/E. NO PROTECTION
ANYWHERE.
THE WATER LEVEL DROPPED AGAIN, GOT STUCK ON THE DIRT RAMP TRYING TO
LOAD BOAT ON TO TRAILER. HAD TO DROP BOAT OFF AND USE THE CONCRETE RAMP
TO LOAD THE BOAT. IF YOU INTENT TO USE THE DIRT RAMP, USE THE EXTREME LEFT
SIDE, LOOKING AT THE WATER.WALT