Fishing has been hot on the weekends and then pretty mediocre for a day or two til the inlets reload with fish. Having said that, even when the fish are there it's been less than what I'm used to seeing - my guess is that with lots fish ending up on the stringer over the weekends and a whole bunch more being caught and released and nursing a sore lip it just enough to slow it down periodically. My advice is to check out some of the less pressured spots.

The Hot Stuff – First the broken record – fly-lined crawlers, Thomas buoyants casted or trolled, Sierra Slammer jigs. Now HERE IS WHERE SOMETHING NEW is happening….trolling 3 to 5 colors has been the hot ticket for some – try TBs, Kastmasters, or flasher/crawler. We’ll have lead core rods for rent this weekend and we’re gonna slap some rod holders on a few boats so if trolling becomes the mid-summer pattern and stays that way, we’ve got you.

The Hot Spots – Jigs and worms up tight at the inlets or micetails a little deeper. There are a lot of fish back off the inlets in. 10 to 20ft of water or suspended between the dam and the point of boiler cove. I’d suggest fishing some of the less obvious spots like the east channel by the island, the springs on the west shore or the section of the rockslide closest to the dam.

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