Hagg Lake report and i was far from being skunked - Page 2

DDR · 09-28-2007, 08:02 PM

Welp, Sunday's are open for the most part. Some Saturday's I'd be available. I can't make it during the week (well, right now I can since I got laid off).

Would love to have you on board! It's a pretty small boat though. I'll try to get some pics posted of it sometime.

Oncorhynchus · 09-28-2007, 10:10 PM

Cool never fished in a lake from a boat before besides once when i was like 6 in canoe.

Silverblade · 10-01-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Oncorhynchus

Cool never fished in a lake from a boat before besides once when i was like 6 in canoe.

I was at Hagg Saturday (29th) and people with boats were catching trout (stocked ones, looked all the same size). No one on the bank was catching anything as far as I could tell - but then again I can only watch so many people at a time.
My conclusion - with Hagg down that far ya need a boat or need to find someone with one. I think I'll wait until next spring when the lake actually has water in it to fish again - I don't much like it when it's half empty and you have to hike down in the mud to fish.

DDR · 10-01-2007, 12:34 PM

If you can get to the creek beds, you should be able to catch bass. According to one website I read, they are in their second spawning of the season so they'll be in those areas.

cavdad45 · 10-04-2007, 11:10 AM

I definitely like Hagg when the water is up, much better shoreline cover to cast to and I can find the channels pretty easily with my fishfinder.

When it's down, it's a new lake, but very productive. I like to fish near the spillway with a Rat-L-Trap for smallmouth or the edge where the dam ends and the clay begins does well with a drop-shot or Carolina-Rigged Senko.

There are other places to fish in the low water, just be careful that you are not fishing below 22' because Hagg has a well-defined thermocline late in the year, which has probably disappeared with these last few cold fronts.

DDR · 10-04-2007, 11:45 AM

cavdad, we should probably drag you along! But I don't have much room in my tiny boat.

cavdad45 · 10-04-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DDR

cavdad, we should probably drag you along! But I don't have much room in my tiny boat.

I'd love to hook up some some time. I have a 14' jonboat. But, man, it's just plain cold out there. Fall hit EARLY!!

DDR · 10-04-2007, 02:09 PM

Haha! Up for some ice fishing out in Minnesota?

A Jon Boat would work better than my 14' runabout. And if you dress properly, you won't feel the cold at all!

Oncorhynchus · 10-04-2007, 03:53 PM

It closes in november and any weekend besides the next 2 should work for me. A kid at school was saying he caught a 10 pound channel out of the middle of the lake on worms

Silverblade · 10-05-2007, 03:07 PM

Hmmm, from all I've been able to find Hagg has no channel cats! I believe the Hagg lake tally is: Rainbow trout (stocked), Cutthroat trout (native) Large and smallmouth bass, Black crappie, Bluegill, Yellow perch and brown bullheads - at least as far as gamefish. I wonder if the large and smallmouth might hybridize - guess it's happened before & you get some scrappy fish from the mix.

09-28-2007, 10:10 PM	#12
Oncorhynchus Angler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest grove 0R Posts: 185	Cool never fished in a lake from a boat before besides once when i was like 6 in canoe. __________________ Powerbait is lame

10-04-2007, 03:53 PM	#19
Oncorhynchus Angler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest grove 0R Posts: 185	It closes in november and any weekend besides the next 2 should work for me. A kid at school was saying he caught a 10 pound channel out of the middle of the lake on worms __________________ Powerbait is lame

09-28-2007, 08:02 PM	#11
DDR Angler Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 101	Welp, Sunday's are open for the most part. Some Saturday's I'd be available. I can't make it during the week (well, right now I can since I got laid off). Would love to have you on board! It's a pretty small boat though. I'll try to get some pics posted of it sometime.

10-01-2007, 12:34 PM	#14
DDR Angler Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 101	If you can get to the creek beds, you should be able to catch bass. According to one website I read, they are in their second spawning of the season so they'll be in those areas.

10-04-2007, 11:10 AM	#15
cavdad45 Master Angler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: beavercreek Posts: 389	I definitely like Hagg when the water is up, much better shoreline cover to cast to and I can find the channels pretty easily with my fishfinder. When it's down, it's a new lake, but very productive. I like to fish near the spillway with a Rat-L-Trap for smallmouth or the edge where the dam ends and the clay begins does well with a drop-shot or Carolina-Rigged Senko. There are other places to fish in the low water, just be careful that you are not fishing below 22' because Hagg has a well-defined thermocline late in the year, which has probably disappeared with these last few cold fronts.

10-04-2007, 11:45 AM	#16
DDR Angler Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 101	cavdad, we should probably drag you along! But I don't have much room in my tiny boat.

10-04-2007, 02:09 PM	#18
DDR Angler Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 101	Haha! Up for some ice fishing out in Minnesota? A Jon Boat would work better than my 14' runabout. And if you dress properly, you won't feel the cold at all!

10-05-2007, 03:07 PM	#20
Silverblade Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Beaverton Posts: 85	Hmmm, from all I've been able to find Hagg has no channel cats! I believe the Hagg lake tally is: Rainbow trout (stocked), Cutthroat trout (native) Large and smallmouth bass, Black crappie, Bluegill, Yellow perch and brown bullheads - at least as far as gamefish. I wonder if the large and smallmouth might hybridize - guess it's happened before & you get some scrappy fish from the mix.

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