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If your grandpa isn’t real mobile you can fish right at the cove, there are even picnic tables you can sit at.
Theyre also heavier than a lot of lures and will give you a bit more casting distance. 3/8 size I think is what I usually use. They also work really well for bass. For trout I would cast straight out and let the lure link all the way to the bottom. Then reel in about as slow as you can without snagging it on the bottom.
Yeah I broke my hip five years ago and know how crappy it is to not be able to get around too well. I'll have to pick up a Little cleo one of these days and give it a shot.Good lookin' out for his granddad...very considerate!
For the Kastmaster deep n' slow thing...also try a large Brass colored Little Cleo spoon/wobbler the same way...BAM! Fish on!
Good luck,
TD
P.S. I caught more trout trolling w/ my Little Cleo @ Hagg last year, than any other technique. But, Kastmaster's also work well.
Good lookin' out for his granddad...very considerate!
For the Kastmaster deep n' slow thing...also try a large Brass colored Little Cleo spoon/wobbler the same way...BAM! Fish on!
Good luck,
TD
P.S. I caught more trout trolling w/ my Little Cleo @ Hagg last year, than any other technique. But, Kastmaster's also work well.
I think you weren’t actually at boat ramp C. Once you go over the damn and come to the first picnic area you drive about 5 miles up the road until you see the sign for the boat ramp. Boat ramp C is usually a pretty good spot, especially within 1-10 days of when they stocked. The last time I was at hagg, a couple of weeks ago, the water was really high and it made fishing harder than usual. Read up in this section and you’ll come across plenty of spots and advice. My advice is to concentrate on the boat ramp C area within 1-10 days of when they stock. They’re scheduled to drop 12,000 fish this week so the fishing should be good there for the next couple of weeks, assuming the water isn’t too muddy. The longer the fish are there the further they venture out. After a couple of weeks I like the fishing around the dam, usually the first parking area just over the damn is good, which is where I think you were. The fish will school into that cove but really there are a number of good spots in that area. Bait wise you’re on the right track. I prefer chartreuse PB or power eggs but really the fish aren’t that picky. How much leader are you using? Around 24 inches usually works well for me.I fished about 150-200 yards from the damn, boat ramp c. (but no boat ramp at all) so maybe it was picnic area etc. *shrug*
we were there for about 6 hours and I ended up getting one bite during my last reel-in. I am new enough at fishing that I know I am doing things wrong. However, my only resource of information is a river fisherman, who assumes lakes have magical pools of fish that do nothing predictable, nor do anything but river trout have a reason to rest, or find shade, heat, food etc. In other words. I have a friend that fishes with me, who thinks he knows everything, but is willing to learn nothing. I can not learn from him. The issue is, I am the only person i know that has the free time, and the desire to waste an entire day with no fish.... Just in the hopes of one...
I used chartruse, rainbow, superman, and some gulp! additive one. nothing. Got a bite on an inflated worm about 25 feet from this nasty little cliff I was fishing off of.
I like that spot, as it has a nice shelf that is in the 12-15' range, then drops off really steeply to about 30', so there's an easy way for the fish to move up and down the water column.
You found the perfect spot, as that is the depth that the trout have been holding in recently. Plus, after they find food, they can slip back into the depths at will.
Using a longer leader is a good idea. If you already don't know this...try threading the worm on with it's tail up the line; and it's head on or trailing just behind the hook. Predators (like fish) typically ambush their prey by attacking the head. Most peeps leave the tail by the hook, and miss most of the bites. Try it the other way, and I think that you'll be nicely surprised.