Anyone been up there lately? IF so, how is it fishing?

the bank forum boys are giving it the royal 'eh'

I wonder what it's going to take to bring back that area? Another epic flood? I haven't heard anything good in so long, I'm starting to forget about it, but maybe I missed something.

I take it the "royal eh" is qualitatively different than the "F***in' A."

I'll give a full report tomorrow. I'm going up and will fish after the generation stops. It's more of an experiment with my newish Spey rod than anything else. Call it my grand experiment in two handed casting. If I can get out into the middle and swing a #2 Clouser or Deceiver, I might get something...who knows?

Fast breaking news when I return tomorrow afternoon...

As I said three years ago, you need water over the spillway. It makes the difference between a world-class, can't-miss fishery and a mediocre hit-or-miss one. But I think my comments fell on deaf ears.

They haven't been generating is a big part of the problem.
We need a steady number of cold (real cold) days to get some serious generation going. That will perk things up. The lake is fishing great!!!

I agree!!!

fyi
there is no scheduled generation in the morning.

You need generation + shad to group the fish up next to the dam. The key is where the shad are located in the lake. On my end of the lake the shad are hanging around 30ft.,but I'm not sure if any are hanging out around the dam.

Ok, Ok, Ok. You win. I can take the hint. Trip cancelled.



Casting practice, somewhere, instead...

Didn't mean to talk you out of it. There are still some very big fish in the Red. Just not the numbers of small fish, like a few years ago.

Please go David, but throw to the buffalo

Hey david

I have had the same idea on the long rod. I had an old cortland 5/6 12 footer that I got cheap off eBay and had one chance to make it up there. I did well on the Dinks with a windcutter system line. I got pseudo-obsessed and shopped for a better/longer/heavier line weight outfit so that I could throw big skajit lines with heavy heads further out. Just when I got my 13.9 sage zaxis and all the lines, we got te drought and generation shut down. I have been jonesin to get up there but low generation equals few opportunities to catch anything, and poor rod loading with little water movement. Been there done that on the low water fly fishing, and I wouldn't waste your time. Can't wait till the start running water with the upcoming spring rain.

Generating five til eight tonight.