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By: Bigbass Dez
Posted: 5/28/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hey there again Bass guys and fellow fisherman..Well i was on the way to Joy Lake this morning when something told to just go back to cottage . Well started out in the pontoon @ 6am . ..This was a str...
By: Tyler K
Posted: 6/24/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hey folks,
Met a buddy of mine after work last Wednesday and we decided to check out Cottage Lake, as we both fish it often and it's near our respective dwellings. It was a fun day just to have a ...
By: Swandazi
Posted: 6/26/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished between 1 and 6:30 no hookups, used mainly topwater stuff like sliders and poppers, then switched to using a purple worm, no hits on that either, i cruised around the shallows just hoping to se...
By: fishnislife
Posted: 8/5/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 5 bass in 4 hours of fishing. Nothing of great size but still a great time with friends. Weather was perfect and conditions were right. Saw bigger bass but they weren't taken anything we offere...
By: ja_lange
Posted: 5/10/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Just a so-so day on Cottage. I was actually quite disappointed for several reasons. First of all, the gate does not open until 6am which means you can't get out while the larger fish are feeding ear...
By: fishunt83
Posted: 5/11/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
hit the lake around 6 pm. Caught my limit by 830 and had a good time but I rated poorly because of the people that Cottage has been attracting lately. If you don't have a boat get there early enough...
By: t_wild100
Posted: 8/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Awful. Was there for about 4 hours. One nibble. Couldn't set the hook. Nobody around me caught anything either.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/31/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Great afternoon, weather warm and a few clouds. Barely got lines in the water and started getting nibbles. 45 minutes into trip the 5 1/2 year old caught his first fish ever! 9-10 incher. the nine yea...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today to play with the stocked trout. Caught & released 11 in 2 hours: all in the 9" - 12" range. Fewer fishermen and fish than most opening days, but still fun: saw a 3 year old girl cat...
By: natenez
Posted: 5/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Cottage Lake for the first time. Caught a couple trout on spinners and one later on powereggs.
By: wallace26
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was our second time on the lake this year caught a limit (10) in a couple of hrs and watched the Bald eagle chase other birds away. Great day!
By: t_wild100
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, caught 2. Neither were to big but I can garrentee in the morning or evening we would have caught well into the teens.
By: gmoney44
Posted: 6/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
went out to the middle of cottage laker around 8pm. caught a couple decent rainbows within the hour. around 10pm i caught a monster that i assumed was a rainbow trout but it was bigger than any rainbo...
By: natenez
Posted: 6/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Cottage lake and caught a few. 2 were small, 8-9" range. I caught one larger one, but it was covered in red sores (pictured). A friend suggested that it is Whirling Disease. Anyway I threw...
By: 6.5lbsbass
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I caught a 6.5 lbs smallmouth bass with my dad at about 8pm. It was really fun and that fish put up a fight. I only had 15 lbs line and a 4 lbs.
By: I hate fish
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
i went to the lake at 6:00 am and threw out some power bait and i started to get nibbles but that was it until an hour later when i hooked that fish and it was dead the rest of the day
By: mohamed_ameen
Posted: 7/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 1
(7/4/2009) I was catching fish consistantly, good size 8-10". I had my limit, even my son got one with kids fishing rod :).. I was not able to reach my limit again.. lately the lake seems to be very s...
By: 6.5lbsbass
Posted: 7/26/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
me and my dad got up at about 5:55 am and got on the water just after 7 am. we fished with almost everything in our tackle box. when we reached a certain spot on the lake, i threw out a red and black...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cottage lake mid to late afternoon from a boat. Caught a few small (6 inches) bass on a black spinner. Near the pads on the east end caught a few nice perch and a crappie. Missed a nice strike ...
By: urbanangler
Posted: 5/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to go after the planters at Cottage Lake -- first time in a boat there. Got a late start at 09:30, fished till 13:30. After trying a few lures, the money lure was a custom spinner. About 10:00...
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 5/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
"We're going the wrong way. We need to be going that way." Those words actually came out of MY mouth as were were heading east on Hwy 522. It had been 12 + years since I'd last been to this lake an...
By: vaquero
Posted: 5/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a blast at Cottage lake, it was my birthday and went there with my wife, Her first day fishing in a very long time. Caught four total as we got there late afternoon. Five foot leader power eggs fr...
By: gdbrill
Posted: 5/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 2 to 4 pm yesterday: lots of rain, wind and lots of fish. My son-in-law and I had 10 to the boat and lost at least that many. All C&R. All the fish were stockers and with no real size to...
By: natenez
Posted: 5/25/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't get any bites till about 7:40 or so, but after that had consistent action until I limited out around 8:30. All small planters with the typical planter fight.
This story ought to give you ...
By: CoosKing
Posted: 5/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake @ around 6:30. Fished from the bank using primarily Powerbait. Had many bites in the couple hours I was there, but didn't land anything. This was my first time @ Cottage Lake, a...
