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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/10/2005
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got at the lake around 7PM, fished one hour only. Got a 7 inch bass, had several bytes that I thought were pearch. Using a baby bass color 4 inch grub from Yamamoto, texas riged but weigtless. Nice pl...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2005
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out at around 4:30 5 and casting off the dock twards the lillys i picked up 3 ok 10inch smallmouths and a few little bluegills. Pretty good fishing if u know how to work this lake.
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: 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: 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...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Showed up with my 4-year-old son and my nephew. I unloaded the canoe and we were on the water by 10:00. We paddled around a little and then dropped the anchor in the corner just West of the dock. W...
By: GregC
Posted: 6/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I recently have gotten back into fishing after a few years off. A week or so ago I found this site and have really enjoyed reading the reports.
My plan now is... to leave my gear in my Jeep and a h...
By: slacker1976
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We fished at cottage lake most of the summer since the opeaner.
We have done verry well there. I do have a question or just a heads up not sure wich.
The last few times we have gone the trout have a...
By: gdbrill
Posted: 10/14/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for almost 4 hours yesterday afternoon. Couldn't ask for a nicer day. Caught one at 12 inches and 5 more at about 9 to 10 inches. Just one other fisherman until about 5 pm. Water was like g...
By: hydra
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
cottage lake was recently stocked so hit it up in the baby orca fish killer 7 foot livingston with a 40 lb thrust min kota trolling my fly around and couldnt keep em off! then went to Dougs Marine in ...
By: braziertl
Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
got out on the lake around 2pm... caught a couple planters 10 inches or so.. Raining pretty hard so was off the lake around 4pm soaked might I add.. good day C&R'd about 6 lost 4 or 5. Tight Lines!
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Best lake since the opener. Had my trout limit in about an hour and spent the next few hours searching for bass to no avail. There are lots of trout rising in Cottage. The launch parking is small, ...
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
What works one day doesn't always work the next. Bait fishing was slow so tried flatfish assortment with little positive results. Went to a lil dick nite looking spoon and CnRd for a couple hours, 2...
By: Doug250
Posted: 5/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Looks like the fish are getting used to all the fishing, cause they just weren't biting like they were a week ago. We tried spoons, wedding rings, even trolled a fly for a bit. We tried with a flasher...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cottage for 2 hours. Very nice day, sunny warm but windy. Lots of fish just under the surface. Had many many strikes and caught and released 10 fish in 2 hours using black woolly buggers and...
By: MegaFisher58
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I put two 8th ounce on the black lure's line and no weight on the gold line so we were fishing two depths and then just trolled the far bank of the lake and ended up catching 9 in an hour and a half a...
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Stuck close to home base this year for the opener. I expected it to be so crowded that I wouldn't even toss a line in the water. When I got there, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't al...
By: hydra
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Cottage Lake opening Day!^ 6 boat fleet tolled black fly sinking line biggest fish, dick nite orange silver was the ticket we all had great time! good friends good fishing nice Day...ok Wheres the bbQ...
