Northwest Fishing Reports

i have seen them in the stores and tied a couple myself. but is this a method that is effective while boat fishing in a selective gear rules lake that is borderline to shallow to troll with out constant snags? i have a few that are crawdad/red colored/ and green and black (leech or wolleybugger'ish)Any pointers or should i just troll light gear across the top?

if your wondering i am going to lone lake on whidbey island after we limit on goss lake.

drysuperfly52 wrote:i have seen them in the stores and tied a couple myself. but is this a method that is effective while boat fishing in a selective gear rules lake that is borderline to shallow to troll with out constant snags? i have a few that are crawdad/red colored/ and green and black (leech or wolleybugger'ish)Any pointers or should i just troll light gear across the top?

if your wondering i am going to lone lake on whidbey island after we limit on goss lake.

First, lets address your closing statement..... Might want to adjust it just a bit......
I've had very good success using jigs for trout. My go to is a root beer sparkly skirt on a 1/32 jig. Really a panfish setup but.... I also tie my own. Very good luck with a wooly buggerish jig. You pick the color of the day. I know you have a puffer stick why not just troll a bugger? Very effective this time of year. Also big streamers in various colors. With a row boat, give it a stoke and wait..... wait a bit more... give another stoke. Rinse and repeat till you get a bite.

I think that’s my problem when I am trolling the buggers I am not giving it that extra wait, my plan was to dead drift/float with the wind over the deep spot in the lake doing a slight twitch but I will try the ultra slow rowing method first.

by limit on Goss lake I meant there is usually so many fish (I fish with a wormless barbless wedding ring) that I get bored catching the stockers and want to seek bigger and more challenging fish that’s why I end up at lone after having a great day. (I also release the fish and Goss and lone)

Thanks

Troll light gear, like you said wooly buggers are a good choice to troll and also just trolling with a medium sized black fly no weight besides maybe if necessary a small split shot 24 inches in front of the fly in clear water. trolling most any color combination of small nymph will catch fish. I personally wouldn't do much stationary fishing for trout endless you put a 1/32 jig head under a float drifting it through a creek mouth the fresh water will attract fish but then again just trolling in front of that will produce.

drysuperfly52 wrote:I think that’s my problem when I am trolling the buggers I am not giving it that extra wait, my plan was to dead drift/float with the wind over the deep spot in the lake doing a slight twitch but I will try the ultra slow rowing method first.

by limit on Goss lake I meant there is usually so many fish (I fish with a wormless barbless wedding ring) that I get bored catching the stockers and want to seek bigger and more challenging fish that’s why I end up at lone after having a great day. (I also release the fish and Goss and lone)

Thanks

I figured as much but to an interloper it would seem as you were going to limit at one and move on to the next...