Many of the local lakes are closing after this weekend. So it time to venture out to other year round lakes. Hagg lake will be open until mid November. It’s a great Fall and Spring location. There are huge Trophy Trout in the lake weighing upwards of 20 pounds. There is also a prevelant native Trout and Bass population. These fish fight harder and are extremely tasty.

I was fishing there yesterday 9/25/09. I found the fish to be scattered through out the lake with few large concentrations of fish. The water tempature is still in the high 60′s, but the lake level has droped approximately 25′ from spring levels.

I tried a variety of different techniques which have worked well in the past, but after 3 hours I had only caught 2 Trout. I caught one trolling Powerbait and the other was caught on a fly. Few anglers that I met were catching many fish, that is until I met two Bass fishermen who were catching Trout. They were using a Rapala lure. I have used these lures in the past to catch some heafty trout. So I soon switched to a Rapala and added some weight to run it a little deeper. Within the next hour and a half I had caught five nice Trout and a small Smallmouth Bass.

Since the Rapala resembles a swimming bait fish, you can troll it a little faster then you would if you were pulling flashers and a Wedding Ring. Varing speed will also provide a greater depth range.

While you are out on the lake take time to enjoy the wonderful birds in the area. The Blue Heron are out along with Bald Eagles and Osprey. These are all magnificent creatures!

See you at the dock!

Ken Bear Cole

Fishing with Bear LLC