Nunally Report

[Sageman]

Weird day. Had the lake all to myself and it started out very promising with a good bite the minute I got on the water. Probably got 10 or so in the first couple of hours. Then around noon the lake just DIED. I couldn't buy a strike. Went through my streamer box trying several different sizes, colors, styles. Tried bloodworms, damsels, chironimids. Fast, slow, still. Not a single bump the last 3 hours I was on the lake. 10 fish in the first 2 hours. Go figure. Usually it's the other way around. Weather was stable, but I didn't see hardly anything coming off the lake, and only saw about 2-3 fish (other than the ones I hooked) all day. Zero surface action.

I did stop at the Columbia on my way out and worked the flats looking for feeding carp. Managed one fish in about 45 minutes of fishing.

[capmblade]

I did stop at the Columbia on my way out and worked the flats looking for feeding carp. Managed one fish in about 45 minutes of fishing.

Whoa! I never realized that was an option. Hmm..... Where are "the flats?"

[Sageman]

You'll see carp cruising along the shores from Vantage all the way down to Beverly, although the dam is in there and messes things up a bit. There is an unimproved launch just above the bridge you pass under before turning off for Lenice and there are some shallow flats here that have a whole bunch of carp cruising around and sticking their tails in the air. I hooked a couple of them and landed one. The trick is to find a day that is calm enough that you can actually spot them and then find the ones that are feeding.

[Big Tuna]

Fished Nunnally on Sunday on my way to a conference. No one else on the lake. 10 or so to hand and at least 15 more hook-ups. Hook-up to land ratio was pretty poor 'cause I was fishing w/ size 20 hooks...at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it:) There was some surface activity, primarily in the middle of the lake. The fish were slurping tiny emerging midges. I just tried to plant myself wherever there were fish feeding and that seemed to do the trick until about mid afternoon when things slowed and I left. By the way, I took my boss and he never landed a fish though he fished the same rig. Not exactly what I was hoping for.

[salt dog]

tuna, must have been all the bullshit your flies get exposed to! ;)