[Lue Taylor]

Hopper! seen?

 

[cabezon]

Affirmative.
Steve

 

[Peach]

Steve - How was the water temp?

 

[clarkman]

hmmm

 

[cabezon]

Steve - How was the water temp?

When I and two friends fished in on 21 July, the water temp was still cool enough that the fish were not stressed out. However, when we fished in mid-August last year, we had strong concerns about high temperatures and it took longer to revive the fish. I actually skipped fishing it for a few weeks because of my concerns.
I suspect that the lake develops a thermocline in the summer and the fish spend most of their time in the cooler water. They dash to the surface to take a big meal like a hopper or spruce moth and then return to the cooler, deeper water. It is hard to revive them in that warmer surface water.
Steve

 

[Bucktrout]

I was up there on Friday kayaking and talked to some folks fishing. One float tuber said he had one well with hoppers. Another person in a drift boat said he did okay on trolled wooly buggers 10-12 feet deep. Said the water temp at the upper end was 76 degrees. That sounds about right, certainly warm enough to swim in. I did not see hoppers on the surface but the wind had not been blowing much while we were there. Still plenty of forest fire smoke.

 

[Jim Wallace]

Wow, 76 degrees surface temp! Sounds a bit warm for C&Ring. My local creeks are probably too warm to C&R fish above tidewater by now, even after two nights of rain here on the coast. Sea surface temp of 58/59 F out on the ocean (currently) warms up as the tide pushes in over the warm mud flats during the day. I know a couple of spots that usually have cooler temps in the morning hours, though. An early or mid-morning high tide has moved in over cooler mudflats in the wee small hours.