[Islander]

I've had several folks ask about how Lone is fishing so I went over this morning for a little while to see how it is. The algea is still pretty bad but the fish have become a lot more active. I got there around 9am and there were a couple of other guys on the water with three more setting up some pontoon boats. (Don't these people have jobs!!) Anyway, it was a gorgeous day with some high clouds and a very slight breeze off and on. The resident baldys were up high riding the thermals and a couple of osprey were dive bombing what appeared to be smaller fish near the surface. I couldn't tell if they were sucking bugs, taking something sub-surface, or just flopping around for the heck of it. Once and a while a small one would launch themselves completely out of the water. I hadn't brought a floating line and went with my usual sink-tip and Camo Carey set up. By the time I left at Noon I had 9 to hand, 3 LDR's and missed at least 4 or 5 takes. They were not real aggresive on the take but once hooked up fought pretty well. Fish ranged in size from 15 to 18 inches and all but one looked healthy. One that went 15 had some nasty cuts on one side, looked like it had been in the talons of a bird but got away. It's still beautiful outside, so I highly recommend you stop whatever you are doing and go out and fish!!!

 

[Scott Salzer]

Thanks, Islander.

Sure wish we had some quality waters close to us south enders.

MB

 

[Jeff Dodd]

Steve,
I noticed adult caddis coming off the lake late one evening earlier this week. Have you see this hatch on Lone before?

 

[Islander]

Hey Jeff, I've seen hatches come off the lake before, but I'm not much of a bug person so I didn't know what any of them were. The swallows were working the surface off and on this morning, so something was probably coming off.

 

[Mark Yoshida]

Hey Steve
Thanks for the report. I will be up early to try my luck on your lake first. Got to leave early to pickup contacts that were supposed to be ready yesterday. Hope I can see to tie on a fly!!! Need cataract surgery, lost a phone to the bottom of a lake. Getting old is expensive and sucks.

 

[busdriver08]

great report ,thanks, is the sign still posted warning about TOXIC algea

 

[Flyguy65]

Hi Steve,

Mark and I fished yesterday and did well. Lots of different bugs on the water and the fish were feasting. Small winged ants, huge midges, blue damsels and termites. I couldn't get any on top but leeches and chironmids worked. On a sour note, there were two guys in a white raft keeping everything they caught. We need to have permanent signs posted on the regs. I don't (and won't) have a cell phone and no others were on the lake.---Steve

 

[Islander]

great report ,thanks, is the sign still posted warning about TOXIC algea

Yes, it's still posted.

 

[Islander]

Steve and Mark, Glad you got into some fish. The poaching there seems to be a problem now and then. A few times I have seen folks keeping fish and informed them of the regs, but haven't seen it a lot.

 

[Caveman]

I kicked some mexicans off the lake one time, they played dumb and they acted like they didn't speak English but they finally got the point.

 

[Mark Yoshida]

Hi Steve
Had a great time thanks to your info. Went to your lake and fished for couple hours and after figuring what they wanted did well. Your lake is very beautiful, clean and deep. Will definitely come back since it appears to be protected from the wind somewhat. Went to go meet Steve and Kerri and had a ball with the bigger fish. Release about the same as you with the leech on the bottom. That stringy algae is really bad. It think the fish need contacts or glasses to see the flies, so I went to the other end.
Hope to hook up with you sometime, will come up in a couple weeks and send you a PM.

Mark