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Shamalamma Fish On! Jay Fair topline & hot orange never fail in Oct! We've been in anywhere from 6-20ft of water, Jay Fair hot orange trolling flies ruled today. Yup, outer rock piles. Surface temps starting out 61-63.xF. Low ambient temps in the mid to high 30's & highs in the low to mid 80's keeping the lake temps fairly...
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Boomshakalaka! 61-63F surface temps, 5-10ft of water & dancing with the rock piles with nothing but trolling flies & top lines. Browns, minnow patterns & hot orange. Very active bite in tight although brief! But, be very careful if you venture inside. Navonics doesn't have most of the outer rock piles contoured. ...
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We've been out playing on the pond & here's what the low down is! First, it's our weedy season. The water is clearer now than it has been all season. Holding around 64-66F surface temps but we should continue to gradually drop & the cooler ambient temps will help. I'm still fishing over deep water, mainly due to the weeds...
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I did a water column temp test Thursday. There's 8F difference from surface temp to 50ft. At most I had 0.9F difference between 10-15ft. Started out at 69.2F at the surface (noon) and ended at 61.2F at 50ft. The 3-4F thermocline we barely kept this summer, is washed out. What does that mean? It means we are beginning to mix...
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Just a few days ago the Donovan Family of Brownsville caught this chunky 11lb catfish using raw porkchop down by the dam. While the strong summer heat has waned the water surface temperature is still fairly high at 78.5°F and the thermocline is still at about 20ft deep. Weekdays have been very quiet since about August 12th- if you don’t like...
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DFW has been dumping fish regularly, the size of some of the fish is questionable, but thankfully the drops of Idaho fish and Oregon fish have kept things exciting and some really nice fish are being caught. Also – more OREGON Fish are coming VERY soon (or perhaps already) and we also have more Idaho fish coming too. Things are...
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