Fishing Articles

Eagle Lake Trolling Jay Fair Flies
by Gary Heffley, NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Eagle Lake

The fact that we had excellent success trolling Jay Fair flies with Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy’s Guide Service yesterday morning, 12 beautiful Eagle Lake Rainbows to 4 pounds only gives the bottom-line report of a trip about 4 years in the making. I had the pleasure of knowing both Jay and his son Glenn Fair, in fact writing an article...
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Current Conditions
by Collins Lake Staff, NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Collins Lake

Current Conditions - November 10th 2021 7-Day forecast has highs up to 70°, down to around 50° at night. Partially cloudy and sunny. Both launch ramps are open, fall trout plant started last Friday, weekdays are pretty quiet up here, this weekend isn’t full, and it should be beautiful all week! ...
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Hot And Hungry: Effect Of Temperatures And Multiple Invasive Predators On Migrating Salmon
by FISHBIO, NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Nearly any predator that can get its claws, beak, or teeth on a juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) will try to eat these young fish as they migrate to the ocean – and as salmon try to evade one hungry mouth, they may be vulnerable to getting eaten by another. Predation is a complex topic in part because the behavior...
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Both boat launch facilities have reopened
by Collins Lake Staff, OCTOBER 29, 2021
Collins Lake

As of today both of our boat launch facilities have reopened and we will be receiving our first Fall trout plant this next week with 8,000 scheduled to be delivered over the month of November.

Collins Lake - Up over 17ft since Yesterday
by Collins Lake Staff, OCTOBER 25, 2021
Collins Lake

We haven't opened the ramps yet, we need about 5 more feet for the main ramp and we're waiting for the ground to stabilize a little on the south ramp but things are looking...up! ...
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Eagle Lake Fishing Report
by Valerie Aubrey, OCTOBER 13, 2021
Eagle Lake

We scouted quite a bit of water this morning in the south basin. Fish were sporadic but still on orange trolling flies or grubs & my lucky gold/red Thomas Buoyant & red dot frog speedy shiner. Mostly the fish came around 7ft today. One at 17ft but we had quite a few nudges at that depth & line rubs, but...
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