North Fork Res questions

[Steel-head]

I was looking through the ODFW trout stocking schedule and noticed that NF recieves an ungodly amount of stockers (as it should since its a big lake) and I will be taking the family out this weekend so I thought that would be a good place to go troll around. I'm looking for numbers here not necessarily size.

Ive heard flatlining small spinners with worm chunks work well. Any other thoughts? I gotta get my 2 and a half year old little girl into this fishin thing or else she will grow up and marry some schmuck who writes poetry and plays the recorder.:D

[craigcw]

Lots of things will work out there. I like a red wedding ring behind a small bladed (school of minnows) flasher and be sure to stick a chunk of worm and shoepeg corn on the hook. I also use a little weight above the flashers. I think I found that anything works as long as you have worm and corn on it. Vary the weight to find the depth and then keep at it. I also like to troll off the banks (watch for the bank fishermen) at the dam end.

[Oregon Boater]

We have always slow trolled a Midge Wobbler with minimal weight down the east side. I've seen a lot of different setups used there and most of them work. They quit making the Midge Wobbler so when I run out will have to find an alternative (they seem to like the fire/silver prism lite).
We seem to do better just out from the lower boat launch.
Go early on nice days, when it warms up all the go-faster boats show up and gets kinda bouncy.

[Lou]

Been going there for years.
I start at the tunnel, 25 pulls with just a gold, with the mylar flash,
super dupper. I troll down to the dock/log loading area.
If they don't want the super dupper, I might try a wedding ring set up.
A small red crawdad lure, with crawdad goop, works well there also.
When using lures, put a small amount of worm in the hook.
We used to use Huss lures with great results, it's a LJ product
seldom seen. Once we used it on a slow day, limited (4).
On way back to the ----bath room, this guy stops me, upset,
is going on about no fish all week, I had to go, can back looking
for him, gone. I was going to give him one. Turns out he was
camped (can't do that now, across the lake and was guiding
folks to fish. He should have ask sooner.
The other side is good, with the same methods, clear down to the log boom.
Have fun:meme:,
Lou:)

[careylc]

We did pretty well on Sunday with small spoons and wedding rings tipped with Pautzke eggs. There is a very large fish in there now with one of my tiny silver/chartreuse dick nites in it's lip. Never saw it, but it burned line off my reel and snapped my 4lb leader as I was loosening my drag.

[sschwab]

Those planters like anything flashy in the top third of the water depth with a bit of worm. They are accustomed to finding their food around flashy things. The worm chunks look like food pellets.

[ODSKid]

Everything said so far is right on the money.

As everyone has said, make sure you have a worm on your hook, whatever you use. I have had lots of luck with a ford fender / fish flash type setup with a red wedding ring (silver blade) trailed behind with a worm. Spinners work too.

I've rented pontoons out of there a few times, and if the fish have recently been stocked (meaning within the last few days), start trolling the second you leave the docks. A lot of the time, they are sitting right there.

[smalldog]

Once you find them just keep going through em. They school like crazy.
Some nice places on the far shore for a shore lunch too.