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nwsoftball
08-03-2009, 09:45 AM
Spent 5 days up at Diamond with family and friends. Had a great time despite the heat, the bugs, the storms, and the rock that ate my prop.

Had good action trolling very early and very late. Ran the riggers 3-4 feet from the bottom with rainbow F-4 Flatfish with a little Trout Feast Smelly Jelly with a 25-30 foot setback.

The best action for us was Powerbait or Gulp in the cheese hole in the north end of the lake. 32 feet. Double anchor. Use a sliding egg sinker with 3-4 ft. leader. Chartruse glitter or rainbow. Most came on chartruse though.

I seemed to have the "dink" attractant as I caught 6 of these, all trolling. None of the fish we caught with bait were this small.
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My niece Nicole with a nice Diamond rainbow.
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My sister in law with her first fish in a long time.
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Thursday's evening catch. 1 on powerbait, the rest on the troll back to camp.
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Me with a couple of the nicer fish we caught.
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Boomer catchin' some ZZZZZ's.
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Don't know what is going on here??
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Fighting a big one.
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Saturday evening we caught 6 during the downpour and got off the lake when this started up.
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fishnlady
08-03-2009, 10:14 AM
Thank you for the report & great photos. Great shots of the lightening. Those are some nice trout. Great job. :applause:
I am looking forward to my trip there next month. :)
Bobberman
08-03-2009, 10:45 AM
Great report, that lightnig was intense.
GarySt
08-03-2009, 01:37 PM
I'm heading there in a week and and a half, but I don't have the downriggers. So, what is the best method for fishing diamond lake without downriggers? Should I just use a bananna weight, flashers and lure, or should I jig fish? If I jig, where abouts do I go and what is best to use? Thanks...looking forward to seeing what the lake has to offer, I've not been there before.
C-Run
08-03-2009, 01:41 PM
Thank you for the report, I'm heading down there on Thursday morning thru Sunday. I'll give another report on our trip when I get back.
nwsoftball
08-03-2009, 02:08 PM
I'm heading there in a week and and a half, but I don't have the downriggers. So, what is the best method for fishing diamond lake without downriggers? Should I just use a bananna weight, flashers and lure, or should I jig fish? If I jig, where abouts do I go and what is best to use? Thanks...looking forward to seeing what the lake has to offer, I've not been there before.

W/O down riggers, I'd stick with powerbait and still fish. I saw people trolling with flashers, but didn't see anyone catch anything. I had my flashers attached to the downrigger ball and had much more success with no flasher at all.
GarySt
08-03-2009, 04:16 PM
W/O down riggers, I'd stick with powerbait and still fish. I saw people trolling with flashers, but didn't see anyone catch anything. I had my flashers attached to the downrigger ball and had much more success with no flasher at all.

THANKS for the information and help!!! I'll try that.
5-Cents
08-03-2009, 04:19 PM
Cool pics - really like the one of the dog! :D
fish-on-bend
08-03-2009, 05:46 PM
Nice report and pics Russ. Were the black gnats out in force?
Drifter2007
08-03-2009, 06:06 PM
Great job! Nice pic's and story. Those are some really nice trout:applause:
Buck
08-03-2009, 07:46 PM
Nice post. Those fish are really footballs aren't they?
foxer
08-04-2009, 05:28 PM
Nice report and pics Russ. Were the black gnats out in force?

They were yesterday...
salmontroller
08-04-2009, 07:23 PM
I'm heading there in a week and and a half, but I don't have the downriggers. So, what is the best method for fishing diamond lake without downriggers? Should I just use a bananna weight, flashers and lure, or should I jig fish? If I jig, where abouts do I go and what is best to use? Thanks...looking forward to seeing what the lake has to offer, I've not been there before.

Pull an f-4 or f-5 frog finish flatfish with 2 ounces slow from cheese hole cutting across end of lake to the shrimp beds by the campground. Fish in about 18-28 ft. keeping fairly close to bottom..2 oz should do it..worked for me.
GarySt
08-05-2009, 11:47 AM
Pull an f-4 or f-5 frog finish flatfish with 2 ounces slow from cheese hole cutting across end of lake to the shrimp beds by the campground. Fish in about 18-28 ft. keeping fairly close to bottom..2 oz should do it..worked for me.

Thanks for the help - I'll give this a try and report back in a couple weeks, we'll be there next week.
KRTGrumpy
08-06-2009, 06:46 AM
Great post... We were up there 7/31 - 8/4... That weather was wild. Looks like you stuck it out longer than we did.