First timer here, be gentle.

[Sloth2]

Hello all, good to be here. Am finding more time these days to get back to an old passion of mine, fishing! :grin: It feels good. But I've lost a step or two since this marriage and kid thing. That's where you guys come in. I normally fish high mountain lakes and streams, sometimes rivers. All of which are mostly in northwest to central Oregon. I'm going down over the fourth to fish Diamond Lake and Miller Lake (close to Diamond). I'm looking for advice from any of you old (or young) pros of those once famous (Diamond) lakes to let me know what I can feed my scaley friends for a little 'hook' snack. Any favorite locations or techniques that have knocked 'em dead there for you? What to use? Thanks for all of your help graemlins/1zhelp.gif .

Signed,
The New Guy. :cheers:

[Dan Christopher]

well i just got back in town so let me say hi to you Sloth2 glad to have you around.feel free to throw your 2 cents in the ring.

[Deleted User]

S2, Welcome to IFISH! Sorry, I havent fished Diamond so no info here. Good luck, Im sure someone here can give you some advice.

Fool :cool:

[Big TULE]

Good to see some newbies, neve been down south but if you want info from the northern friends feel free to ask...

[otter]

Hi Sloth2, Welcome :cheers:
I can't help you with Diamond but I will pass on what I know about Miller Lake however it's not much. Fish the shallow areas very early' or late in the evening and take lots of bug spray. Like I said its not much, Have fun and stay safe :grin:

[skeezer]

had a friend that went to diamond two weeks ago , they did very good nice 15 to 18 inch fish just useing powerbait ....and acouple salmon :shocked:

[Keta]

!!! :depressed: Lots of bug spray if you go to Miller Lake :depressed: !!! Early morning and late evening troll the edeges of the dropoffs with Rapallas or Rebels for nice browns. In the day troll the open lake for suspended kokanee. Miller Creek is good fishing too. :smile:

[santiamflyguy]

oooh, i don't know if it still is, but a few years ago, miller lake was open for night fishing.

nothing stranger than a phosphorescent streamer flying through the air at 2am...

mmm big brown trout...

[Keta]

Both Miller and Lake of the Woods are open 24 hrs a day. :smile:

[k9jeff]

Welcome to a great community. This place contains a lot of info and a great bunch of sprtsman,,,,

Enjoy,,,, now if you can find someone who knows anything about DIAMOND LAKE<, you will be set....
:grin:

Jeff :cool:

[cully]

lots of good info. for you on this site and very nice folks to get it from. Good luck on your waters this summer.

[Salmon Stryker]

I've been going to Diamond every year since I was a little kid. We usually go the weekend after memorial day, but this year we didn't make it. Fishing has really decreased the last several years because of the chub problems. There is still a lot of fish to catch, but they are smaller and skinny compared to how they used to be in that lake. The bonus now however is that they have stocked some bigger trout and some salmon to try and reduce the chub population.
The last several years that we have been there we have been still fishing with green or rainbow powerbait scented with garlic oil on a size 16 to 18 treble hook. Use a slip sinker above your swival and about 18-24" of 3-4 pound test leader. The cheese hole off of the north shore where the rocky cliff is, is usually the go to spot.
Go ask questions at the lodge bait shop when you get there. They want you to catch fish and are pretty helpful.
They have abolished the speed limit after 10:00 on the lake now so don't be suprised when water skiing takes over the lake in the afternoon.

[ChuckDog]

Well Sloth, I told you you'd get some responses! Everyone here's out to help each other. Good luck and have fun. Fish On!

[crabbait]

Welcome, Sloth. Hope some of this info is useful to you. Let us know how you did. :wink:

[Fishhead]

Welcome to ifish Sloth2. I would like to invite you to a little get together we call a roll call. Its were you put a face with a name thing. I have met some real nice people here on ifish. We are having it on July 12th at the Wichita Pub in Milwaukie around 7:00. Hope you can make it . Fish-on)-> :grin:

[Straydog]

Welcome Sloth! You will not be disappointed here there are lots of good folks participating from all over.

I had the good fortune of meeting another new member, Avid, yesterday in the Medford GI Joe's store..... it was a pleasure talking with you Avid.

Salmon stryker pretty well summed up the fishing at Diamond from what I know of it.

It is one beautiful place but I sure wish the fishing was still like it was when I was kid some 40 years ago. (how many places could we say that about???)

Keta, did you say Kokanee........?? I think I am hooked thanks to you!!! :grin:

[ 07-02-2002, 06:56 AM: Message edited by: Straydog ]

[Pilar]

Welcome sloth2. You are of course welcome to return to the church of the bent rod at any time. Even after a prolonged backslide.

Can I get an Amen?

Regular attendance at services is highly recommended. :grin:

[Killertraylor]

I grew up in Klamath Falls fishing both of these lakes religiously (and that doesn't mean just on Sunday...)

At Diamond - I like casting a sinking fly in the south end of the lake near the inlet creek. Green or black damsel fly nymph pattern was always the ticket. I've got more pictures of 3-4 lb. Rainbows from this lake than any other. The shallows in front of the coffee shop is good too - about 10 ft. of water. I admittedly haven't been to Diamond in the last 3 years since they've replaced the fish population, but if you are a fly fisherman, this is a tough lake to beat.

On Miller, we trolled the shallows with fly rods, sinking lines and green nymph patterns and did real well for Kokanee. Used to catch lots of them right off the dock when I was a kid by just lowering a single pautzke's ball of fire (salmon egg) on the smallest egg hook you can find down until it was suspended about a foot off the bottom. My favorite lake though - and a beautiful lake to hike into is Maidu lake. From the west boat launch at Miller (in the swim area) you can find the trailhead and walk 1/4 of the way around the lake where the trail goes up and over the mountain and drops down into Maidu. It's a very well used trail and easy to stay on. You cross the Pacific Crest trail at the summit. It's an easy hike - takes about an hour and a half if you go slow. I've come out in 45 minutes hoofing it. You'll need a raft or belly boat but the Brook trout fishing is incredible. Again, sinking line and nymph patterns always worked.

Welcome to ifish! Let us know how your trip went.

[Dan Christopher]

boy.. i think this has to be one of the longest threads for a new guy saying hi...way to go sloth2 ,,,you should be proud to have so many friends you didnt know you had. :cheers: