Hagg Lake Friday 5/04

INSAYN · 04-30-2007, 05:32 AM

Dad, myself and my 6 year old boy will be out there attempting some Trout. None of us have ever trolled this lake, let alone trolled in this boat yet.
Dad has many years of fishing history, but is not up on the current tried and true "Techniques". Myself and junior, not too much fishing experience really.

Any pointers, tips or suggestions that will get us going in the right direction for some half-a-chance success? I'm working on picking up an electric trolling motor here in a few days.

Steelhead21 · 04-30-2007, 07:29 AM

I catch a lot with mack's Wedding rings or spoons..I have seen people use ford fenders with a triple Teaser but have not tried it.

RookieSteeler · 04-30-2007, 07:37 AM

Heard many people catching fish with a rainbow type needle fish depending on the temp, around 10-30ft. I'm landlock so I travel around the lake quite a bit, if you don't feel comfortable on the boat head to the land. Tons of fish to be caught. If you check the ODFW there will be another 4000 released sometimes this week. Good luck and let us know how you did.

Rookie

INSAYN · 04-30-2007, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by RookieSteeler

....If you check the ODFW there will be another 4000 released sometimes this week. Good luck and let us know how you did.

Rookie

I checked earlier, looks like they are dumping in the 4000 today.

RookieSteeler · 04-30-2007, 03:52 PM

Before you get your hopes up the ODFW page is stocking of the week of, so they might stock it any time this week, so I would call just to confirm the stocking. Sometimes the trucks dont make it out and they don't stock the lake. Either way there should be plenty of fish hopefully you get your limit and enjoy the fish fights

Rookie

Willis · 05-01-2007, 07:33 AM

fished hag from 11 to 5 monday water temp 61-62 went to the east side of the dam and once again my son caught a stocker rainbow within 2 minutes before I could even get my line in the water using bobbers and power bait I may have taught him to fish but he is teaching me how to catch, cruised around the lake for a while found lots of fish on the finder and the guys in the bayliner were slaying them trolling looked to have a couple nice fish in the boat overall great day but burned up in the a.m. then cold and almost wet by 5 on a side note the no wake sighns are up across the lake I thought the line was closer to ramp A but it is put up at ramp C anyone have any thoughts on this, also when does the bluegiil crappie pick up and if so what do most people get them on

royal3 · 05-01-2007, 08:03 AM

Talked to the Sheriff on Sunday. He was the one that put the markers out. He said that there is getting to be to many boats out on the weekend as the weather gets warm to be safe boating in the non-fishing side. So it is a test to see how it goes this year by making it bigger.

deeptrout · 05-02-2007, 08:13 AM

I think the bigger area for the jet skis and such is a great idea, more room for them to play just makes sense. It has been way too crowded at times, and I was getting tired of feeling like a pylon on a slalom course.
now we need to get the rules concerning safe distances and wake responsibility enforced and we can all get along fine. Who decided it was a good idea to design boats that kick up as much wake as possible, equip them with huge sound systems and then sell them to people that let their teenagers run them?

Hammer1 · 05-02-2007, 08:12 PM

Try using Ford Fenders with wedding ring and a piece of worm. Try red or green and try different depths. Try one pole at 18 pulls and one at 25 or thirty. This will help you detemine how deep they are. I also use a Silver and Black 05 Sinking Rapala and have done well. Trolling speed is also important, you don't want to be going too fast. The electric trolling motor is a good idea. If it gets too windy, drop anchor and try worm and bobber and Power bait off the bottom in about 15-25 feet of water. Triple teasers are also an option.

INSAYN · 05-08-2007, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Hammer1

Try using Ford Fenders with wedding ring and a piece of worm. Try red or green and try different depths. Try one pole at 18 pulls and one at 25 or thirty. This will help you detemine how deep they are. I also use a Silver and Black 05 Sinking Rapala and have done well. Trolling speed is also important, you don't want to be going too fast. The electric trolling motor is a good idea. If it gets too windy, drop anchor and try worm and bobber and Power bait off the bottom in about 15-25 feet of water. Triple teasers are also an option.

Thanks bro, wealth of info! I picked up a Minn Kota Vector 80 3x on the day I was supposed to go fishing. Turned out my dad forgot about plans to be at the beach with some kids from his church and bailed on me. So, we are on for this Friday 5/10 instead. We'll see how everything pans out. Thanks again!

deeptrout · 05-08-2007, 08:13 AM

Hey, could you give us a report this friday after you are done? I am planning to get up there this weekend for some trout with my dad, but I haven't been up there for a few weeks due to the springer counts occupying my ambitions. If you can't hook up with some trout due to the warmer water or weather, let me know. I will take dad springer fishing instead and we can not hook up on a bigger species of fish.

INSAYN · 05-11-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by deeptrout

Hey, could you give us a report this friday after you are done? I am planning to get up there this weekend for some trout with my dad, but I haven't been up there for a few weeks due to the springer counts occupying my ambitions. If you can't hook up with some trout due to the warmer water or weather, let me know. I will take dad springer fishing instead and we can not hook up on a bigger species of fish.

You betcha.

Well here's the update. The Vector X3 was the right motor for my boat for sure. 4.5 hours of mid throttle and batteries were still showing 3/4 full.

Outcome:
9 fish for 3 poles. I fished, but my Dad and my boy did the catching.

I think I caught one of those fish. Three fish were 12". The rest, not so much.

Rigging:
Combination of smaller Ford Fenders, Cow Bells, and some kind of leaf unit. All pretty much the same kind of setup. Also, a few ounces of teardrop hanging from the rudder. Followed by 24"-36" leader, and a red or green wedding ring, and a chunk of wiggle meat (night crawler). We tried some various spinners, and other shiny wiggly items, as well as cheese flavored marshmellows. No bites on any of those!

Tour:
We stayed pretty much up near the spillway, just going back and forth at 1.4-1.6 MPH (GPS). Any slower and they were not interested, any faster and they had a hard time slamming it. The Zig Zag pattern was thrown in by default (a bit of wind). I swear my boat is a kite, even with the top down. The winshield catches the wind and acts like a sail.

After calling it a day, we shot over to Boat ramp C along the finger with the park and covered Pavilion structure. Fish finder showed lots of fish in that area about 75 ft from the bank, 15-20 feet down.

Hey, good luck and have some fun.