Post by: hawks33 on July 23, 2021, 03:12:20 PM
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Post by: Turner89 on July 23, 2021, 03:50:07 PM
Planning on spending a night or two with my kids and wife on an alpine lake overnight. Any suggestions on how to catch some alpine trout? Not a flyfishermen... I've tried several setups and so far a horsefly cast out with a bobber has been the best for hits, just cant seem to get them to swallow the fly. What do you guys use? Mt. Baker area. Thanks!I let you know in about 3hrs. :chuckle:
Post by: X-Force on July 23, 2021, 04:01:45 PM
Flys I’d bring moth patterns, grass hoppers, maybe a leech and some nymphs. Sometimes a little bigger fly is easier to cast.
It’s ok if you can’t cast a fly rod. Watch a couple YouTube videos and try in your back yard with some yarn.
All lakes aren’t the same. Some alpine lakes fishing hot early am and late pm. Others will be dead at those times as the fish feed off of wind driven bugs during the heat of the day.
Post by: OutHouse on July 23, 2021, 04:12:29 PM
Dark rooster tail
Smallest black rooster tail you can find, ideally with red tinsel in the tail. Probably need to add a crimp weight about 10 inches above the lure so you can cast it far enough. Be persistent.
Post by: jeffro on July 23, 2021, 04:48:20 PM
Dark colors seem to work best
Also caught them on dicknites and red devil spoons
Biggest thing is light line and being able to cast to deep water
Post by: hawks33 on July 23, 2021, 06:22:55 PM
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Post by: Dan-o on July 23, 2021, 07:15:05 PM
I like spinners and casting bubbles w/ flies, I prefer wooly buggers in black and olive
Dark colors seem to work best
Also caught them on dicknites and red devil spoons
Biggest thing is light line and being able to cast to deep water
I agree.
Black/olive Wooley buggers behind a bobber.
Young kids can catch fish that way. So can I.
Post by: jackelope on July 23, 2021, 07:37:44 PM
Post by: huntnfmly on July 23, 2021, 10:03:22 PM
I’d go old school we use to use bobbers bite on some weights swivel and leader and killed using pautzke redball eggs cast it out wait and enjoy
Post by: MR5x5 on July 24, 2021, 07:51:11 AM
Red/White Mepps Aglia in size 0 or 1
Daredevil - Red/white on gold - small and med small
Gold Kastmaster - small and med small
Ultralight gear on 2-4 lb test.
If it is bright out the Kastmaster can be a little too spooky for them - slow retrieve the spinner.
Look for the deep water let it sink to the bottom before retrieve.
Strongly suggest clipping one or two of the trebbles and taking the barb off the remaining so as not to kill too many fish. If they bleed you need to keep them at whatever size.
Good luck?
Where you headed?
Post by: actionshooter on July 24, 2021, 10:40:18 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 24, 2021, 11:10:40 AM
fish it doesn't hurt to weed them out.
Post by: hawks33 on July 24, 2021, 01:39:13 PM
Fished them a ton! All I take these days are:
Red/White Mepps Aglia in size 0 or 1
Daredevil - Red/white on gold - small and med small
Gold Kastmaster - small and med small
Ultralight gear on 2-4 lb test.
If it is bright out the Kastmaster can be a little too spooky for them - slow retrieve the spinner.
Look for the deep water let it sink to the bottom before retrieve.
Strongly suggest clipping one or two of the trebbles and taking the barb off the remaining so as not to kill too many fish. If they bleed you need to keep them at whatever size.
Good luck?
Where you headed?
May head into Slide lake, but I'm not sure the road is clear. Have to do a little research. I've done really well before in dry summers like this one, but the last two summers I tried throwing a little bit of everything and had a tough time hooking fish. What's another $100 on fishing lures to test out some suggestions :chuckle:
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on July 24, 2021, 05:31:16 PM
We hit a small alpine lake weekend before last and threw almost everything mentioned above and couldn't hook a fish to save my life.. watched them move out of the way anytime a lure was cast and tried several flies on the bobber with no results.. pretty frustrating on the fishing ends but the scenery is worth it!
Curious if this lake gets lots of attention?
I’ve only been to one alpine piece of water that the fish wouldn’t bite, a small stream in a box canyon that I was fishing the side pools.
Other than that I always catch fish in them, I bit do fish the harder ones to get to.😉
Post by: actionshooter on July 25, 2021, 09:04:40 AM
We hit a small alpine lake weekend before last and threw almost everything mentioned above and couldn't hook a fish to save my life.. watched them move out of the way anytime a lure was cast and tried several flies on the bobber with no results.. pretty frustrating on the fishing ends but the scenery is worth it!
I would say it gets moderate attention... the lake is on the maps but there isn't a maintained FS trail to it. I have never had a problem catching fish in a high lake before it was a little bit of a surprise
Curious if this lake gets lots of attention?
I’ve only been to one alpine piece of water that the fish wouldn’t bite, a small stream in a box canyon that I was fishing the side pools.
Other than that I always catch fish in them, I bit do fish the harder ones to get to.😉
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Post by: Igor on July 25, 2021, 09:43:31 AM
Here ya go. Use as long a leader as possible, tie two very small flies on, fill water bubble about half full, cast it a mile with this rig, “pop/jerk” your line back right before the torpedo bubble hits the water. This pop/jerk back makes the bubble come back towards you and makes the leader/flies land nicely on the other side of the water bubble. Let it sit a minute and ever so slowly, retrieve. Feel for the “tug” and it’ll be fish on! Works like a charm. Yes, ultra gear is the best choice.
Perfect description of how to do it.......I make my leader at least 4' long.
Post by: Bullkllr on July 25, 2021, 10:32:14 AM
Post by: Magnum_Willys on July 25, 2021, 11:35:55 AM