Lucky Peak 2009
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Well, since my wife wanted to take a ride this morning, we headed up to LP to see if anyone was fishing. There were two boats in the narrows, and one didn't seem to be doing very well, possibly due to a lack of d.r's, but the other boat w/ two fishing pulled two fish out in the 10-15 minutes we were there. They were down by the bay on the east side of the narrows, coming from S. Shores. Both fish came from the same spot, approx. the middle of the narrows. I think we are going to head up next Tuesday and give it a try. Hope this helps, MMM. Mike
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I fished from 7 AM till 10 today out from Spring Shores just in the canyon narrows heading to LP dam. Had only 4 strikes catching only 2 12" kokes. I used a 3 0 dodger with the small green spin n glow/green beads and shoepeg on the DR fishing 25, 30 and 35 foot. I had no strikes. On another line I had a 4 Oz. weight with a 3 0 dodger and a chartruse Apex and shoepeg. At 23-25 2' pulls (and a steep angle in the rod holder-probably resulting in a 25-30 foot depth) I had one strike, not hooking. After quite a while with no activity I replaced the dodger on the weighted line with a medium string of pop gear and had, fairly quick, 2 strikes, hooking and landing one. On the DR I replaced the dodger setup directly off the ball to a setup with a large pop gear string off the ball and the dodger 5' above and about 7' back. After a while I caught one at 30 foot ball depth.
Also tried during trip: chartruse hoochie/spin n glow rig and a Pixie, dark green. No action on these.
Then nothing till I had sense enough to come home.
During the time I was there I saw only two boats trolling. I saw no one catch anything. Based on my experience the fish are just not very excitable needing more glitz and flash or something???? Dodgers alone doesn't appear to be enough. Regardless of what you might use expect it to be slow fishing.
Also tried during trip: chartruse hoochie/spin n glow rig and a Pixie, dark green. No action on these.
Then nothing till I had sense enough to come home.
During the time I was there I saw only two boats trolling. I saw no one catch anything. Based on my experience the fish are just not very excitable needing more glitz and flash or something???? Dodgers alone doesn't appear to be enough. Regardless of what you might use expect it to be slow fishing.
My wife and I hit L.P. this A.M. and limited in four hours. They were scattered depth-wise, with fish coming from 20, 25, 30, and 35. No one depth dominated, but 25' produced most of the fish in the last hour. The lead core also produced well at 3 colors, which is pretty close to 15 feet. Both Jack Lloyds with w. r.'s and Shasta Sling Blades with their new 1 1/2" mini-hootchie, both the blade and the hootchie in UV pink, produced equally. The fish, considering they are next year's class, are nice-sized. Mike
Thats the place to be!! Ignore the boats fishing up towards the bridge. Stay in the narrows. Best fishing was around the point and south down the narrows to the large cove on the east side. If you have downriggers, start off at somewhere between 20 and 35, and put a lead core down 3 colors. Strangely, they seemed to come up a bit during the day. Ignore the schools in the 50 to 65' range. They just aren't interested in hitting, for some reason. We tried for them, and ran right through large schools, but to no avail. Good luck Jeff, and I look forward to your report on this site. Mike
L.P. was tough fishing today. My wife and I began about 7 AM and didn't have a single bite until about 9. Graphed very few fish, so figured they either had left the area (narrows) or were on top. About 9 they began jumping, and there was a moderate bite. Concentrated in a small area. We caught fish on the surface, 15, 20 and 25 feet. Didn't seem to matter whether we were pulling a Jack Lloyd with w. r. or a Shasta Sling Blade with hootchie. Ended up with one limit. Had a 19" very red spawner hit mid-day! Surprised me that any were still in there. She was in very good shape and fought like crazy. The only two other boats we saw had little success. One had one koke and the other had not so much as experienced a strike. Had lots of bites. They were hitting very light. Perhaps the fact that they are dropping the reservoir 2 1/2 feet a day might have something to do with it. Mike
