blacklab1
06-09-2008, 09:59 PM
I went up to CROWLEY on Friday 6/6 and Saturday 6/7 with my 6 year old son and a friend with his boy. We took our 18 foot pontoon boat and fished about 7 hours per day.
Friday the wind blew in the morning but it was not all that cold so we trolled at 4 colors and got 4 rainbows in the pound and ahalf range. Black and white Rapala's and tasmanian devils in the 1/2 oz size "brown trout color" were the lures we used. We started fishing around 7:30AM and got the 4 fish in the first hour. The wind blew off and on all day but we were able to anchor in MCGEE and HILTON at different times and caught and released around 14 fish in the pound and ahalf range and kept 3 in the two pound range. RAINBOW CANDY GULP POWER BAIT and INFLATED CRAWLERS on 2 pound fluorocarbon line either on a small egg sinker or split shot with 2 foot leaders worked well.
Saturday the wind blew harder and it was colder in the morning. By about 11:00am the wind stopped and the lake was like glass. We trolled with no luck from 7:30 to 9:00AM then went to HILTON BAY from about 9:30 to 11:00am and caught and released 13 fish in the pound and ahalf range and kept 1 in the 2 pound range. after the wind stopped at 11:00am we headed back out trolling and caught 4 more rainbows in the 2 pound range which we kept and lost a nice BROWN that we got up to the boat but then it threw the lure it was nice 3 or 4 pounds and the bummer was that it was my friends 11 year old son's fish. We were using the same lures for trolling and the same bait when we anchored. We went back to HILTON around 2:00PM and caught a couple nice RAINBOWS in the 2 pound range and several in the pound to pound and ahalf range. The kids each caught 5 fish each and had a great time.
I have a fish finder on my boat and could tell that most of the fish were in the 20 to 25 foot range.
I hope this helps any body heading up to CROWLEY.
Drive safe and tight lines!
Friday the wind blew in the morning but it was not all that cold so we trolled at 4 colors and got 4 rainbows in the pound and ahalf range. Black and white Rapala's and tasmanian devils in the 1/2 oz size "brown trout color" were the lures we used. We started fishing around 7:30AM and got the 4 fish in the first hour. The wind blew off and on all day but we were able to anchor in MCGEE and HILTON at different times and caught and released around 14 fish in the pound and ahalf range and kept 3 in the two pound range. RAINBOW CANDY GULP POWER BAIT and INFLATED CRAWLERS on 2 pound fluorocarbon line either on a small egg sinker or split shot with 2 foot leaders worked well.
Saturday the wind blew harder and it was colder in the morning. By about 11:00am the wind stopped and the lake was like glass. We trolled with no luck from 7:30 to 9:00AM then went to HILTON BAY from about 9:30 to 11:00am and caught and released 13 fish in the pound and ahalf range and kept 1 in the 2 pound range. after the wind stopped at 11:00am we headed back out trolling and caught 4 more rainbows in the 2 pound range which we kept and lost a nice BROWN that we got up to the boat but then it threw the lure it was nice 3 or 4 pounds and the bummer was that it was my friends 11 year old son's fish. We were using the same lures for trolling and the same bait when we anchored. We went back to HILTON around 2:00PM and caught a couple nice RAINBOWS in the 2 pound range and several in the pound to pound and ahalf range. The kids each caught 5 fish each and had a great time.
I have a fish finder on my boat and could tell that most of the fish were in the 20 to 25 foot range.
I hope this helps any body heading up to CROWLEY.
Drive safe and tight lines!