I'd like to take my 95 yr old father fishing. He remembers good fishing up in Blue Lake. It's a long drive but if it's promising we will make the trip. Last year trolling with power bait wasn't too successful for us.
Any good spots a little closer to Sunnyside?
Don't know your area or the lake, but "trolling with Powerbait" is akin to putting a spinner like a Panther Martin under a bobber, flinging it out, and hoping for success.
Not at all what it was created for.
The only apparatus that employs Powerbait, in regards to trolling, is a "cage-type" spinner lure that Berkeley came out with a decade or so ago, that you fill. I eagerly bought a few...zero luck catching with it....don't even see them on the shelves any longer....others must have experienced what I did.
Try the Powerbait with the normal small(#14-#18) treble hook encased with Powerbait using a small (1/4-1/2oz) sliding weight/with stopper at about 18"-24" above it. Bring line taut(but not snagged at all) and merely wait for the rod tip to wiggle....that's a trout trying for his/her dinner.
Trolling for trout is great, but something flashy or small-fish-like (aforementioned Panther Martins, smallish Flatfish, Roostertails, Rapalas, etc.) is going to be a better choice. A 2-hook "worm rig" is also deadly, being trolled. Especially if you use a "flasher" or "Ford Fender" or "Willow bladed" trolling rig a foot or even three, in front as an attractant.
I usually spice up whatever I am using with scent if possible. The gel type sticks to Rapalas etc. quite well, and there's now "water soluble" scents that won't mess up the maribou (if present on lures like Roostertails) action, or if you have concerns over using oil-based scents.
Sorry I can't provide THE PLACE to go, possibly you'll have better luck using the proper method of attraction.
Good luck !
did you try the i 82 ponds i have fished pond 6 and have done very well
Thanks! I will look into that.
Thanks, I appreciate the advice.
A 4 inch dodger with a green muddler minnow fly about 12 to 16 inches behind it using leaded line 4 colors with 20 feet mono is a solid rigging for eastern WA lakes in Spring. They arent very deep. Troll in zig zag pattern like a drunken sailor.
67Mustang wrote:
A 4 inch dodger with a green muddler minnow fly about 12 to 16 inches behind it using leaded line 4 colors with 20 feet mono is a solid rigging for eastern WA lakes in Spring. They arent very deep. Troll in zig zag pattern like a drunken sailor.
👍...totally forgot about the fact that trolling a "muddler" (black works well for me) is a great lure to use behind a flasher.
Also forgot to mention that there is also now a "stick" scent for hard baits like flatfish or even spoons (heck...put some on the flasher !). Comes in a container like a small deodorant...wax that you rub on...called "Baitwax". Several scents, I like the shrimp "flavor".
Dontop00 wrote:
I'd like to take my 95 yr old father fishing. He remembers good fishing up in Blue Lake. It's a long drive but if it's promising we will make the trip. Last year trolling with power bait wasn't too successful for us.
Any good spots a little closer to Sunnyside?
A couple of years back I had good success at Blue Lake trolling with a wedding ring and night crawlers
hello have you looked at any of the Seep Lakes near the Potholes like Long Lake or Hampton lake (Seasonal) some dont allow motors but have boat launch
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