Fished Black lake for Largemouth/Smallmouth bass on Sat. May 9th. We wanted to go to Silver Lake in Cowlitz county but the lake was having a tournament so we opted for less busy waters...... should have fought the crowds at Silver lake.... fishing stunk at Black lake. Did however catch 2 smallmouth bass one on a balck blue flake spider grub in about 18 inches of water in the NW portion of the lake, and a nice one (2.5lbs/15.5 inches) on a chartruse purple back jerk bait in about 2.5ft of water in the eastern shore just south of the trailor park on that good point with the docks everyone knows about. Thought I would see more bedding bass on this lake the water temps ranged from 55 to 57.8, to cold for largemouth yet but just right for small mouth. Some "hot shot" told us that the bass have been on beds for a month...... REALLY!? since April 9th........? water temps back then were 47 to 51 degrees at best, even to cold for the smallmouth spawn..... but thats what listining to dock talk gets you........ anyone who has spent as much time fishing tournaments up and down the west coast as I have knows to put this gossip out of your mind. Looks like you can pretty much write off black lake from you "bassin destination" list. It is lost to to kayakers, water skiiers, and jet crazies, not really managed for fishing as far as I can tell, trout, Bass, or otherwise........ Silver Lake here I come.

davidwat1

5/10/2009 9:46:00 AM

that's really disappointing to hear how bad the fishing and the lake conditions are overall down there. At least you didn't get skunked, but for such a great lake to go to pot like that is really a shame! Thanks for the report! - Dave

garret1990

5/12/2009 11:07:00 PM

hey fishonjohn can you give me some tips to fish Black Lake please. I would really appreciate it. Thank you!

fishonjohn

5/14/2009 9:38:00 PM

garret1990 not sure how to contact you.new at all this compter stuuf.but not at fishing....if you now how leave a post here....fishonjohn

shake n bake

5/15/2009 1:03:00 PM

I can attest to the smallies being on beds! I was shocked too. I've never seen them on beds this early or in that cold of water. We had a tourney last month (april) and I got two smallmouth off beds. 4.11 and 4.06 (pictures on www.capitalcitybassclub.com).
So, you SHOULD listen to the dock talk bec. he/she weren't lying. The key was finding the bed and then backing off for about 5 min. Just far enough away to still see the bed. Before ya knew it, you'd see em start to slowly approach the beds. White tubes and drop shots got em. They were REALLY aggressive! Missed the first one probably 6 times, broke her off and then caught her again.

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