Fished Blue lake as we always do the weekend before Mem wknd.

I must say the fish are not as plentiful as some of the past years, but what you do catch ( rainbow's speakng of ) will be some of the fattest, strongest, and best eating fish you have caught in a while. 14" to the occasional 17" with a single 19'er was the norm all through the weekend.

We stay at the Blue lake resort down on the south end. Nice place for the money. Where else can you park your trailer 10' from the waters edge for 22 dollars a night I think it was. ( no sewer up by the water though. Water and power only ).

About the fishing. We trollers caught bow's close to the surface in the early morn and just before last light at the end of the day. Small spoons or rooster tails with a small to very small split shot a couple of feet from the lure will do it. Enough speed to make the spoon wobble or spin the blade on your rooster tail, wedding ring etc.. Troll the shallows early or late in the day or add some more wieght and go deeper down the middle in the hot part of the day. The power bait guys caught fish also with some having to move several times before finding some fish. No need to expand on that. One lucky lady with us did catch a 26" 5.5 lb german brown off the bank behind our trailers. Biggest fish at the resort so far this year we were told. That beauty sucked up a power bait set up with fire corn for bait that I assume was just sitting on the bottom since that stuff don't float, but that was the only brown caught. Fish fry one day and baked trout, including the big brown the next. Fillet those babys, coat with jiffy corn muffin mix, and fry them up. Best camping food ever.

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