Hey guys,

I saw on Thursday that Dog Lake had been stocked; however, I did not feel like getting into the frenzy that happens up there on Memorial Weekend. So, I hit it today on my day off. I was slacking this morning and didn't have a line in the water until noon. Within ten minutes, I had two 11-12 inchers. I thought, "this trip is going to end fast."

Immediately after that thought, the bite died for TWO hours. There was a bug hatch, and I've never seen Dog Lake so alive with fish doing acrobatics out of the water (it was insane). They were definitely in a feeding frenzy on the mosquitos and anything else that had hatched. Seeing all the top water action, I decided to use a Wooly Bugger with a float water bobber. NOTHING. I tried Kastmasters and Rooster Tails. Nothing. I went back to my power eggs. NOTHING!!!

Finally a heavy downpour came, moving the insects off of the water, and the trout went to the bottom. I caught my last three within fifteen minutes of the rain. Fun day, despite the dry two hour stretch. The Tally for the day was:

3) 11-12 inch Rainbows
1) 13.5 incher (I was lucky, you can only keep one over 14 inches here)
1) 15.5 inch 1.5 pounder.

Pink power eggs on the bottom seemed to be the only thing that worked for me. Air temperature was probably in the low sixties. Use lots of weight (slip sinkers is my choice) and a long enough leader to float above the weeds. Ten years ago this lake had no weeds/ milfoil, but it's beginning to take over which disappoints me. It's thick. Please people clean your boats, kayaks etc between uses, Milfoil multiplies faster than a heard of rowdy rabbits.

Keep it clean

Joe Tucker