They still have toxic algae sign up but it looks clearer than it was in the water. This is the 3rd time I have stopped at this late this Oct. The Oct fishing is spot on so far. Each time I have come I have caught at least one fish.. even though I only had an hour or two to spare. My first time recently I caught 5 fast last. two fat rainbows and 3 cutthroats. all on bobber worm combo(this was with the kiddos too) .I stopped by Cottage lake with my boys after an appointment. We ate lunch there while I put some lines in the water. I set up typical worm bobber combo. This time it took about 30 min before we caught the first fish. A bit fat cutthroat. there was no one else there so I just kept trying different parts of the dock. A bit later another fellow showed up. My boys little friend reeled in the second fish. She loved it but I forgot to move the other line so all a tangled mess at the end.. I passed off the two fish to him for his buddies to enjoy. then packed up. I am thinking this will be a good year for cuts in Cottage lake for October. You can catch em off the dock. But they likely school as usual so on out the water I am thinking lures and other combos might product some nice fish. Mine lines where all about 12 inches of leader so many are close to surface. Sorry I cannot post pictures of this day but here is one from a recent trip.