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By: niters6
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fun but slow for opening day. Started the day by setting my boat free at the launch and having to have an incoming boat rescue my boat and push it to shore. oops Make sure your rope is CLIPPED to t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day at the lake. Five of us floated a canoe just short of the shore on the eastern shore. Got untold numbers of Cat Fish.. And many many crappie , (blue gills) Some trout too.... The funn...
By: PaulReilly
Posted: 8/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Fishtrap at about 4:00 pm and it was hot! I think the water temp had something to do with the fish not biting, but ?I had to work to get a nibble.
I limited out on Fishtrap on the past Saturda...
By: PaulReilly
Posted: 8/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at about 9:00 am - limited at 10:00am.
All rainbows 10-12 inches. I was using a jig tipped with worm, so after the 5th one, I packed it up and went home.
My sister bought me a game...
By: PaulReilly
Posted: 7/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Got out to the lake about 5:00 AM, went to the usual spot off the rocks, and started nailing them!
Tons of small cats - bit all morning till about 10:00am. Caught a few 12 inchers which I retained....
By: PaulReilly
Posted: 7/17/2008
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Fishtrap for my first time. I had my 90+ lb dog with me for the first time on my 12' boat, so was a little nerve racking, but ended up having a good day.
Ended up catching quite a few ...
By: Blzd420
Posted: 6/29/2008
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
me my cousin and her husband got to fishtrap about 7am.lauched boat went to there favorite spot just right of the boat launch. with in 10 mins of getting there we all started to get bits and bringing ...
By: dyunin06
Posted: 4/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Fishtrap @ 7 am. Great day caught a 18inch rainbow almost immediately. Loved the bullheads. ( I turned around and the bobber was gone!) One major major major complaint about this lake. 80 %...
By: zlawman
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Today we made our yearly trek out to Fishtrap Lake. Having had some great opening day moments at this lake , we once again came out with visions of 5lb rainbows striking our lines time and time again....
By: aby131
Posted: 9/9/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 9 am, landed 22" 3.5 lb almost immediately, limited by 1PM. Nice day about 74 degrees fished from east shore.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/27/2007
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Getting to Fishtrap Lake before sunup has become a pleasant prelude to an enjoyable fishing experience--- and this day was no exception. WE WERE THE FIRST AT THE PUBLIC LAUNCH.
The pre-dawn sun wa...
By: John Goldberger
Posted: 7/21/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Same results as the day before, using power eggs, casting from the dock and letting it sink about halfway down and using a slow retrieve. Only this time I got the limit in just 22 minutes! Be carefu...
By: John Goldberger
Posted: 7/21/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake about 6:50pm. I was using ultralight tackle and power eggs. I cast off the dock and let the line sink half way down and used a slow retrieve and they were nailing it! I got my limit ...
By: The Floater
Posted: 7/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great morning on the water. Put in at about 9. The water was choppy on and off, but never really settled down. The water was green/murky. I began by trolling a wedding ring variation, tipped wit...
Posted: 6/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This fishing expedition could be titled "Semper Gumbii", or Always Flexible... The BBs of BL had to be, to catch those tricky trout at FIshtrap Lake on this day.
We started out at 4:00 in the morni...
Posted: 5/20/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The BBs of BL invited my son and his girlfriend to go fishing with us at Fishtrap Lake!
May as well cut to the chase: 3 of the 4 participants limited-out. About the other participant: I offer no...
By: The Floater
Posted: 5/7/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Dave I think we had our first experience running into each other, as there was only one other vehicle dropping in - first thing in the morning. Began the day trolling a wedding Ring variation, but it ...
Posted: 5/5/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My wife went with the BBs of BL to tackle the trout at Fishtrap--- we all limited-out; I experimented and strayed away from using the tried-and-true wedding ring lure, and caught trout using a Needlef...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 5/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished for less than two hours and limited on 10 to 13 inch rainbows using various color powerbait, with red being the best. We were fishing in about 22 feet of water directly east of the ...
By: The Floater
Posted: 4/30/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water. Dropped the boat in at about 7:30am. The state launch was a real mess, ended up parking way up the road after I dropped in. That was probably the only negative of the day. The ...
Posted: 4/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We HAD to go for a second-helping of fishing at Fishtrap Lake, given the great day we had on Opening Day. Well sir, we arrived this morning a half-hour earlier and put the boat in during the wee hour...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/28/2007
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
New format, eh? Great!! The BBs of BL arrived at Fishtrap to continue our Opening Day Tradition of campfire smoke wafting in the air as we launched A NEW BOAT (the other BB of BL's pride-and-joy).
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/18/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2006
Hot Spots: 0
A FORGOTTEN TRADITION IS REVIVED, or
How In The World Can Summer Slip By Without Fishing?
It has been awhile since I have gone fishing, so use any of the standard excuses to explain my absence. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/19/2006
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Fishtrap on Thursday night and watched fish being pulled in off the docks. Next morning watched a 22 incher come off the dock by the inlet. What a great lake. Easy to limit and lots of a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
ANOTHER TRADITION GOES KAPUT…sort of. Today we sailed with the winds of change: We fished after 6:00 PM. The surface of the lake was smooth; the slight wind caused small wisps of ripple as we troll...