Lowland Lake opener was last week

  Went Ryan our fish biologist send me a email asking if I could get a few of the OCFFC members to volunteer to help with the Creel for the Lowland season opener. I sent out the Email to the members and got some replies. 

Big Blue, Chopaka, Buzzard, the Greens: all covered by members, I got Aeneas Lake

   We were to take a count of boats at 8am, and then again at noon, ask as many people as I could about their fishing experience, size, and numbers of fish caught and hours fishing. At one time I had counted 16 people fishing at one time. Six started before 8am and while I was doing some trash pickup, between eight and nine, five more showed up.

I had my Buck’s Bag almost ready by the time Gary arrived at 9ish. We were out fishing in no time. We worked the west side catching a few fish here and there. Most everybody was either working the middle or the northeast bay I asked a couple of the anglers how it was going and everyone said just about the same.  Not bad, some nice fish.

    When I got to the north end I dropped anchor and pulled out my bobber lobbin rig set the depth and made my first lone cast into the shallows. I didn't have much time to strip in and tighten the little slack in the line before my indicator was gone. 

Doc. Dave, was sitting in a boat about a 100 yards behind and to the left me with one of his Buddies. They were fishing Chironmids straight down rippin lips. Gary decided to try out his new UK Boobie Fly he built with the UK materials. He picked up 5 or 6 and was pretty amazed at how hard the fish hit it.

   After I got broke off from a nice healthy Bow on my anchor rope. I worked my way around to talk to a couple other guys working the Bay. Ken and Bob were among the others doing good on Chironmids with Bob putting a fish in the net just about every cast. ( Bob’s secret stuff)  It’s all about size, color and shape. Bobs said.

Rich from Bridgeport got there late and came across the lake to meet up with us and dialed in almost rite away.

    I had to work my way back towards the boat launch by noon to meet up with Ryan, Gary followed and packed it up. He had a good day with over 15 Bows best being over 18.

When I got a text from Ryan that he wasn't going to make it anytime soon I took my boat count, and headed back out. At noon just five of us still out on the water.

   I met back up with Rich and we fished together until just about 3:30 the sky was getting black with thunder clouds and the wind was really picking up.

Rich will learn not to try to set the hook so hard while Chironomid fishing soon. (hopefully before we head to BC in June) I had a awesome day on the lake.  

Chopaka had 10 anglers and the fishing was pretty fair I'm hold: 7.9 fish per angler 

Big Blue had 25 anglers the fish a long and thin: 3.9 fish per angler

Buzzard 1.5 per angler

Aeneas  he didn't report  But everybody that I talked to did pretty damn good.

The Greens just a few anglers 9am and everybody gone before noon  the wind.

It was windy everywhere on the opener only the hard core fish addicts stayed with it, or the ones that come from far far away.

 At Aeneas there was a couple of guys from, Bellingham, 2 Seattle, 1 from Skagit

Rich and I were the last on the lake pack up and leaving at 4. Just as I hit the pavement the monosomes hit and hit hard. 

 All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler

                  and is in no way shared by the fish

one of the browns of the day