Fantastic fishing day. Lots of fish, only kept the ones that we hurt. Trolling about any lure worked. Super fun for the kids.

I wanted to try Phillips for some LMB for the first time this year. Me and my gf arrived at the lake at 0800 with the weather cold and foggy. We started fishing the docks with senkos and a silver rapala xr-8 in silver with no luck. I switched to a drop shot with a 4" cinnamon brown yamamoto kut tail worm and my gf caught a bass with her first cast on a bps xps 4" grub. After a couple casts I saw my line moving and set the hook. The bass was giving my lite action rod and reel with 6lb line a good workout.The bass was 16" and about 3lbs. We continued fish around the lake and caught a few more small bass. My gf caught a 12" rainbow on her grub. The water and jet skiers were out once the fog burned off and were making alot of waves for us. Had alot of fun and will be back again!

What an AWESOME day to be out in the water! My girlfriend took the day off and decided to head to Phillips since she's never been there. I had some success fishing for LMB last sep/oct but never fished this lake for trout. We arrived at 0945 and seen a small school of trout swimming at the boat launch. We started fishing the westend of the lake for LMB but didn't have any success. We anchored out and grabbed our trout rods. I was using red power eggs and my girlfriend was using the lime green colored eggs. It didn't matter what color we used because they were biting anything we threw at them. Most of the fish were 10"-13" and were feisty.

My father & I decided to fish Phillips Lk today. Started on water about 7:45am motored about half way down lake on SW side. Dropped anchor in 20ft of water. My dad used rainbow powerbait & used pink power eggs . One hour later we had 10 fish average 10- 12 inch with 2 about 13 in. No big fish taken or hooked but was great day with just my father & I.

I decided to come back to Phillips after having some success last week. I went to the same spot where I caught fish last week. I had my drop shot rig ready for action. The fish weren't in the same spot so I moved a little further south before I got my first fish. The wind was blowing hard like it did last week but I decided to tough it out and keep fishing. I finally landed another fish on the south end of the lake with a 4" black senko near some trees. I had numerous bites on that end of the lake. I switched lures and started using a 5" black Yamamoto grub and started having greater success with the fish. I caught a few small bass by swimming the grub back to the boat. I casted near a dock and saw my line moving so I jerked my rod up and the fight was on. When I saw the fish jump my heart was pounding because it was a hawg. I scrambled to get the net and net it before it can get away. After I got the fish in the boat I had to sit back and take a deep breath. The fish was 20" and about 5lbs. I continued to fish and got a few more bites but no fish. Finally I casted near another dock and got a good bite. To my surprise it was a 17" trout that bit my grub. I had an awesome day even though the weather wasn't great. Can't wait to come back!!