Great day at Blue Lake. My daughter and I went fishing for father's day week-end. The smallmouth pictured was one of many bass we caught over the week-end and it weighed 3 lbs. what a fight it put up. When we netted it, it upchucked a rainbow trout fry about 4". When we went back to shore, I talked with Jeff at Blue Lake Resort and he said the state had recently stocked the lake with fingerlings. I told Jeff that I was going to e-mail the state fisheries to let them know that the bass are going to wipe out all these fry, Jeff said the state fisheries knows that. What a waste of our license fees. In years past, the state has killed all the fish in Blue Lake to get rid of the spiny rays (which also kills the trout) then they restock the lake with trout. I have heard that residents of Blue Lake will catch bass in other lakes and bring release them in Blue Lake because they want bass in the lake to catch. Well, if you want to catch some bass, go to Blue Lake. Most of the bass we caught were on the south end of the lake near Blue Lake Resort in the shallows.
We used black grubs with shiny specks.

Fished Blue lake as we always do the weekend before Mem wknd.

I must say the fish are not as plentiful as some of the past years, but what you do catch ( rainbow's speakng of ) will be some of the fattest, strongest, and best eating fish you have caught in a while. 14" to the occasional 17" with a single 19'er was the norm all through the weekend.

We stay at the Blue lake resort down on the south end. Nice place for the money. Where else can you park your trailer 10' from the waters edge for 22 dollars a night I think it was. ( no sewer up by the water though. Water and power only ).

About the fishing. We trollers caught bow's close to the surface in the early morn and just before last light at the end of the day. Small spoons or rooster tails with a small to very small split shot a couple of feet from the lure will do it. Enough speed to make the spoon wobble or spin the blade on your rooster tail, wedding ring etc.. Troll the shallows early or late in the day or add some more wieght and go deeper down the middle in the hot part of the day. The power bait guys caught fish also with some having to move several times before finding some fish. No need to expand on that. One lucky lady with us did catch a 26" 5.5 lb german brown off the bank behind our trailers. Biggest fish at the resort so far this year we were told. That beauty sucked up a power bait set up with fire corn for bait that I assume was just sitting on the bottom since that stuff don't float, but that was the only brown caught. Fish fry one day and baked trout, including the big brown the next. Fillet those babys, coat with jiffy corn muffin mix, and fry them up. Best camping food ever.

Fished Blue for 1 night while I was over there for bass fishing at banks sunday through today. Fished Blue last night and caught A nice bow on pink powerbait carolina rigged. Every year after the labor day crowds and summer crowds have gone the fishing picks up again. There where trout jumping everywhere on the glass surface around my boat near dark. So I threw my trout floating rapala on the surface in the deep and got a lot of followers and finally a trout blew up on it. The one in the pic is the one I caught on PB. I was only out on the lake for about an hour and a half before it was pitch black out. Last september I caught many trout after labor day it was a blast. Heading back over on sunday for a week to fish banks and blue. All fish C&R.

Just got back from my folks place on Blue. Spent 3 days there. All where nice except tuesday when it rained for a good 12 hours. Caught some small mouth on floating rapalas and buzz baits. It was a blast. Targeted shallow rocky areas and retrieved slow. Even got a few rainbow trout on the rapala just right off the drop off. I surprised on catching the trout since its been so slow here on this lake I gave up on them awhile back. I caught and released all fish. Spent a day at Banks lake also but didn't do to well there again. Those german browns love those floating rapalas also in the shallows. Those lures are great. Had a great time and will be back in 2 weeks!

Lousy weekend at Blue Lake, I fish it many times a year, but its been off lately. Trolled light gear no luck switched to meat lines with fenders no luck tried flys no luck. Saw a few caught, very few.