RE: chopaka in mid july?

[Andy Towell]

Bill,   Patrick and I were up there last weekend for a couple of days and pulled the plug and came home early. It was the latest that I had been up there and I will not go that late again. I landed about 5 trout Friday afternoon and five Saturday fishing until mid-afternoon, all sight fishing with dry damsels, but the surface water was hitting 70+ each afternoon, even up in the north end and algae mats were starting to suspend and drift with the wind. The evening activity did not turn on like I had banked on (although it could have been going in a differnt part of the lake, but in the areas that I hit there was very little rising going on.) There were still 'bows down in the south end and cruising the banks during the middle of the day, but not in numbers that created red hot fishing. I caught one small bow (the first in 5 days fishing at Chopaka this year) and the rest were fat 16+" fish. Probably about time someone queried the state biologists about what they think the planter survival has been the last couple of years. Lots of bass, got a couple on top and a couple with a small bugger, and I saw far more small bass than I did small trout and in a few places almost as many large bass as trout. It would take one heck of a bass fry at this point to put a meaningful dent in their numbers...   Tight lines,   Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Bill Hamilton Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: chopaka in mid july? that's a lot of help- seriously how do you think fishing would be- I ain't going, gonna be at my daughters wedding.  hate to see the guys travel that far for lousy fishin.  billy joe bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Coleman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 12:43 AM Subject: Re: chopaka in mid july? Hi Bill, The bass fishing should be pretty good in those temps! Tim <><-- --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 20:01:58 From: "Bill Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "bill castleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the kitsap fly anglers club is planning a trip to chopaka on the week-end of july 19- was wondering if anyone has been there lately or has fished the lake in mid july in the past.  a concern I would have is that the water level is down 2-3' from normal levels (on june 1) & the water was fairly warm then in the south end (62 degrees at 15" level) so I'm guessing it's gonna be really warm in mid july.  would appreciate any comments; thanks, bill h. ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! Login To Lycos Mail