Beautiful weather up here now, sunny and warm, but the breeze on the lake keeps it cooler on the water. Surface water temps range from 48 -55 depending on where-abouts on the lake you are. Trout can be seen moving/jumping all over. Fishing was very good today, for the anglers fishing over active fish. Anglers tucked into out of the wind spots reported poor success. Don't be afraid to set up on the wind blown points or shorelines, the fish will be where the food is being delivered to them!! Fishing off the shore continues to be good, again find wind blown spots with active fish showing themselves. Some of the best fishing can be had from the shore right now, often out fishing the boats!!( I fished for less then an hour off the resort dock on Monday afternoon during a break, and hooked trout on every cast!!)
Some good chironie hatches are happening on the lake today, but still all observed were smaller sized. Olive greens, and 'Chironomid Candy' patterns in size 14's produced fish for us, fished about 3' down over 4' of water, in the back of bays, where active fish could be seen moving/feeding. Overall, better success was had fishing leach patterns on a sink tip or slime line. Patrol-Car leaches and UV Pumpkinheads were the better producers. Had to fish through lots of smaller trout, but the better fish were there and showed themselves enough to keep it exciting. A great day to be on Tunkwa!
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Topic: Tunkwa Lake Report, May 1st 2014 (Read 2372 times)