Lost Valley reservoir

[BSTORMIN4]

I am planning a trip to Lost Valley reservoir on memorial weekend. Has anyone been up there lately? I have heard a lot about it being over ran by Perch. I also heard it was killed of to get rid of them. I will be fly fishing for Trout. Please any information would be great. Brad
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[eagleflyfshr]

Last time I was up there was late summerl 2012, and yes, it was overrun by perch. Fly fishing off a pontoon yielded about 6 perch for every small rainbow at the time. They did a complete kill off late fall of 2012 and then a heavy restocking in May last year. Didn't fish it last year, as it would have just been recent small planters. I suspect they'll restock again before Memorial Day. If there are any carryover fish from May 2013, might be some decent sized rainbows in there this spring. Sorry, don't have any more current info.
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[BorntoFish01]

My guess is that the dumb ass local bucket biologists have since restored with perch again.

I think it was back in the early to mid-2000's that the state finally threw up their hands in frustration and stated for the record no more since to try to reclaim the res. by chemical treatments and restocking was costing $35,000 a pop. Just no sense playing this costly game at our expense. []
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[Untangler]

I've had the same experience as Eagle Flyfshr and won't fish the lake again until something changes. If you are going to be up there anyway and want a fly fishing challenge, take a short rod and try Lost Creek below the reservoir. It is a brushy little creek where you might get a 12" drift if you are lucky and catching an 8" native feels like a real accomplishment. I've not fished the creek above the lake.
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[customweld]

Hey born to run your mouth. How about you base your comments on facts and not your ignorant flatlander opinion.
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[BorntoFish01]

Hey Customweld, sounds like I hit a nerve. While it would be easy to drop to your insulting level I will try to exhibit a bit more class.

FYI I was not sharing my opinions but rather what I was hearing from people on location [locals and others] during fishing and camping trips to the reservoir. I was also quoting statements made in a newspaper I picked up in Cascade that serves that region - the article shared the frustrations stated by IF&G and talked about the cost of treatment and restocking.

I won't offer an apology for my part but believe that I am due one based on your attack based on assumptions of what my source of info was. Of coarse, under the circumstances I'll make a rash assumption of my own....you aren't capable of manning up and admitting when you are wrong. Go ahead....surprise me. []
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[Kodiak1]

Customweld,
Why don't you read the rules of the site located with the sticky section at the top of posts. We don't allow personal attacks on this site, and your post above certainly qualifies as just that. At the very least you should apologize for the "attack post". We have had to ban users in the past for continued nasty posts, and I certainly hope you don't put me in that position in the future. Thanks, Mike SW Moderator
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[customweld]

I'm not apologizing for anything. If you read the first sentence in borns post, he insinuates that Adams County residents are a bunch of dumbasses. I stick by what I say.
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[curt69]

Only if you are the bucket biologist that keeps planting the Perch .
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[BorntoFish01]

[quote customweld]I'm not apologizing for anything. If you read the first sentence in borns post, he insinuates that Adams County residents are a bunch of dumbasses. I stick by what I say.[/quote]

Your interpretation is a pretty broad generalization. The implication, and what folks I spoke to were stating was that they believed that the "dumb ass bucket biologists" as they referred to them, were in all likelihood local which is more probable than someone from a distant location hauling them in. No one is casting a negative stereotype on all of Adams County as you imply.

You were obviously hurt by what you read for whatever reason and are over reacting. But it isn't fair to the good people of Adams County to twist the facts and your interpretation to serve your own ranting.

That's all I'm going to say on the subject. My apologies to this site and the moderators for the coarse this has taken.
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[customweld]

To answer your original question. Lost Lake is a disaster during Memorial Day. The Forest Service has pretty much shut down the East side of the lake for the Northern Ground Squirrel. Camping spots are taken up very fast. If you aren't up by Thursday night , you aren't going to find a spot on the lake. There are spots up Lost Creek if you get up early Friday. If you do find a spot fishing in the lake sucks, however above the dam and below it is fun for creek fishing. There is lots to do up there: hiking, atv riding, mushroom hunting. If it rains watch out for the mud.
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[BorntoFish01]

It is a beautiful spot and has much to offer in outdoor sporting activities. We "discovered" it while camped to the south on a spring turkey hunt. The size of the trout blew us away. We went back the next winter and fished through the ice. Again the lake did well by us. On that trip we were checked by two game wardens who were patrolling the area on snow machines. The conversation with them brought light on the troubles of the past, but the trout were holding their own at that time inspite of the presence of perch. In subsequent camping/fishing trips with friends or my sons it was heart breaking to see the beautiful trout replaced by small [stunted?] perch. "Bucket biologists" came up often in conversations with others using the area. Regardless of the status of the fishery it was obvious that the beauty of the area was still a big drawing card...perhaps too big because of limited sites for the demand. It was obvious that some folks recognizing the competition for space were making a habit of moving camper trailers in early; setting up and then going home until they and the family returned for the weekend. I've heard of this same sort of thing going on in the Boise National Forest Campgrounds and on Lucky Peak Reservoir by folks from the Boise area.
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[customweld]

The perch are always going to be there. Have been since I was a kid in the early 80's. Rotenone is effective but not 100 percent. Within a few years of poisoning they are back. No matter what some people think, they are not being reintroduced. Born is right lots of people drag their campers up there and leave them there. The trout do get big within a few years after the poisonings. Fish and Game has "killed" Lost Lake many times. The trout come back and some do get big.
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