10-17-2021, 10:14 PM
Lost Creek – 16 Oct 2021: Fished (trolled) from 2-6pm. Water temp 56F. Water was extremely low (seems worst than 2004). Weather was sunny and calm and I only needed one long shirt. Beautiful scenery and a therapeutic day. Only one other boat on the lake, a small blue aluminum boat. Seemed pretty quiet for a Saturday. Saw quite a few fish on sonar especially near points. All appeared smallish and that is what I caught all day 12-15 inchers. I have heard reports of some bigger fish in there but the vast majority seem below the slot limit and probably less than a year old. Most are suspended between 18-40’. I saw a fair number of bait balls still around here and there on sonar with fish hanging around them. I trolled smaller flat-fish and some smaller Rapalas. I did much better with flat-fish. I lost a few lures to the new underwater hazards rising up from the low water level. At one point I threw on a Jakes spin-a-lure in gold with red dots and just trolled it with good success. There were a few bank tanglers. Some with fly rods. I think that Jakes would be good to cast out from the rocky points if resigned to the banks. I would get a larger one and use light line to get a longer cast.
The cement boat ramp is still going all the way down to the waters edge but the launch is shallow at that point. I was impressed they poured the cement down that far.
Now for the "crappy" report (not crappie). Stopped into the cement outhouse provided by the State near the boat ramp. The toilet was completely filled with trash. There were bags of trash thrown all around the inside on the floor (hard liquor bottles included). The sign outside said “you pack it in - you pack it out”. The sign inside said “don’t throw trash in the latrine”. There was dried feces all over the seat. I guess it was just a barbarian holiday that I had never heard of.
After what I saw there, I am confident the rest of the fishing regulations are be followed at Lost Creek – NOT!
Sorry to end on such a crappy note.
The cement boat ramp is still going all the way down to the waters edge but the launch is shallow at that point. I was impressed they poured the cement down that far.
Now for the "crappy" report (not crappie). Stopped into the cement outhouse provided by the State near the boat ramp. The toilet was completely filled with trash. There were bags of trash thrown all around the inside on the floor (hard liquor bottles included). The sign outside said “you pack it in - you pack it out”. The sign inside said “don’t throw trash in the latrine”. There was dried feces all over the seat. I guess it was just a barbarian holiday that I had never heard of.
After what I saw there, I am confident the rest of the fishing regulations are be followed at Lost Creek – NOT!
Sorry to end on such a crappy note.