Newton Reservoir Thursday Morning

[10_ft_Jon_boat]

The water is low and the bottom edge of the concrete ramp is exposed.  There were no boat fisherman this morning as far as I could tell but there were several paddleboarders and kayakers.  The bass were hitting well, the largest landed was 15 inches but also caught several in the 12 to 13 inch range.  Bluegills were hitting well also, most were 6 to 7 inches but one was about 9.  Because the reservoir is dropping so quickly the mud on the beaches is saturated, making it virtually impossible to approach the waters edge without sinking up to your knees or deeper.  All of the fish that I couldn't lift out of the water had to be lead to a rocky area for landing.  There were two sizeable (30+ inches) tiger muskies that would occasionally swirl on the surface about 20 feet from shore.  A fun morning, I started fishing about 8:30 a.m. and the bite was pretty much over by 10:00 a.m.

[wiperhunter2]

Nice catch, good verity too. Thanks for sharing your pics and report. Have you ever caught trout from Newton? Back in the day, we used to do really good for bows up to five lbs there but this was in the very back of the lake.

[10_ft_Jon_boat]

Back in the late 1970's and early 1980's Newton was a great rainbow fishery with some large fish as you've described. The back end of the lake near the old earth dam was excellent fishing. We usually trolled with pop gear and nightcrawlers, which was a lot of fun when you hooked a good one.

[wiperhunter2]

Back in the late 1970's and early 1980's Newton was a great rainbow fishery with some large fish as you've described.  The back end of the lake near the old earth dam was excellent fishing.  We usually trolled with pop gear and nightcrawlers, which was a lot of fun when you hooked a good one.

Yep, that the time frame and the location where we caught them too.

[SkunkedAgain]

That would have been 83-85 when that was at it's best... I was on my mission and kept getting pictures from my family everytime they'd go get a great limit of fish... I got a little of it when I got home, but it was starting to taper by then... Wish they could have kept that fishing going, was great... Later Jeff

[wiperhunter2]

That would have been 83-85 when that was at it's best... I was on my mission and kept getting pictures from my family everytime they'd go get a great limit of fish... I got a little of it when I got home, but it was starting to taper by then...  Wish they could have kept that fishing going, was great... Later Jeff

I think they were eating snails and or something like that to get so fat. I think the DWR decided the water there was just too warm for trout because not long after that, they turned it into a warm water fishery.

[SkunkedAgain]

I know they used to have bubblers in there for aeriation but I don't think they ever worked very well... Probably not a great pond for trout due to low water cycles too... But it sure was good there for a couple years... Made some good memories for me anyway... Later J