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I got off work a bit early today and took the float tube up to Payson Lake. Action was good for nice, fat, bows on small silver spinners. The weather was nippy but nice. The scenery was hard to beat. Surprisingly, I didn't get into the brookies today as I usually do up there in October.
This is a great time of year to hit the mid and upper elevation smaller lakes and streams if you are on a hunting trip or want to shake off the doldrums before ice season.
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[#505000]Geez how did I miss this post!?!?! Payson lake is one of my favorite "stand by" lakes for a quick trout chasing trip without driving too awfully far. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I know in years past they drained a lot of water out of it in the fall. By the size of Brookies they plant versus the size I have caught I wonder if they still drain it. In the past they drained it so far down I doubt anything would survive the winter. Have they done so this year? Also were the camp nazis up there in force still? (you know the a-hole in the golf cart who acts like he owns the lake?).[/#505000]
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[#505000]I am usually a level headed guy but those damn camp nazis are one of the few things on the short list that make my blood boil.[/#505000]
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The lakes have a pretty good pool still. I had the finder with me and spots were 18ft. deep. The "big-East" lake is about 4-5 ft. higher than the last two yrs at this time. Even still, there is usually good holdover in that big lake from year to year. It can be good right after they open the gate for chunky early season brookies and holdover bows, even before the hatchery truck pays a visit. Yes the camp Nazis were still there.
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