I thought that Long Lake was closed for the year but then was told that it was not, so I was excited to get the pole in the water after a month or so off from fishing. I like to fish for bass, and I know the bite has been slow for a while there, but I don't care, I just like to fish. So I got to the lake around 8:30 or so, and went to my usual place near the beach but the water was high. Checked out the public dock and a couple of people were fishing there and I didn't want to crowd them out so I decided to go to the boat launch for the first time. No one was there, so I walked out and started fishing for bass. 2 boats were out on the water and I noticed them pulling in a few. Got a hit on the Storm/Wildeye Swim Shad, and got the fish to the dock, but he jumped off before I could land him and get a pic. I noticed the guy rowing the boat pulled in a couple that looked like trout, then he pulled in and we talked for a minute and he told me about salmon being in the water. No biggie, I saw he was catching trout so I swapped out my pole for my ultra-light pole to see if I could land a trout or two. After a little while I'm reeling in a black Rooster Tail, and right when I'm about to pull it out of the water out of no where comes this fish and nails it! Wish I could have fought him on the ultra-light, but I did get him on the dock for a quick pic before I got him back in the water. Nice Coho (I think!) I had no idea Long Lake held these things....

BassDood

10/26/2016 7:47:00 PM

Coho will migrate thru the lake this time of year. They come up Curley Creek...where the fishing dock is. I caught one on Mon on a squarebill crankbait in that area. Great job out there.

pcallejo

10/28/2016 11:53:00 AM

sounds like a good day from the bank! were you the guy i met on the dock when i launched? the bass fishing never slows down at long... the presentations are what slows down. the past week i've lost 4 crank baits due to the salmon running right now, but i've landed 3 lost 4 mules causing i was hooking into them on my finesse gear, low diving crank/jerk baits on 10lb mono....FAIL
if you're hunting the bass, i've been pulling them in on slow drugged jigs/creature trailer-slim profile. caught 3 off the dock on wed, biggest was just under 2lbs. keep casting!

RogReadum

11/8/2016 9:13:00 AM

I met a guy coming in off the lake that day, I was on the launch and had a chat . Did you come in with the float tube, then land something within like 5 mins! I was out on the other dock this past weekend but wasn't getting any hits, then I dug deep into the tackle box and pulled out the Banjo Minnow and the perch over there were loving it. Funny how that works, because they didn't even want GULP minnows, but the wanted the Banjos....

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