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Cottage Fishing Reports

Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went to cottage lake at 6:00, I caught my limits by 8:00. The fishing got off to a quick start (10 minutes), but then slowed down for about a 45 minutes. Guy next to me was using worm and bobber, i ...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by to wet a line this morning. Fished from 9:40 to 11:00. It was quite until 10:25 then the bite was on as the sun came out after a hard rain shower. Caught 4 fish and missed 3 more. I had to ...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with a group of Cub Scouts on Monday afternoon. Most of the kids were just whiping the water, but I did manage to catch a couple of the small planters using a bobber and worm about 3 ft down....
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Cottage Lake today on the advice of a friend who had seen some pretty nice fish there the past week. The day started rainy and not having much luck with power bait. A few fish being take...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Made a last minute decision to try this nearby lake. Got to the gate just as the park manager arrived to unlock it (6:30). Started working the lilypads to the right with plastic worms with absolutel...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2005
Hot Spots: 0
The bite is picking up but the fish are smaller than in years past. Caught a couple 8-10 inchers today and one yesterday. Used power eggs with trout dip off the dock and off the shoreline.
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished cottage lake and caught a couple 10 inch stockers. Pretty slow for opening day, but not bad.
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My 9 year old son and I put our Sea Eagle inflatable in at 8 am. The nice thing about this craft, of course, is I never need a boat ramp. We fished plastics in the lily pads, trolled wedding ring...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I live on cottage lake and I tell ya, the fishing isn't near as good as it was a month or two ago. At best, you might be able to reel in 1 or 2 rainbows if you hit the lake at the right time. The ...
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Cottage
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/26/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to explore a near-by lake I've never tried before. Hit the water at 6:30pm. The parking lot/ramp area is terrible. Very small and the swimmers are right there. Oh well, after kicking for a bit...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/11/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Cottage Lake a little bit before 7. The evening bite was on. Caught my limit in less than one hour! Best fishing in years. Couldn't keep them off the line!
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Cottage Lake last Wednesday (5/5/04) and I was using 2 orange and 1 white power eggs on my hook. My Leader was 12 feet long and I was casting about where the boats would troll, casting off t...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 6:00 PM on the dock. The fisherman around us had great luck with powerbait, salmon eggs and were pulling in their limit of rainbows quickly (under 12"). After an hour or so we swi...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6am to 9am and caught 2 stockers. Fishing was pretty slow all around compared to earlier in the week. Should be plenty of good fishing ahead though.
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the season opener and took my limit in a hurry. Plunked Power Bait from shore. Started at 10:00AM and was home filleting by noon. Couldn't have asked for better weather, sunny and clear hove...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cottage Lake on opening day and they were really biting. Caught my limit within 2 hours. Fish were between 8-12 inches. Lot of anglers. Good day for fishing. Yellow power eggs work well off the...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/26/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Final trip of the year to this wonderfully surprising resource..2 and a half hours landed 3 crappie and 6 perch. the largest perch was 12 inches and just over a pound, big crappie for the day was 3/4 ...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/10/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around noon, water temp still very warm. Again I didn't have much confidence in catching any fish (warm water bad) but I did manage to catch four. 1 10in. cut throat 2 12in. bows and 1...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cottage for 2 hours in the evening. It was a warm, sweet evening. Fishing was generally slow, most folks I spoke with had few or no fish. Picked up three 10 -13 inch trout on green damselfly ny...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8:00 till 12:00. Hooked around 10 10-12 inch rainbows. on a wedding ring with no weight. fun
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Does anyone know why they don't open the gate until 8:00am? I got there at about 7:00AM and the gate was closed. I carted my raft down to the lake and my dear wife bless her heart rowed for me. F...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 20 or so. Most of them about 12". Catch and release all the way!!! It's the only way to go!
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
This lake produces some huge Largemouth bass!! Setting out around 6 am I found the bite was on and the big female bass hitting anything in their path. Starting with a spinner bait combo oaklahoma smal...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/28/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I was planning on hitting my neighborhood lake on Opening Day, but had to skip it. So I got out late morning in bright sunshine to find that the fish were all schooled up down by the dock and in the l...
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Cottage
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/29/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/29/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake for a little fishing in the afternoon. I was within about 500' of the boat ramp the whole time, as I planned. I tried water floatman, mohair leeches, and peacock carey specials along wi...
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