Last Saturday(June 7) Cheryl(My Wife) and I started fishing at 1:30 in the hot afternoon and in 1/2 hour we caught and released 7 nice spots that were hiding under trees in about 10 feet of water. Of course, Cheryl caught the first and largest so I had to settle for the most as part of the Triple Crown. RIGHT NOW is the time to grab your fishing gear and hit the Lake!! This coming Wednesday we're heading to Packer's Bay to hook up with Ben (Salmon Master) and we'll be trolling for salmon and trout which are putting on quite a show! I'll be using a Sling Blade with a red Cripplure and also a Rainbow Needlefish. The catfish are starting to hit hard on flavored livers and anchovies. Stop in at the Basshole and we'll set you up on location, depth and color of lures. Remember that all this changes weekly. Good luck and looking forward to seeing you! Dave

Basshole Bass Team Strikes Again!! Randy (Guest at Tsasdi Resort), Kevin(Basshole Bar and Grill Mixologist) and I met at the Bait Shop at 5AM(Wed, June 4) and were fishing at 5:45 AM just south of the O'Brien Inlet. We were all using the Zoom Fat Albert Grub working rock walls on the main body of water. By 8:30 we had caught over 24 spotted bass 14"-16". Then we moved into the O'Brien Inlet and caught a total of 35 nice bass. When 10:30 AM rolled around we decided it was getting a little warm (96 degrees) and headed in. The largest ended up to be 17" caught by the Natural(Kevin). We released all the smallmouth(6) and kept 15 spots for a total weight of 23pounds. What a GREAT DAY had by all!

I've received a whole bunch of e-mails about updating this report and PROMISE to update it every other week. The good news is that you have NOT missed a great bass bite. A few weeks back, the bite was coming on and all of a sudden we got hit with a COLD wet storm that dropped the water temperature from 57 degrees to 53.

Last weekend was our annual 4-day houseboat fishing trip. It was again cold and rainy. I caught the biggest bass, 16inches, and only limited out one day.

On Tuesday, May 6, a group out of Sugarloaf Cottages caught 84 bass. The weather report shows that by Mother's Day we will have lots of sun and 75 degrees and the water temperature will be between 58 and 60 degrees. As a result, the bass will be moving UP and OUT of the 25' water and will become very active. I am excited that a great bite should last for 7 weeks or longer. I'll be fishing several times a week so please stop in or call and I'll set you up on what I'm doing.

Right now, I'm still using the silver-black grub on a leadhead working rock walls. What's great about this method is the grub passes through the surface into 30 feet of water. Also, by working in the shade you cut down a lot of terrain.

The trout fishing has been good with lots of limits being taken. Troll with a slingblade followed by a white-silver cripplure or a rainbow needlefish smeared with shad smelly jelly at a depth of 25 feet. Elmore Bay, Slaughterhouse Island and in front of Digger Bay have been producing lots of good quality rainbows.

The lake is almost full and it is beautiful to see so great fishing to ya!
David