[Salmo trutta]

"I wonder if there are any grass beds"

That's the problem with that lake, there's way too much hydrilla. The invasive submerged aquaitc vegetation. It can be 4 feet think in places and makes using a jig in water less than 20 feet impossible.

I might be interested in doing that night thing. I've done it a few times before and the fishing for bass after dark is awesome. Buzz baits are the way to go and any other sufrace bait. Even in 50 feet of water these fish will come up to hit a bait.

By the way, I've fished in on a non night fishing day and it doesn't take long for ranger danger to give you a $50 parking ticket. I'm fighting one right now because he circled 2pm in stead of 2am on the ticket. Probably not worth my time but we'll see what happens.

Most of the musky guys troll large deep diving stick baits from jon boats rigged with two or three trolling motors. But I hear they do very well. I had a friend with me one day that only fished tiny rooster tails (1/16oz) on an ultra light rod. He hooked three muskies that day and we landed one of them. Said he does well with that technique.

Well I just got back from Canada and we didn't use anything under 8 inches for their musky. Go figure??

 

[Salmo trutta]

Check the "Canada trip" on the fly board. I wish I had my yak because those float tubes are just dangerous, especially with one flipper.

So the night fishing thing is tonight and I can't make it. But the next night fishing days are Wed. August 9th and Wed. September 6th. I'll plan right now for the August trip but the hydrilla will be a serious issue in the shallows.

I prefer to fish that lake in early spring before the grass comes in (if the Potomac is too high) and late fall. I've done very well on large mouth as late as Thanksgiving and didn't see another soul the entire time.