B Kane
08-11-2012, 12:27 PM
Just back from Klamath Lake and our clubs annual fishout. We stay at Rocky Point Resort and had a great time. Compared to California campgrounds this place is the Hilton. Campsites with water and electricity are only $28 and night and $8 to keep your boat in the dock overnight. Regular campsite are even cheaper. The restrooms are clean and the operators are very friendly and helpful. Cabins are also available as are boat and kayak rentals. Check them out at there website.
The fishing was a little tougher this year but still great. I know alot of your are not interested in numbers and size so diregard the stats. I fished five days and landed 46 fish. Nine were over five pounds which included two fives, two sixes, a six and half, a seven, an eight and eight and a half and the largest just a tad over ten. I weighed all of the fish in the net with my chatillion scale. You have to put a lot of time in per fish. I fish from 5:30 till 9:30 with about an hour for lunch and because I'm older, a short nap. The catch rate per hour is pretty low but well worth it when you can catch such huge fish. It's quite amazing that the fishing pressure is so low considering that Klamath Lake has the largest native rainbows in the lower US in public water. I'm probably ruining the fishery but the nice folks at Rocky Point could use a little more business. I think a lot of fishermen don't frequent the lake because you do have to put some time in to get rewarded but figureing out what works occasionally is half the fun. The wind is probably the most important factor in success, the more the better, as is getting out early and staying late. Damsels, leeches and midges caught the majority of the fish. The intermediate camo line, a type two, a type four and a floater were used at various times. The majority of the fish were caught on the intermediate and the floater.
Thanks to Gordon Langenbeck for the information on the migration of the fish to Pelican Bay.
The weather was pleasant and mosquitoes tolerable, the no see-ums killed me the first evening so I wore long pants the rest of the time. I seem to forget that every year.
The fishing was a little tougher this year but still great. I know alot of your are not interested in numbers and size so diregard the stats. I fished five days and landed 46 fish. Nine were over five pounds which included two fives, two sixes, a six and half, a seven, an eight and eight and a half and the largest just a tad over ten. I weighed all of the fish in the net with my chatillion scale. You have to put a lot of time in per fish. I fish from 5:30 till 9:30 with about an hour for lunch and because I'm older, a short nap. The catch rate per hour is pretty low but well worth it when you can catch such huge fish. It's quite amazing that the fishing pressure is so low considering that Klamath Lake has the largest native rainbows in the lower US in public water. I'm probably ruining the fishery but the nice folks at Rocky Point could use a little more business. I think a lot of fishermen don't frequent the lake because you do have to put some time in to get rewarded but figureing out what works occasionally is half the fun. The wind is probably the most important factor in success, the more the better, as is getting out early and staying late. Damsels, leeches and midges caught the majority of the fish. The intermediate camo line, a type two, a type four and a floater were used at various times. The majority of the fish were caught on the intermediate and the floater.
Thanks to Gordon Langenbeck for the information on the migration of the fish to Pelican Bay.
The weather was pleasant and mosquitoes tolerable, the no see-ums killed me the first evening so I wore long pants the rest of the time. I seem to forget that every year.