WON article New Hogan lake stripers

[Spicytuna1]

Shoot this lake is under 40 minutes for me. When I get my outboard back Mar we can have at it. My skiff will be ready.

I used to Wakeboard that lake long before my non-trout fly-fishing days. If your not there on a mon-wed eve then its going to be a mad house. Monday nights up there are where its at.

I need to get up there soon.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

It is mid-summer, mid-day, off of a hot boat deck so you might want to use a tropical weight forward line.

If you use a striping basket with water in it you can use a normal weight forward line.

Somebody has to run the stationary boat to the boils and someone has to cast, very fast.

I think it is something everyone should try.

Use to be a good place to catch nice clean 5 pounders to eat.

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[mar]

Completely agree with all of the above Bill.

Ben was nice enough to invite me again to chase some boils this weekend. It was sporadic in the early morning hours. We ran into a group of fish that consistently came up and boiled every 10 minutes or so in the early afternoon hours. Very exciting stuff. Ben was on the money at the helm. We’d sit in the general area where previous boils occurred with the motor idling. Fly line stripped into the bucket with some water, ready to cast. Then two sets of eyes constantly scan the water, along with a few other boats in the vicinity. The moment a boil is spotted, boat is in gear, wide-open throttle to chase it. As soon as you’re close enough, cut the motor off, make a very quick cast in the middle of the boil and more often than not, we were rewarded with a hook-up. We tried hard to land the fish as quickly as possible to make another cast but the fish and bait scatter in mere seconds. There were a few instances where we’d miss it by 2-3 seconds. Very exciting stuff.
And no, it’s definitely not a numbers game (at least in my very limited experience) but any fish you hook and land is a major adrenaline rush. Heck, just seeing a boil that span 100+ feet across is a sight to behold.

It helps to have a fast boat. Capt. B Fishin’ at the helm:


One of the few we landed. This is my first ever Hogan 'boil-chasin' fish. Nothing big but definitely a hard-earned fish:


Fuzzy pic of a shad the fish puked out:



Fun stuff and yes, it can be somewhat effectively done with a fly rod. And like you said Bill it is something everyone should try.

[Randy Lee]

Mar,
I had a very similar experience in Lake Mead . The guide was a little reluctant to take us out because he had never had a fly fishermen on the boat with a conventional fishermen(my wife). Same MO looking for boils and "there they are "! Gun the engine and go get em. Very exciting! The boils were bigger 100+ yds. by 40+ yds. You would catch 2 maybe 3 each and then as fast as they came they were gone. Challenging and fun!
Randy

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

New Hogan is a good place to keep a fish to eat fresh......no worms.

[briansII]

Good stuff Mar. Also good to see Ben's new skiff on the water.

briansII

[BenFishin]

good times Mar, glad we were able to have better success this go around.

as Bill said, really good table fair. you can't put a dent in that population. that lakes got them in there pretty thick

Good stuff Mar. Also good to see Ben's new skiff on the water.

briansII

you and me both Brian....let's get together this fall

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[Tony Buzolich]

Kevin, You got me all excited when I see a post about stripers boiling and some place other than the delta or up here. You must have been reading some old posts about "stripers" and got to thinking about another place to go as well.

Bill, what's the deal about not having worms? Even raw sushi is frozen first to kill any of those critters
Tony

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Many years ago we talked to a guy in another boat who was using conventional gear.

He said the Stripers were stunted so keeping a few water not a bad thing.

He said they should be cleaner than the Stripers in the rivers and Delta because there is very little pollution in New Hogan.

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