Fishing Report for Frenchman Lake and Lake Davis Sept 6-9-17

[gene goss]

Lake Davis water temp 69 degrees in the shallows end of the lake, i fished for 1 day from Fairview to Freeman bay for no grabs and didn't see any surface activity. What i did see was lots of bait balls of minnows with some small black bass attacking them on all parts of the lake, is our favorite trout lake turning into a pro-bass lake.
Frenchman Lake water temp 69 degrees, i fished for 2 days here between thunder storm's and found that the trout were spread out from the south end to the north end of the lake and also spread out through the water depth. Interesting fact that i found out is that the water temp was 69 degrees down to 30 ft. but the trout would feeding on callibaetis and the bait balls of minnows along the edge of the shore in the early am and late pm. During the day when the wind would come up the waves would push the bait balls out into the main body of the lake and a floating line with a 3 inch streamer in burnt orange would trigger a grab.
The water temp is still on the warm side so be kind to the trout and limit your catching, land your fish quickly, and keep them in the water.
These are the minnows that i found in Lake Davis and Frenchman Lake


Always nice to see a Lake Davis snail

A fat 20 inch rainbow from Frenchman Lake

Lake Davis sunset

[OceanSunfish]

That snail is the key to Davis Lake, IMO. I hope there is an explosion in the snail population soon.

Sad to hear LMB have flourished. What has to be done to correct that lake? Ridiculous how long it has been since the whole debacle unfolded in the late 90's.

Maybe time for clubs to hold catch and keep LMB outings on the lake? Need to restore the balance.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I have seen bass and trout cohabitating in Nevada and Oregon lakes.

I am wondering if it is possible for them to cohabitate in harmony?

What do you think?

Any reports about this?

[gene goss]

I have seen bass and trout cohabitating in Nevada and Oregon lakes.

I am wondering if it is possible for them to cohabitate in harmony?

What do you think?

Any reports about this?

Interesting question Bill.....a lot of If's are involved.....most of our mountain lakes have a population of small mouth bass in them.....what i see that could happen is that we could lose our damsel fly population to the small black bass fry that are abundant in the weed beds and shallow water.
Here is a article on Crane Prairie Reservoir OR
http://www.guidetohighway395.com/200...egon-high.html