MarDon Fresh News – August 1, 2019
The current water level on the Potholes Reservoir is 1035.41 feet – down 1.54 feet from one week ago. The water temps in the sand dunes are in the 80’s. The water temps on the main Reservoir are in the mid to upper-70s.
The bass fishing continues to be good back in the sand dunes and around Crab Creek. Fish the sand dunes and Crab Creek with 3/8thoz. swim jigs, Senkos, Strike King KVD 2.5 Square Bill crankbaits, and SPRO frogs. Some good bass are being caught on the face of the sand dunes in 15-25 feet of water. The Smallmouth bass are being found on the face of the dam and on the rock piles around Goose Island – as well as in the sand dunes. Fish Booyah finesse jigs, Wacky Rigged Senkos, Crankbaits, Tubes and DS Minnows for the Smallmouth.
The walleye fishing remains fair to tough. The water level is three feet higher than it was this time last year. This provides plenty of water, weeds and feed back in the dunes. The walleye don’t need to move out of the weed beds to eat. There are a fair amount of walleye being caught by bass anglers. Run as close to the weeds as you can – even if it means cleaning weeds off here and there. Fish the West Arm and Crab Creek in 6-20 feet of water. Troll the channels and weed lines with a Slow Death Hook and a 2 oz. bottom walker and ½ a crawler in 8-15 feet. Troll from .8-1.2 miles per hour. Troll a #5 Flicker Shad or Rapala Shad Rap in the channels and next to the weed beds at 1.5 – 2.5 miles per hour. Now is a good time to jig or drop-shot the weed-lines as well.
Not many folks fishing for trout this past week. Best bet is to fish in front of Medicare Beach to the Mouth of Crab Creek and in front of the State Park. Troll Wicked Lures Trout Killers, Needlefish spoons, #7 Flicker Shads and Shad Raps at 2.0-3.0 mph. Set the drag fairly light as the average trout is 2-5 pounds and can break the line on the initial strike.
The Channel Cat and Bullhead fishing continues to extremely productive this week. Use Catfish Magic Bait, Berkley Catfish Nuggets, and worms on the bottom for both. Fish up Lind Coulee, the mouth of Frenchman’s Wasteway and in the sand dunes for Channel Cats and Bullhead. One group of anglers spent the night on a dune and brought back over 100 pounds of catfish fillets!
The Crappie and Bluegill fishing has been very good up Crab Creek and along the face of the sand dunes. The fishing continues to improve as the water drops – setting up some amazing panfish fishing in August and September. Fish - Gulp Alive minnows, Trout Magnets, #5 Flicker Shads and Bobby Garland Baby Shads around the willows & weed-lines for Crappie, Bluegill. We have had a surprising uptick in reports of perch being caught – both quantity and quality. Most are caught by walleye anglers who locate them by trolling, then anchor up and fish worms.
Call the MarDon Tackle Store for the latest fishing info at 509-346-2651.
Upcoming Events:
August 3rd- Live Music - Stoney River Band
August 8thPaint Night at the Beach House
August 15thLive Music - Paul Sweeney
August 24th - Lake Poker Run - All day event – challenging game competition with payout. Food will be provided for the event
Evan Quillen with two jumbo Perch caught from the Potholes Reservoir. The perch population is coming back to the Reservoir both in quantity and quality!
Mason Channel Cat Meseberg, Johnny Catfish Purcell and his brother Catfish Jaxson Purcell show off a portion of their 100-plus pound catch of Channel Catfish and Bullheads caught while night fishing back in the Sand Dunes!
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