Fishing is Good right now. Trout are very active just in time for the Derby on the 7th and 8th. Ice: West Side:0-2″, East Side: 4-10″ Best Lures: Silver Kastmaster, Daredevils, Pink Jigs Best Baits: Nightcrawlers and Mealworms
Lake Hattie is still wide open with ice around the edges near the boat ramp.
The fishing is Fair to Good. Temps are still warm but plenty of activity in the early morning and late evening. Kokanee are stacked in the spillway. Best Flies: Hornberg, Black Leech, Egg Patterns Best Lures: Rainbow, Bronze, or Gold Spoons and Spinners Best Baits: Salmon Eggs and Green Powerbait
The fishing is Fair to Good. Damsel nymphs all over in the water. Best Flies: Damsel Nymphs, Renegades, Leeches Best Lures: Firetiger Rapalas or Gold/Bronze Spoons Best Baits: Nightcrawlers, Green Garlic Powerbait
The fishing is Good. Spawn is still on for a little longer. Fish are more active with the warmer weather. Best Flies: BWOs in the evening, Bite-Me-Buggers, Hot Head Leeches, Chironomids Best Lures: Firetiger Rapalas or Gold/Bronze Spoons Best Baits: Nightcrawlers, Red Powerbait
The fishing is Fair to Good. Rainbows are in full spawn and fishing is picking up. Best Flies: Balanced Leeches, Scuds, Chironomids, Bite Me Buggers Best Lures: Firetiger or Gold spoons Best Baits: Nightcrawlers, Red Powerbait
The fishing is Fair. Ice is completely off. Best Flies: Balanced Leeches, Scuds, Chironomids Best Lures: Firetiger or Gold spoons Best Baits: Nightcrawlers, Red Powerbait
From the dam to the narrows is still 99% capped. It starts to open up around the narrows and is 100% open and fishable from the point at the end of the houses to the west.
The fishing is Fair. Perch have been difficult to locate but kokanee have been active. Ice: 2-18, thin spots on the west side Tungsten jigs with wax worm for perch and shallow trout. Nightcrawlers for deep trout and kokanee.
Ice is 1”-4”. Hattie has a wide variance in thickness and quality of ice today but was capped. A couple of fisherman where brave enough to venture out by the dam and boat ramp which had around 4” of ice. Reports from the rest of the lake varies from 1”-3” all the way up to upper lake along the shore but not enough for us to venture out a verify today. Looks like a good start for now but needs some more cold.
Only minimal ice on the edges of the shoreline. Most of the lake is still open water fishable if you can find a day. Found a little bit of ice by the narrows but the 3′ swells where doing there best to not help it.
The fishing is Fair to Good. We’ve seen a couple real big trout come out in the last couple weeks. Best flies right now: Hot Head Leech, Thin Mint, Chan’s Balanced Red Leech Best lures: Brown Trout or Copper Spoons Best Baits: Nightcrawlers or Orange Powerbait
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Kokanee are spawning by the dam and in the spillway, but trout fishing is still fair to slow from shore. Best flies right now: Bloodworms, Hot Head Leech, BWO Best Lures: Pink, orange, or silver spoons and spinners Best Baits: Worms, Orange Salmon Eggs
The fishing is Fair right now. Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, Renegade, Damsel Nymph Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Firetiger Rapala Floater, Cowbells for Kokannee Best Baits: Worms, Rainbow Powerbait
The fishing is Fair right now. Fishing is best if you can get out from shore, even 20 yards out. Still waiting to hear about the impacts of the smallmouth and walleye stocking. Best flies right now: Chironomids, Thin Mint, Mr. QT Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Firetiger Rapala, Red/Silver Swedish Pimple Best Baits: Worms, Chartreuse Garlic Powerbait
The fishing is Fair right now. With the warmer days to rainbows and kokanee are moving back out a little deeper Best flies right now: Thin Mint, Goldie, Renegade, BWO Best Lures: Red/White Daredevil, Rainbow Trout Blue Fox, Firetiger Rapala Best Baits: Worms, Florescent Red Powerbait
The fishing is Fair right now. Warms days will even allow a chance to use dry flies! Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, BWO Dry Fly, Renegade Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Rainbow Original Floater Rapala Best Baits: Worms
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Rainbows are spawning so it’s a great time to head out. Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, Hot Head, Scuds Best Lures: Red/White spinners or spoons Best Baits: Fluorescent Red Powerbait
Hattie has wide variations in the ice thicknesses an quality. 1″-4″ of ice from the reports from fisherman(not enough for me to venture out on this one). Had enough ice by the dam that some brave souls where out on it. Looks like we may finally have a good solid start to build on.
Hattie was about 40% open maybe a bit more. There are 3 separate open areas; from the the West end all the way to just past the point, some in the narrows and by the old boat ramp. You can find fishable open water if you are looking for it. Dam and main boat ramp are still locked in ice.
Lake is wide open and fishing has been fair. Better if you can catch a day with less white caps, which has been hard the last couple weeks.
Fishing has been slow to fair. Catching a good amount of the small stockers that where put in this spring but big fish have been slow from shore, better from a boat. Lake is extremely full so bank fishing can be hard. Bait: worms of bottom, power bait (rainbow, green) Flies: big streamers, Bite-me-buggers, hot heads, eggs Luers: Dardevil (red/white, gold), rapals (brown trout, pearch)
Fishing is slow. Either a long day or big fish. Flies: streamers, leeches, chironomids, amphipods Lures: Rapalas (fire tiger, rainbow trout, or brown trout); rooster tails (fire tiger and rainbow trout); mepps (bright and flashy colors) Bait: night crawlers
Lake is 98% open and boat ramp was clear of ice this morning (but not free of 3′ white caps). Only ice I saw was on dam at the north end and shoreline.
Lake is ~80+% open water. Ice is from about 100 yards west of the boat ramp to the dam so no boats of size yet. Fishing should pick up as the ice comes off.
Fishing is fair. Ice is 8″-14″ on most of the lake with some open spots due to wind east of the “houses” in the bay and on the west end. Green & red jigs with meal worms, red power bait, spawn sacks.
Fishing has been Fair Ice is between 3″-9″ with the thicker being where wind has pushed sheets on top of each other. some nice perch coming out this week. Pink and green jigs seem to be the trick tipping with wax worms. Hattie Derby is Jan 4th & 5th and tickets are available at the store now. $35 for adult, $5 for youth(under 14)
Lake was capped for as far as I could see from the dam area. Ice didn’t look anywhere near good enough for me to venture on.As always conditions can change quick so use best judgment and be safe.
Lake look to be all open.Fishing was fair. Better in the morning. Big waves this afternoon. Couple kokanee today for people.Flies: hotheads, snow cones, egg patternsBait: egg sacks, powerbait (peach, red)Some pics of the outflow area
Lake is completely open as far as we could see, from east end by dam there was no ice at all.Fishing has been slow to far but if you are looking for some open water this weekend this is the best bet.
Fishing is Slow to Fair Flies: Wooly buggers (olive, brown), Hornburgs, scuds, adams Lures: Rapalas (Brown Trout, Fire Tiger), Kastmaster (Green, Blue) Bait: Worms, Power Bait (Chartruese, RWB)