Beautiful fall days have made trout fishing productive in the collection ditch. Bass fishing is slow in the south marsh will be done by the end of the month if not sooner. Bass fishing in the morning has been very slow with the best fishing being mid-afternoon and later once the surface waters heat back up a bit. For bass in the units and South Marsh, dark colored soft plastic grubs and worms with contrasting sparkle flakes rigged weedless should be fished slowly. Colors include dark green, motor oil, black, purple or blue. Casting into the tules/cattails or into the shadows caused by them is your best bet. Expect to lose some tackle. Dry flies will still take a few trout in the collection ditch. The usual assortment of dry flies including hoppers, damsels, elk hair caddis or yellow stimulators fished with a dropper is a great way to fish the ditch. When dries aren’t working switch to leech patterns, balanced leeches, crystal buggers, #14-16 hare’s ears, and #16-18 PT nymphs under an indicator. Other flies working include the usual small nymphs, olive soft hackles, red or blue copper Johns, and prince nymphs.
JAKES CREEK/BOIES RESERVOIR
Trout fishing should be good here though there is no recent report from anglers. Aquatic vegetation is disappearing, but shore fishing is still iffy. For best access a cartopper or float tube are still the best bet. Expect slow to fair fishing for bass and catfish. The usual worms and PowerBait, as well as small spinners, rooster tails, and panther Martins should work. Fly rodders should be using black or olive wooly buggers or leech patterns, hares ears, PT nymphs and chironomid patterns. The same soft plastics that work at Ruby Lake NWR, as well as crankbaits, should work here for bass.
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