Macman Fishing Report 8.17.24
By angelamontana

Posted: August 17, 2024

Fishermen:

The whitefish bite is still on. Will last another month  At Elmo they are in 53-58 feet  and 45 to 55 in Big arm and others. Big Arm right in front of the boat ramp . Lots of boats ; nets pulling in fish and in Skidoo Bay, Rocky and Finley Point

Add to that Mulligan Bay, any where the boats are:)

Nice Lake trout around finley Point Mac alley, west of Wildhorse. 

Elmo I caught over 40 perch with 1/4 oz and 3/8 oz Wana B’s with fly above it . Should last all summer.  and west of Walstad we’re catching perch and baitfish.  

25 to 70 feet good for lake trout in Rocky and North Bird and alot of the rest of the main lake.

Trolling at night in both sides of Melita and back to walstad and back of Elmo. South of Melita in 80 feet of water is large, large Lake trout

To Troll Bird; staY CLOSE TO shore when trolling ; Bull island also wild Horse not so much Blacks point. east side of narrows.

Swan lake 80 feet orange colored Rattle d zastor all the way to the outlet for lake trout

8 am to 11 am is the best time for lake trout in Rocky.  early morning and late evening also for Whitefish.

Perch at the city docks using fuzz bugs and nightcrawlers. Small mouth Lake trout and also being caught.   Lake trout in smaller numbers.

Lake Mary Ronan Salmon biting right now. a little more difficult   Early morning and late evening.

Perch are biting in LMRonan. 15 to 25 feet right off the dock. 16-17 feet.

  Lake Trout are being caught at Elmo and Big Arm area and will

be good until August except for those feeding on the little perch along side the whitefish. 

Lake trout also in 40 -70 feet in a lot of the main lake. 25 in some places.

Just as you break through the narrows onto bull island use whole fish setups for small mouth bass or just past the rock hazard East for lake trout

Bass are spawning in Kicking horse and Ninepipe

kicking horse  both bass and pike and rainbow trout brown trout and crappie and

bullheads at night  also in Ninepipe.

East Bay has small mouth and perch … active all over Lake….Small mouth has exploded

Dog Lake too hot for fishing. 

Hubbard reservoir Monster small mouth Kokanee and rainbow

Lone Pine and Crow Reservoir… Excellent for Brown Rainbows and only in crow is perch, small mouth bass and rainbow and browns large mouth also.

North Bird Island Shallow to 235 feet for lake trout. 

Shortly the west side of Bird will be good for Whitefish. State record whitefish here

Good Fishing

The Macman

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