Lobo Landing Resort

Rain rain go away!! 

Gus has finally blown over, but he left plenty of water behind!  As of yesterday the lake was up 4.5 feet and raising, and the river was muddy as could be.  However, the corp is currently flushing the river and it should be clear for this weekend.  The corp should be able to run a little more water than they have been, which is a great thing.  The fish love it when there is a little bit of flow out there. 

Fishing the last couple of weeks has been great!  I haven’t seen a great deal of big fish caught, but the numbers have been awesome. 

Spin fishing: 

Lures and jigs have been the best in the mornings when the water as been up a little.  Olive and brown jigs have been great.  Sliver and red/gold spoon have been the lure of the week.  As the sun gets up and the water drops Power Bait and wax worms casted into the deeper hole have been the ticket.  White or Yellow eggs have still been the best.  If the water doesn’t clear up, you might try a brighter color like the bright orange. 

 Fly Fishing:

Nymph fishing has been the way to go lately.  Any of the UV Sowbugs have been working well.  I seem to doing better on the darker sow bugs (uv peacock or uv olive brown) in the morning, and better on the lighter ones (uv tan) in the afternoon.  If you are wade fishing try dropping a small san jaun of a zebra midge behind a sow bug. 

See you on the river

Chris 

I now its been awhile, but I have been catching way to many fish to be setting behind a computer.  The fishing doesn’t get much better than it has been.  It is however slow this weekend because all the rain has made the river very muddy.  It should be cleared by by the first of the week, and fishing should return to great.  There is very little water flow so you have to be watch out for rocks!

 Spin Fishing.

Gold and Silver Spoons have been great.  The best lure fishing has been at the tops and the bottoms of the shoals.  Bait fishing has been good as well.  Try fishing a wax worm power egg combo in the deeper holes.  Fish as close to the moss beds as possible.  White and orange power eggs have been the best.  instead of chumming with corn try using English peas.  Peas work just as well if not better, and the fish can digest them.  If a fish eats a bunch of corn, he is most likely to going to live very long.  Just like humans, fish can’t digest corn. 

Fly Fishing:

 Nymphing has been awesome!!!!  We have been catching a ton of fish nymphing.  I have mainly been using uv sow bugs such as the xtra crispy and the purple haze size 14.  If your wading or drifting through faster water tie a size 16 red ass dropper of of the sowbug. 

 See you on the river,

Chris

The Water is off!!!  The Corp has turned of the water so get ready for some great fishing.  We can expect low water in the mornings and higher water in the mid to late afternoon.  It going to be some great fishing.  I’ll be on the river in the morning and will report back Friday.

Thanks

Chirs

Low Water????   I just got down to the dock this morning and noticed that the corp only has one unit of water flowing.  This is great news!  I’m not sure what there pattern is going to be, but I will post as soon as I find out.   Get ready for some great fishing.  All this high water has made the fish very fat and very aggressive! 

 It is finally time to dust off the fly rods. One unit of water is very fishable, but it is still a little different than normal low water fishing.  Drifting from a boat try using a 10 foot leader with larger nymph (size 14).  Nymphs to try include:  sow bugs, copper johns, prince nymphs, and san juan worms.  Make sure you weight your fly with a bb size split shot.

 Bait fishing has been awesome, and can only get better with the lower water.  If the water is way up try a night crawler.  Powerbait and waxworms have been doing great.  White power eggs have been the best, but also bring some yellow eggs.  It water has been stained so the brighter color has sometimes been working better.

 See you on the river,

Chris

High water! The corp has been running both units around the clock.  However the end is in sight!!!  I have been told that they will be turning off the water no later than July 9th.  Until then, expect high water. 

Bait fishing has been great on high water.  Wax worms and power bait has been doing great.  The water is too high to anchor, so drifting has been your best bet.  Use the same setup as you normally would, but use a little less weight.  This will keep you from getting hung up on the bottom.  Also, when drifting, be sure to watch out for docks.  I have seen a fair number of boats flipped from hitting docks. 

Fly fishing hasn’t been the greatest.  There is really too much water.  It still can be done, but expect much less numbers than usual.  The best bet on this high of water is to get a guide for a half a day.  Our fly fishing guide have some great high water techniques, and in this high water they can watch the boat while you fish.

See you on the river,

Chris

What a great weekend of fishing.  The corp is keeping the same schedule.  Running 2 units of water from 6:00am until midnight.  This is giving us a great fishing window here at Lobo.  The water is a little high in the morning, but it fall out through out the morning.  It then comes back up around noon.  I have heard they are going to keep this pattern for another three weeks.  After that they are supposed to release much less water.  The corp will be running a bunch of water on the white, norfork, and beaver, so they will have to shut us down to prevent flooding on the lower white.  Until they shut us down, they corp will most likely start running more and more. 

 Fishing was great this weekend.  We caught a ton of rainbows, and 12 browns (3 over 20 inches.) Nymphing was been the ticket.  San Juan worms in all colors have been hammering the fish in the mornings, but when the current slows you will need to change to a bead head nymph.  Copper Johns, prince nymphs, and sow bug have been working great. 

 Spin fishing has been great as well.  Yellow power eggs and wax worms has been great!  Silver spoons on lower water have been slaying the fish.

Game and fish currently has the boat ramp completely closed.  It might be a couple of weeks before they get it back open.  However, since we have higher water in the morning, and high water in the afternoon, you can put your boat in at dripping springs in pangburn and run up river. 

 See you on the river,

Chris

The Game and Fish ramp here at Lobo is open.  They are building a new ramp, however the old ramp will continue to stay open.

Fishing has been awesome!!  The corp. is releasing water from 10:00am to 10:00pm.  This pattern gives us a very nice window of fishing.  The water is low in the mornings until about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.  Lobo is 17 river miles from the dam, so it takes 6 hours from the time the corp turns on two generators for the water to raise at Lobo.  It takes 8 hours for the water to raise if the corp. turns on one unit. 

Fly Fishing:

Fly fishing couldn’t be any better.  We have been catching tons of fish in the mornings on a heavily weighted san jaun worm.  As the water falls out change to a lighter rig.  Try some some sort of bead head nymph.  Something like a sow bug or a cooper john should work great.

 Spin Fishing:

 Silver Spoons waxed the fish this weekend.  Roster tails also caught a bunch or fish.  Bait fishing has also been great.  Yellow or pink power eggs tipped with a wax worm have been producing the most fish. 

 Also remember that the game & fish doesn’t allow fishing with treble hooks when using bait anymore. 

Have a great week.  See you on the river,

Chris

Low Water!!

 We have had low water every morning this week.  The Corp is turning on two units of water at around ten in the morning, so we have low water until around 2 in the afternoon. 

Fishing has been awesome!!!  San Jaun worms and sowbugs have been working great.  Streamers such as wolly buggers have also been catching a ton of fish. 

Spin fishing with spoons and roster tails have also been catching a ton of fish.  Pink and yellow power bait have also been doing good when tipped with a wax worm. 

I’m not sure how long the water will be down, so now is the time to get on the river. 

See you out there,

Chris

Sorry in the delay of the Fishing Report, but I have been on the river a ton.  Fishing is great!!!!   Ours spin fishing guides are bringing in record numbers!!  They have been fishing with everything and anything, but mainly Night crawlers.

Water release has been pretty constant.  The corp is releasing about 3000 cfs (1 generator) of water around the clock, making for perfect conditions.  Its not to high and not to low.  That being said, I sill wouldn’t anchor.  The current can still be strong at times, so drifting is your best bet. 

 Fly fishing has been great also.  There is too much water to wade, but we have been catching a ton of fish from the boat.  We are using high water rigs so it is a little different than normal.  If you are not experienced in boat or high water fishing, now is the time to get a guide.  You could learn a lot, and catch some great fish. 

Also I’d like to say congrats to my friend Jamie Rouse.  Jamie has just been named the 2007 Orvis guide of the year!!

See you on the river,

Chris