Lonetree Reservoir

Happy Thanksgiving y’all! Six fish in an hour during my daughter’s horse riding lesson! Four solid walleye in the 20-25” range, one hog of a 19” largemouth bass, and one dink (but still great looking) walleye. These fish are acting like winter’s coming! I tried a few lures with no bites, and then caught them all on the super fluke. The walleye all flared their dorsals, which I love to see! What do you think, was it the right choice to put a walleye as the first picture, or should I have featured the largie? I know what you’ll say Dez Bass! I’m thankful for y’all and for this fun platform to share the love of fishing.

Had a nice session under cloudy skies during my daughter’s horse riding lesson. Caught a Colorado master angler qualifying largemouth on a spoon! Then after a while with no bites, I switched to the X-rap so I could slow it down. The next catch was another hawg of a bass (by Colorado standards; I know 3.5 pounders are considered to be dinks in some states 😂). I followed that up with a decent walleye, which is what I was hoping for with the slower approach!

Had a little time to fish during my daughter’s horse riding lesson. Stormy skies swirled overhead. With no bites, I went with a hunch that I needed to get out further. So I tied on a 1 oz kasty; heavier than what my rod was rated for, and requiring a faster retrieve than ideal, but knowing I’d be able to huck that thing a mile and cover some water. It paid off with a solid walleye! These short shore sessions are a fun challenge to see if I can quickly find something that works.

Consolidating a couple sessions here. Caught a nice largemouth and a small walleye during daughter’s horse riding lesson. Both on the KVD 1.5. Caught a couple smallies on the home lake. Water level on the home lake is still dropping like a rock!

This was from two locations on the same day. First I fished in a private lake during my daughter’s horse riding lesson and caught a small walleye. Later I landed a couple of smallmouths on the home lake. Wildfire smoke in the air made for a beautiful (but somewhat disturbing) sunset.

Caught a nice LMB in an irrigation canal flowing into a lake. With permission on private property. Fun to catch one in moving water.

Nice 22 inch walleye