Fishing Forecast for Aug 7 - Bass, Salmon, Trout!

We're already almost a quarter of the way through August. Summer is flying by, and it hasn't disappointed! Fishing has been fantastic!  Bass, musky, and walleye fishing continues to be extremely productive.  Big bass have been caught, especially largemouth bass. We have even more great news, slightly cooler temperatures are about to set in, we're starting to think about fall salmon and we're back out trout fishing again!

Hoppers?  Hopper doppers? A hopper dropper with a dropper hopper??!?! You got it! Terrestrials are on the menu, get ready for big eats.

Check out the full forecast below to plan your weekend!

 

Smallmouth can be found in shallow water near rocks, points, docks, and other structure in the morning and evening hours. Through the day (especially if it's sunny), target points, walls and weedbeds adjacent to deeper water (10-25'). Poppers, clouser minnows, and crayfish patterns are all good bets!

 

Largemouth bass don't get the attention they deserve among fly anglers for some reason, and we don't know why! They love to eat flies, and they're happy to live in shallow waters near shore, all day and all summer long! Target structure like weedbeds, lily pads, docks, and submerged trees. Largemouth are suckers for poppers, leeches and crayfish!

 

 

With cooler weather arriving, we're excited to capitalize on some late summer trout! This time of year can be great for dry fly and streamer fishing! We'd advise that you limit your fishing to morning hours before things heat up and of course monitor water temperature as you go (68F cutoff for brown trout).

 

 

Salmon are starting to show up in small numbers on some rivers! Water temps are still a touch warm to ethically target these fish but will cool to good levels in the near future. With any follow on rains and colder nights, the first big pushes of fish will start soon! Now is the time to make sure your gear is ready and tie any needed flies.

 

Don't forget that there are a slough of very cool species that are relatively unpressured just because most people don't know they're there! We're talking about fish like gar, bowfin, and drum (sheephead). These fish can be found in shallow waters of many lakes (the Great Lakes especially), and readily eat flies! What's even cooler is that most of the fishing for them is sight fishing, what could be better?! If you want to learn to fish for these fish, stop by for a visit and we'll point you in the right direction!