Diamond Lake plus North Umpqua Report

I found out late last week that I needed to attend a meeting this morning at the Crater Lake Lodge.  So naturally my first thought was AOTY points.  I left home at 4 am yesterday and was on Diamond Lake by 9:30 am for some too easy trout points.  I caught three (and lost many more) before I called it a day.  They were all current stock 13 to 14 inchers - not the holdover 22 inchers I was hoping for - but worth a few points anyway.  And the lake is beautiful and very fishy after its well-known battle with invasive fish.  Then I hit the lower Umpqua on my way home today to try for bass.  Fishing was slow but I managed a very small - smallmouth.  One I hope to replace this summer on my AOTY board - but I'll post it for now.  It was great to fish new places and catch first-time species for me from kayak.  Not bad for a business trip.  Gee - thanks AOTY.

Nice report DC.

Well Done!

Boy, DC, those Diamond Lake trout are sure chubby little dudes. What did you catch them on?

They hit almost anything.  I had good luck trolling a kastmaster and woolly bugger.  And also got hit on the rainbow powerbait while I was anchored for lunch.  There was some kind of hatch going on too and fly fisherman from their boats were nailing fish after fish.   You definitely needed a boat because the fish were a few hundred yards offshore.  I read they are going to keep increasing the stock each year because of the massive food sources for the fish, so the lake should just keep getting better.

Those work/fishing trips rock!! NIce.

Z

Nice work/fish combo.  Those trout don't seem to be starving!
-Scott

Diamond Lake is fun.  Next time you'll get a ten pounder.