Best fishing is usually early morning. Lake trout fishing fair to good, but spotty at Stateline, Linwood Bay, Sheep Creek, Mustang, Jarvies, Marsh Creek and Anvil Draw. Techniques include jigging just off the bottom, and trolling a flatfish or rapala 100 feet behind a down rigger or right on the bottom using steel line. The lake trout limit increased this year from three to four fish, only one over 28 inches. Flows are averaging 1,300 cubic feet per second, with approximate fluctuations between 900 and 1,800 cfs.
Higher flows are typically mid to late afternoon.
Flows should remain at this level through late August. Low, clear water is providing challenging fishing. PMDs are tapering off, however late evening caddis and occasional small baetis are providing surface action. Hopper, ant, beetle and other terrestrial patterns also are effective, and may be the most productive technique on hot, sunny days. Trailing a midge or PMD emerger behind a cicada or attractor is a popular technique.