Fishing here has been nearly excellent with moderately sized (16-18″) cutthroat providing the bulk of action. Leech, fly rod jig, damsel fly nymph, and streamer patterns: all seem to bring action from moderate depths. Just about anywhere you can access the lake is suitable for enjoying the fun. Expect crowding at the State Park and the County Boat Dock with anglers of all types telling believable and unbelievable stories and coming and going.
Fishing is picking up on the lake even though weather came be a bit perilous. We have reports of good fishing in front of the cliffs and due east in front of the county boat dock, both at moderate to deep water. Leech and streamer patterns apply. But really “good fishing is where you find it” applies to the lake.
No significant change since our last report. Shoreline fishing remains spotty, whereas trolling streamers slowly at moderate depth can be productive.
The best chance to encounter the larger fish here is through trolling moderately deep water slowly with streamer and woolly bugger types on an intermediate line.
The opener was a mess, typical Henry’s memorial weekend weather churned up the water and made fishing a lot slower than I’m sure it would have been in nicer conditions. Sunday and Monday things started to mellow out and folks had pretty decent fishing. There are still a fair amount of fish in the shallows all around the lake with the majority being cutthroats. We didn’t hear of many larger hyrbids caught by fly anglers, but the nicer fish we did hear of were around the Cliffs area. If I was to go up right now I’d fish it very similarly to how you would in late fall, concentrating on shallow (3-8ft) of water all around the lake with intermediate lines and darker leech patterns. You can use fairly large flies early in the season with good success so don’t be afraid to fish leech or baitfish style patterns in sizes 2-4. The upcoming weather forecast looks great and the fishing should continue to be good as the fish work their way out towards deeper water and there summer patterns.
It’s opening day and so far we have yet to hear if fishing is living up to predictions. One thing certain is that getting there with the current snowy weather could be problematic. So information on fishing could be on the scanty side.
Ice fishing is the name of the game until the end of the season!
It froze over early this year. Currently too much ice to troll or cast, but not thick enough yet for ice fishing.
It’s a few weeks early, but Henry’s Lake iced up yesterday. It’s unlikely to thaw considering the upcoming cold weather.
Up to now fish being caught in the 14″ to 16″ seem to dominate with respect to size. We have a few new reports having some news that larger fish are becoming more active around the lake. Keep those leech patterns handy!