Carson Lake

[Whitetail200]

Just wandering the go to lures if your using lures on Carson or the flies to use .Will have the pleasure assisting my Grandson & Grand Daughter . So hopefully I can put them on fish . Any suggestions welcomed . Thank You

[jungleboy]

Most guys I know troll a willow leaf with 12 to 14 inches of line behind that with power bait of choice on a number 10ish hook. Troll slowww.

[Supergrit]

Stone fly / green Montana with couple of maggots and sinking fly linen

[diamond k]

Green or Black Montana 14 -16 inches behind a small willow leaf you can get will get you on fish

[-JR-]

we just use very small 5 of diamonds if in a boat trolling ,on shore a pickerel rig with power bait. every week the colour changes what they want . Bring a rod holder if fishing on shore.good luck and let us know how you made out .

[Penner]

All of the above. You could add a panther martin spinner trolled slowly to those above.

[Whitetail200]

Thank You for the suggestions .

[waterman73]

Just returned from a week at Carson. I'm not sure why, could be the strange weather the last 2 years, but the fishing has really slowed down. I used to easily catch 4-8 fish per hour but this year there were 3 of us and we caught a grand total of 7 fish in 6 days. Tried all of the above set ups aside from the 5 of diamonds and nothing worked any better than any other. For each 2-3 hour trip out we'd get a few small bites and would be lucky to land 1 small fish. Out of the 7 we did land, only 1 was a decent size. We were also there last August for 2 weeks and although not as slow it was not great fishing then either. Maybe getting winter killed?

[gopher67]

A family of otters moved in in the last 2 years abd are having a hay day feasting that why the fishing not so good

[waterman73]

There were also a dozen pelicans this year compared to only a few the last couple.

[gdkmedic]

Look at the stocking reports over the last few years. Plus over fishing is your answer.

[Quigley2000]

Last year was fine but can be tricky finding what they want. Can’t go wrong with trolling some leech flies. Just try and get your fly down a bit in the water column.