Fishing Report 08-21-2018

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Flathead Lake
White fish bite is on all over the lake.  Try Caroline Point, The Delta, Shelter, and Cedar Island, Woods Bay Point, Elmo and the Narrows. Use Pete's Tackle White fish slayer or Zimmer’s R-d-Zastor in 3/8 to1/2oz. Look in 40 to 50'. Lake trout mixed in with White fish.  Trolling with cut plugs, silver spoons and moonshines. Jigging with tube jigs and cut bait. Perch fishing good in Big Arm, Elmo, west side of Polson Bay.  Look in 15 to 30'.
 
Koocanusa
Good Salmon fishing around Rexford try trolling with wedding rings 30 to 40’ for jigging use Hailey’s 30 to 40'.   Rainbows in the early morning troll with Berkley Flicker shad.

Noxon Reservoir
Excellent Bass, Walleye and Pike. Look at the edge of 20' weed beds.
 
Swan Lake
Salmon trolling 40 to 60'   use dodgers small spoons.  Rainbows trolling the shore line in the early morning and evenings, use spinners.  Pike fishing on the weed beds and the river mouth on the south end of the lake.
 
Loon Lake (TLC)
Good Bass fishing with plastics and crankbaits. Perch and Crappie near weed beds and wind falls. Rainbows trout troll with small Flicker Shad and spoons in the main part of the lake.
 
Beaver Lake
Rainbow troll in the early morning with spinners and spoons.  Fly fish with Wooly buggers using sinking line.
 
Island Lake
Perch are biting good on small jigs use Pete's tackle. Pike are biting on everything.
 
Lake Mary Ronan
Good perch fishing around the north end near the rope swing and the hump. Jigging seems to be doing the best.  Trolling for trout around the shore line in the early morning.
 
Smith Lake
Lots of small Pike    try spinner baits, and Johnson Silver minnow weed less. Perch use small jigs and bait. Check regs for size and quantity.
 
Bitterroot Lake
Salmon trolling 40 to 50’ in the early morning try the north end.  Wedding rings and cow bells. Small mouth Bass on rocky drop points.
 
Ashley Lake
Salmon down deep try trolling or jigging in the early morning. Perch fishing in the deeper weed beds.
 
Flathead River
North fork the upper run is getting a little bony but fishing good with dry flies and nymphs.  Stimulators, hoppers, ants, caddis, may fly patterns.
 
Flathead River Slough
Church and Fennel   good Pike in the early morning and some Bass. Try deep weed beds for pike with large jerk baits and shallow diving crank baits for bass, square bills, and Texas rigging.
 
Thompson River
Water flow is still good for fishing. Small dry flies, and terrestrial (hoppers, ants, use caddis for moths). For streamer fly fishing use muddler minnows.