{"id":550,"date":"2012-05-16T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemesafishing.com\/admin\/?p=550"},"modified":"2019-06-02T08:49:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T14:49:01","slug":"blue-mesa-fishing-report-fishing-reports-vary-across-blue-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemesafishing.com\/blue-mesa-fishing-report-fishing-reports-vary-across-blue-mesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Mesa Fishing Report: Fishing reports vary across Blue Mesa.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Blue Mesa Fishing reports<\/strong>\u00a0have varied greatly across the lake.\u00a0 We have been consistently been catching plenty of kokanee salmon, but not without a lot of effort.\u00a0 Fishing for the\u00a0salmon\u00a0<\/strong>seems to be poorest on the west end, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there!\u00a0 Yesterday evening we caught a lot of\u00a0kokanee salmon<\/strong>\u00a0very, very shallow.\u00a0 Today, I went back to the same spot and the fish were not there.\u00a0 We finally found them very, very deep!\u00a0Don’t fish a memory; be ready to adapt and find the fish for the given moment.\u00a0 Our water temperatures shot up quickly over the last week, which is definitely having an affect on the\u00a0trout\u00a0<\/strong>and the salmon<\/p>\n

Trout<\/strong>– Rainbows and browns can be found most consistently in 5-35 feet of water along rip rap shorelines.\u00a0\u00a0Crankbaits, jerkbaits<\/strong>, and maribou jigs have been consistent producers as well as\u00a0kastmasters,<\/strong>\u00a0krocodiles, and\u00a0blue fox spinners.\u00a0 Casting, trolling, and jigging have all been producing.<\/p>\n

Lake Trout<\/strong>–\u00a0Mackinaw<\/strong>\u00a0are running 30-80 deep right now.\u00a0 These fish are roaming several different types of structure right now, but the edges of flats in 40-60 are holding the best numbers of fish.\u00a0 Trolling some type of rainbow or salmon imitation or\u00a0jigging<\/strong>\u00a0a\u00a0tube jig<\/strong>\u00a0or Berkley gulp! minnow has been most effective.<\/p>\n

Kokanee Salmon<\/strong>– Every day has been a little bit different, but these fish are hanging out in 1-45′ of water.\u00a0 Change depths frequently until you find results.\u00a0 These fish move up and down a lot depending on the conditions so don’t lock yourself in to a certain depth.\u00a0 Pinks, oranges, greens, and reds have all been producing on our favorite Rocky Mountain Tackle\u00a0squids<\/strong>\u00a0and spinners and our\u00a0Lazer<\/strong>\u00a0hooks from\u00a0Eagle Claw<\/strong>!\u00a0 Kokanee killers and tazmanian devils have had their shining moments as well! \u00a0Tip these with white shoe peg corn and run them behind a\u00a0Rocky Mountain Tackle<\/strong>\u00a0dodger.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n