Rollins Reservoir Fishing Report

This was a tough one for me but I think it was my fault for not adapting. Water temp was just over 60, and it was bright and sunny with some mixed cloud cover (I fished Thursday and Friday). Skunked on Thursday, but I put too much effort into top water (got one strike only). On Friday, slowly switched to finesse fishing throughout the day, and finally got a decent spotted on a Texas-rigged creature bait (Zoom Lizard) that I was slowly dragging on the bottom. Switched to dropshot at about 25 – 30 feet and got some bites, but couldn’t land them. Still new to this, so learning slowly, but I think I need to switch to weightless or wacky worm.

Trolled from a kayak for about two hours and didn’t get a bite. I don’t think I got down far enough. I fished for about 45 minutes for bass on the northwest Inlet and cut three pretty quickly. Two of them were on night crawlers, which surprise me. One was on a crank bait. The nightcrawlers were both a bit deeper and spotted bass while the crank bait was a largemouth.

No stockings since spring, but with cooling water temperatures, rainbow trout are becoming much more aggressive, chasing shad into shallower areas of the lake. The best trout action has been in the early mornings using shad-colored spoons or spinners. Spotted bass activity is also improving with the cooler temps. Dropshots, T-rigged Roboworms, and small flukes are all getting attention. Fishing should only improve over the next few weeks.