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Boysen reservoir offers a wide variety of fish for Wyoming anglers. Right now is prime time to fish the northern part of the reservoir near the dam for spawning rainbow trout. The fish will run the shoreline in large schools and are often fairly easy to catch. My recommendation is to use bead headed flies or powerbait. The key is to put either one of the presentations in front of the roaming fish.
If you have a reservoir with large mouth bass, you should have an opportunity to sight fish them while they are preparing their spawning beds. The females will be extremely territorial and will attack your bait if it comes too close to the bed. I would recommend using tube jigs to catch these fish. Just cast the bait out and work it slowly through their bed and you will most likely get a strike.
Bluegills are similar to the large mouth bass. They will be defending their nests and will strike at just about anything. My good friend Seth and I caught a bunch of spawning bluegills at Renner Reservoir near Ten Sleep Wyoming. It was late May and we had great success using bead headed flies and small tube jigs. I think Seth caught around 100 fish with his fly rod that day. The key is to put the bait right in front of them and they will attack it to defend their nest.
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Those are just a few of the opportunities that will present themselves to you in the month of May. If you haven't taken you boat out on the water make sure that you have all the safety equipment before you do take it out. The Game and Fish department will be out there checking and it is never safe to leave the dock without your life vests, fire extinguisher and other safety gear.
Be safe out there and good fishing.
yeah those bluegill really loved a size 14 bunny leeches. Those flies hold up well to dozens of fish and are super easy to tie as well.
ReplyDeleteYou killed those fish that day. It was fun watching you catch fish on just about every cast.
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