Trolling Report

   Hello Crowley Lake Trolling Fans,

The 2025 fishing season is off to a fantastic start! Although I've only had the chance to fish a few areas myself, the reports from other trolling boats echo the same sentiment: the fishing has been excellent.

The most productive fishing seems to be in 20-30 feet of water, from the surface all the way to the bottom. Topwater fishing is currently very good as there are no weeds to contend with yet. I also had success trolling with 2-4 colors of lead core in about 24 feet of water.

Here are some of the top spots that have been producing:

* Mcgee Bay

* Sandy Point to The Willows

* Alligator Point

* North Arm

As for what's working best, here are a few recommendations:

Tasmanian Devils: Bleeding Frog, Bloody Ripper, Orange Perch, and Pink Frog patterns are all effective in any size. Try trolling speeds of 2.5-4 mph.

Needle Fish and Thomas Buoyants: Black Dot Frog, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout (Blue and Silver, Black and Silver), and Perch patterns are working well in all sizes. Troll at a speed of 2-2.5 mph.

Rapalas: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Black and Silver Countdown models are producing good results. A trolling speed of 3-5 mph with a ripping action appears to be most effective.

The fish are in excellent condition and appear very healthy after a winter of open water and feeding. It looks like this is shaping up to be a truly great season!

Wishing you tight lines, and I hope to see you out on the lake!

Best of luck,

Fred Johnson

Crowley Lake Trolling Fans                        

Fly Fishing Report

It was a wonderful opening weekend. I know many fish were caught even though the weather was not perfect. But Monday seemed to be the start of a beautiful season.

There was a hatch today, surprise surprise. And the fish were taking midges!

The fish are spread out all over the lake, I went exploring and that was my finding for now and to be expected for this time of year.

I am finding fish anywhere from 10-20' and some larger ones even deeper. But almost anywhere in the lake if you're in 10-15', using dark tiny size 16, 18 is even better, albinos, you will get bit. There seems to be a good hatch in the morning till about noon so that would be the prime time to go.

The water temperature is 52° at the surface and also at 20 ft down. That's the only depth I measured but I'm going to assume it's relative everywhere.

I foresee that this is going to be a better season than the last. The lake has been very well stocked especially with Desert Springs trout.  The weather is getting better.  This is a great time to come up and catch the spring trophies. 

Rob

Bait and Spin Report

Happy Fishmas everyone.

The season has started out as a wet and snowy one, but with the weather changing on Monday, fishing has been good to excellent.
Honestly it’s has been good fishing in 15 feet  all the way out to 30 feet of water.
Inflated night crawlers, power eggs with garlic and powerbait in green, orange and rainbow got the bites. 
This is a great time of year to throw lures if you like. Kastmasters, spoons and minnow type lures work well. Colors didn’t seem to matter. Always make sure your lure speed is right or you will not get the bites.

Good luck and tight lines

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