Agate Lake, Oregon

Agate is located near Medford and has a variety of warm water fish. I decided to try Agate today as we have had a couple of warm nights and I thought the water might have gotten warm enough to entice the fish into the shallows where us waders could have a go at them.

I arrived shortly after daylight and fished for about 4 hours before the cold got to me and I gave it up. In that time I caught maybe 30/35 fish half bluegill & half crappie plus one anemic yellow perch. Not real fast fishing for Agate however this was my first successful warmwater adventure for 2010. Fish were not large but big enough to make some tasty fillets if one was so inclined. I practiced catch & release today. Blugill were about 8 inches and crappie 9 to 12 inches. Hopefully things will improve in the next couple of weeks.

Weapon of choice as a Hook & Hackle 9 ft, 3wt and a variety of flies with one called a black widow leading the pack. Look in FAOL fly of the week for the pattern.

Here are some poor pictures to share. The mountain is Mt McLaughin about half way between Medford and Klamath Falls and the picture of Agate shows the masses of anglers hitting Agate :o (I had the lake to myself).

Tim

VERY nice! Way to go, Tim! Sounds like a GREAT trip to start of your warmwater season!

.... warm water fishing when it is too cold to stay out in it.

Looks like a really pretty place to spend some time. And for some reason, I just developed a hunger for fillets.:roll:

John

P.S. McLaughlin is a really cool mountain, the way it is out there all by itself ( at least that's the way I remember it ).

Good show Tim, looks like the lake is a lot fuller than the last time we were there.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose