Hemlock Hemlock reports?

[trouthunter24]

Hello anyone been to Hemlock at all? wondering how the fishing has been in general any of those invasive species around still? 

Time to get kayaking in there this weekend if its not too windy. 

thanks for any info 

[JJBat150]

Was on Hemlock 2 weekends ago (5/3) in the yak for a few hours.  Surface temps were 46-48.   Ran a shallow program, no takers.   

 

Gonna try to get out as well this weekend if the weather holds.

[jerktroller]

Shore fishing was good yesterday. Was casting for trout but ended up having fun with some nice smallmouth. 

[jerktroller]

Not sure what invasive specie you mean but I didn’t get anything out of the ordinary 

[trouthunter24]

Invasive Asian swamp eels ....seems somehow 🤔 like wtf right? there was a report of them in the lake . 

 

hey thanks for the replies if I get down there I will leave a detailed report I also yak fish have had success pulling dipsey divers for lakers. also crappies on minnows 

[dremarquis]

i fish hemlock a lot and usually catch some. I've been out 3 times this spring and i've had ONE bite!

dre

[trouthunter24]

Hi dre alot of boats at the North end yesterday I went for a walk with my wife the water looked still murky and cold think it needs 2 weeks to settle down 

[JJBat150]

Sorry for the late report -

 

I hit Hemlock both mornings (5/17 & 5/18) and here's my results.

 

5/17 - Launched from the North launch @ 6 AM and headed to the west shoreline. Ran down to south of the bluffs in 30-60 FOW.  

 

Fished marks and bait when I saw them.  Lots of marks near the bottom in 50 FOW.   Water temps were 48-50 on the surface.

 

I top lined a mix of humdingers, flutter spoons and small suttons with only a small mouth bass caught.

 

Also had 3 color and 4 color lead cores out.  

The 4 had a homemade cowbell-type flasher with a night crawler on a bare hook.
The 3 color I ran a mix of smelt pattern trolling flies.

 

Landed and released  3 Lakers ; 18, 21.5 and 23 inches.  (2 on the night crawler 1 on a trolling fly)

 

5/18 - Launched from North launch @ 6:30 and again headed for west shore.   Fog was pretty thick the first hour or so.  

 

Based on the marks that I saw Saturday, I stayed in the area of 50 FOW and only got a far south as the white building, as I kept circling and fishing the marks.    

 

I ran a down rigger with a mix of green & green-black spoons near the bottom and a "cheater" rod up higher depending on where marks were.

 Cheater used a mix of flutter spoons and smelt pattern trolling flies.

 

Landed and released 2 lakers; 21.5 and 22 inches.  both from the bottom spoons.