Jim K: Roosevelt - 6/1

I fished Lake Roosevelt the early AM of June 1 for about four hours.  I spent most of my time working weedbeds near current starting at the Narrows, and working downstream. back through Porcupine basin.  I fished almost exclusively fished jerk baits, crank baits and swimsuits.  I ended up catching one 19” walleye, and several nice size smallmouth bass.  Most of the fishing boats I saw were heading upstream from where I was fishing.

For SWC Members:  I fished hard in and around the narrows.  Weeds were still thin, and about 3-4’ tall.  Despite a bit shallower water levels, I could still fish a deep diving jerk bait through the weeds with minimum snagging.  This is how I caught all of my fish. I used two different brands of deep jerkbaits with a natural green back / white belly pattern.  From Greg’s report, and my observations there may be a better bite still going on further upstream for walleye.  I did spend about a half hour motoring quickly off plane searching deeper 20-40’ breaklines, and dropping a jigging rap on fish I spotted on my sonar, but finding fish was few and far between.  By 8:30AM I was headed back to the ramp.