Oster Lake #1, ID
Northwest Point; North Point
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 6:00am to 1:00pm
- Best Fishing Time
- 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Rating
- Good
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- -
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Gold Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 18" | #12 Black Disco Zebra Midgeling | |
| 2 | 17" | #14 Black California Leech | |
| 4 | 17½" |
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 13" | #14 Black California Leech | |
| 2 | 13" | #16 Olive Scud | |
| 2 | 14" | #14 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear | |
| 11 | 13.18" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| Medium - 10 to 15 knots | X | X | |
| Heavy - 15+ knots | X | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 70.0°F / 50.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 14% Full (Waxing crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
- #16 Red Copper John
- #12 Pheasant Tail BH
- #10 Stayner Ducktail
- #12 Beetle, Foam
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
DadWaypoints
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Tides
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Notes
I took my dad fishing down at Oster Lake #1 for Father's Day since we used to go fishing there all the time. It was windy when we arrived at 6am and varied between windy and extremely windy all morning and early afternoon.
My dad and John started off at their usual spot and had zero success. I went over to the NW Point and had 3 or 4 hits before I finally landed one. Fishing was very slow all morning - I switched between fast retrieves, slow retrieves, streamers, nymphs, the Hang and Bob, and nothing worked consistently. Things started to pick up for me around 10am or so.
A bit later, John moved over the the main northern point and caught a few, but said he could see lots of fish. Dad and I moved over there and damn! you could see hordes of gold trout cruising around. It was interesting - there were the occasional fish cruising around in the shallows at the west end of the lake, but the majority of the fish were concentrated in the middle/northern portion of the lake. Once over there, Dad and John did pretty good catching fish on bait/Powerbait, and I started slaying them. I went for a decent stretch of catching a fish every cast, and eventually would try to let the fish get off before I had to land him. I tried some various things to see what I could catch fish on, but the slowly-retrieved small california leech was the ticket.