Fish in Will be held at Long Lake in Lacey on October 13th. Stay tuned for details.

Everyone,

Did a little pre-fishing out at Long Lake today in Lacey and caught 10 rock bass (kind of like the bass equivalent of perch), the first of those for me, and one 14", 1.5 pound large mouth, all on drop shot on 10 to 12 feet of water.

The water at the north end of the lake had some pretty serious algae bloom (water was green and there were those big clumps of green algae in the water) and I was wondering if the bass would move away from that stuff because it might reduce the oxygen content.  The south end of the lake looked much better in terms of algae bloom, but everything was very shallow and with weeds.  Tried throwing the frog around the lily pads, spinnerbait over and around weeds/laydowns, black and blue swim jig and all came up zero.

Has anyone been there before and how do you fish such a shallow lake and with all the algae bloom and weeds starting at about 8 feet?

Here is a picture from the north end of the lake showing the algae bloom and dying lily pads.

Ok that may or may not be the place where youre not supposed to be but there are certain areas that are noted on the map at the launch as having algea. They are labeled in red outline

Can't make this one.  Who's going to catch mama ?

There is a Shari's just off exit 107 if that fits in.

SHARI'S OF OLYMPIA SQUARE

3425 SE Pacific Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501
360-438-1337

Long Lake or Black Lake???

Here is some info to help Dan out.........


Shari's Restaurant, 4525 Martin Way East, Lacey, WA 98516




1. For the south bound anglers take I-5 south to Olympia/Portland.    
2. Take exit 109 for Martin Way toward College St/Sleater-Kinney Rd N.  
3. Turn right at Martin Way E  
4. Turn left on College St SE. Destination will be on the right.



7:00 AM State Boat Launch






Driving directions to Long Lake from Shari's
1. Head east on Martin Way E toward College St NE  1.3 mi  
2. Turn right at Carpenter Rd SE  2.8 mi  
3. Turn left at Boat Launch St SE  
Destination will be on the right  0.2 mi

I was only trying to get the Sharis address Sorry. Copy and pasted too much again