Hey elkman7x7

[cousinlll]

I see you live in the Blue Ridge Reservoir area and wondering if you fish Long Lake a lot. I go there once or twice a year and am looking for a good source of info on road/lake conditions.

If so, I might pick your brain in a few months after the snow melts and things start to dry out - that is if you don't mind me asking....:D

Larry

[AZfisherdude]

That's a catch and release right?

[cousinlll]

Nope, not a catch & release Lake. The usual fish bag limits apply.

[AZfisherdude]

Hmmm, I thought I remembered reading something about bad levels in that and Soldiers annex or something. I'll have to look for it again.

[cousinlll]

Yes, there are mercury advisories but it's not a catch & release lake. Guess were just playing the semantics game...

[azslabber]

Adds to the trouty flavor,lol.

[AZfisherdude]

Ha ha, you are hilarious Bruce! Hey cousinlll, you are right. Semantics it is. So do you ever eat fish out of that lake? What all do you catch in there? As I recall, they stock trout but there is walleye and something else in there....bass? Do they have crappie too?

[cousinlll]

Don't know about Crappie but along with stocker Trout there are Walleye & Northern Pike. Pretty good size Trout hold-overs also! Good facilities at the lake but getting there is sometimes an issue. Doesn't get that much fishing pressure so fish can get pretty big.

As far as the mercury advisories go, I don't eat that much fish to worry about it. I don't like cleaning fish and with limited fish consumption in my house - it's catch, take picture, and release.

[Dieppert]

theres bass and crappie in there to, but you want a road report, lol right now, dont even think it, they got more snow than i did here and i still have about 2 1/2 feet in the yard

[cousinlll]

but you want a road report

You got that right Dick! A very remote location and not a place to get stuck at! It's up on a mesa so can get windy, not much there to act as a wind block. But it's fun little adventure for a weekend.

Oh, and as far as the snow goes - better you than me! :D