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Hi everyone. T minus 2 days until my first trip of the year. Any suggestions for the Jordan/Ima area. Would love some 'eyes or lakers, but will happily take bass, too.

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Climb, Wheres your entry point. If its S-Bank there is a fun day of fishing to be had in Dissapointment. The name is truly a misnomer. At this time of year I have had huge sucsess there for Bronzbacks, 'eyes & Pike... Make a day between there & Thomas if you can. Almost every lake from Thomas to Kekakabic hosts fine Laker fishing ( even the small ponds are deep ). Never had much luck on Jordan, Ima lake & its gin clear water make 'eyes trouble to hook up, but have had some doozie' Pike with smelt from shore while attending to camp chores. Hoping for Lakers always ending up with Pike- Try Ciscoes!?

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My entry is Snowbank. I plan on spending my last day on Disappointment on the way back out. It's a short solo trip, so I won't get past Thomas. Probably will base on Ima, or possibly Jordan. Just day trip and fish for 3 days, then back out, one day at Disappointment, and back to the EP.

Thanks for the info.

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Casaloma, thanks for the info. Climb, good luck and enjoy your trip. I've got a short trip planned on the 25th of june for 2 nights. I'm going in at Snowbank and we've never been to disapointment, but were planning on staying there. Does anyone have any tips for eyes or smallies this time of year? Will they be post spawn, or will we still find some fish up shallow? I haven't been to the bdub for a few years and I'm pretty fired up. Will let you know how we do, Thanks for any help!

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I was camping on Disappointment the day BEFORE the big 4th of July storm a few years ago. It was our last day of the trip, so we were out before it hit. But anyway, the fishing... The smallies were very aggressive. We caught smaller ones (up to 16 inches) in the shallow water on topwater baits all day long. The bigger ones (up to 19 inches) were caught deeper on leeches while fishing for walleyes around the islands. Coincidentally, almost all of our walleyes came from the shallower water around the islands. We caught all of our northerns while trolling Rapalas. We also had a BIG pike hit a small bass that was trailing just behind the canoe on our stringer. All in all I was very impressed with the lake. Have fun!

PS Give Ahsub Lake a shot for some trout and smallies. Even if the fishing isn't great, the lake is gorgeous.

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Hey Gerb, Sounds like fun in Dissapointment. As for Ashub Lake have you, anyone you know, or anyone else from FM seen a trout in the lake? I have stayed there & fished there. Seen the posted signs & know there was some stocking.Boy, was I excited when my slip bobber went down while I set up camp...Pow...6inch small mouth. All day 6-12inchers. I dont know how trout fry stand a chance agenst these eating machines? Any info on this lake would be great for curiousity.
Thanks -CLoma

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You guys were right, It was a fun lake to fish. It was pretty windy Friday and Saturday, but the fishing was good. All the eyes we caught were 18-23 inches and we got them all on slip bobbers in 8-10 feet. Most of the time we fished the smallies which hit the topwater pretty consistant all day, they also were biting on plastic worms. We had a couple 18 and 19 inchers with a lot in the 12- 17 range. We also were surprised to pick up some largemouths as well. We got a few northerns with the largest going 29 inches. The lake had a lot of traffic, but the fishing was good.

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Tinski, Glad to hear you did well on Diss. Nice 'eye report sounds like the cool wind & rain kept them down , what bait did they hit? Running small beetle spins for the smallies has usually worked there for me. Did you make it to Jordan/Ima?
-Just a few questions.
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All of our eye's came on a slip bobber with leeches and crawlers in that 8-10 foot range. We spent the whole time on Diss. I did get a couple largemouth and smallies on a home made type of beetle spin I make. It's a fun lake to fish. When we got tired of sitting in the canoe we would pull up to one of the islands and throw out slip bobbers for a while. Have you caught many largemouth when you've been there?

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