Deep Creek Lake Fishing Report

Type: Nontidal
Region: Western
Location: Deep Creek Lake

Thursday evening, Tom O�Connell and I fished Deep Creek Lake starting at around 5:30 in the afternoon. The bite was slow to start, but picked up as the evening went. Fishing mainly rocky shorelines and docks, we managed to boat 10-15 smallmouth, some rock bass, and a few chain pickerel. The hot lure was a white jig, marabou tail, casting in 2-8 feet of water.

Friday morning Alan Klotz joined us in the boat, launching a little past 6:00 a.m. The action was good from practically the first cast, with Alan and Tom showing me how to catch fish for the first hour or so. They were casting 3� plastic tubes and twitching them back, just below the surface. Similar areas were fished as the night before, and the fishing was fantastic. We lost track along the way, but a conservative estimate would be in the neighborhood of 30-40 smallmouth in the boat, up to ~13�, countless rock bass, and a pickerel or two. We took out around 11:30, with Tom catching a beautiful 13� smallie on the last cast of the morning.

The lake is fishing well right now, with water temps in the low-mid 60s throughout the lake and warmer as you move south. The bass are very close to spawning and the panfish should be turning on soon. A great time to visit Garrett Co.!!!