BAIT is sold at the Quartz Mountain Grocery and Reggie's and in Blair, Granite, Lone Wolf
LICENSES are available at Reggies, via Internet and large outlets (such as Wal*Mart SuperCenters)
Other Local Bait shops no longer carry Fishing Licenses
Boat Ramp Status:
Hicks Mtn & Main boat ramps are good
Lakeview boat ramp is OPEN
Irrigation canal IS OPEN - -NO water is going over spillway,
Use caution when near dam
June 28th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.11 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most lake fishing still slow.
Walleyes are and Crappies are fair.
Hybrid bass are fair.
Most catfish are good.
Lake level is DROPPING
June 21st 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.48 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing has slowed- a lot.
Walleyes are and Crappies are fair.
Hybrid bass are fair.
Most catfish are good.
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.58 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing has improved.
Walleyes are and Crappies are still good.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
Most catfish are good.
June 6th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.79 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing has improved.
Walleyes are and Crappies are still good.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
Most catfish are fair.
May 31st 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.99 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing has improved.
Walleyes are and Crappies are good.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
Most catfish are fair.
May 24th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.16 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing has improved.
Crappies are good.
Walleyes are and Hybrid Bass are good.
Most catfish are fair.
May 17th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.58 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing has slowed a little
Crappies are good.
Walleyes are fair to good.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
May 10th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 5.24 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing is still good
Crappies are good.
Walleyes are good to very good.
Hybrid bass are good to very good.
May 3rd 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 5.59 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most lake fishing has improved this week
Crappies are good.
Walleyes are good.
Hybrid bass are good to very good.
April 26th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.40 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing has slowed this week
Crappies are fair to good.
Walleyes are fair to good.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
April 19th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.70 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing is improving!
Crappies are good.
Walleyes are good.
Hybrid bass are good.
April 12th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.00 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing is improving!
Crappies are fair to good.
Walleyes are good.
Hybrid bass are good.
April 5th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.13 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing is improving!
Crappies are good.
Walleyes are fair to good.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
March 29th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.41 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing is improving!
During the spring, Most fishing is better on north banks (they get more sun from the south and warm up earlier)
Crappies are fair to good.
Walleyes are fair to good.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
March 15th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.85 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing is improving!
During the spring, Most fishing is better on north banks (they get more sun from the south and warm up earlier)
Crappies are fair.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
Trout season season ends March 15th!
March 8th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.08 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing is improving!
Crappies are fair.
Hybrid bass are fair to good.
Trout season season ends March 15th!
March 1st 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.26 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing still slow
Crappies are starting to pick up (fair)
Trout season season ends March 15th!
February 22nd 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.45 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY VERY SLOWLY
All lake fishing still slow
Trout season season ends March 15th!
February 15th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.65 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing still slow
Crappies fair
Trout fair (in river)
February 7th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 9.05 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing still slow
Crappies fair
Trout fair (in river)
February 1st 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 9.26 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing still slow
Crappies fair
Trout fair (in river)
January 25th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 9.52 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
Most lake fishing still slow
Crappies fair
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 10.0 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
All lake fishing slow
January 4th 2009
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 10.33 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
All lake fishing slow
December 28th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 10.58 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
All lake fishing slow
Trout (river) are good on corn.
December 21st 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 10.90 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
All lake fishing slow
Trout (river) are good on corn.
December 14th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 11.19 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
All lake fishing slow
Trout (river) are good on corn.
December 7th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 11.45 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY SLOWLY
Most fishing is fair to good in the lake-poor from the banks
Wall-eye and Crappie biting better than Bass
Trout (river) are good on corn.
November 30th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 11.66 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is fair to good in the lake-poor from the banks
Trout (river) are good on corn.
November 23rd 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 12.00 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is holding steady
Catfish are still good (in the lake).
Bass have been biting around the rocks on minnows.
Crappie are fair to good.
Walleyes are fair to good.
Trout Season started November 1st
November 9th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 12.56 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is holding steady
Catfish are good to very good (in the lake).
Bass have been biting around the rocks on minnows.
Crappie are fair to good.
Walleyes are fair to good.
Trout Season started November 1st
November 2nd 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 12.87 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is improving
Catfish are good to very good (in the lake).
Bass have been biting around the rocks on minnows.
Crappie are fair to good.
Walleyes are fair to good.
Trout Season started November 1st
October 26th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 13.27 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is improving
Catfish are still Excellent (in the lake).
Bass are still biting around the rocks on minnows.
Crappie are good.
Walleyes are good.
Trout Season starts November 1st
October 19th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 14.00 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is improving
Catfish are Excellent (in the lake).
Bass are still biting around the rocks on minnows.
Crappie are good.
Walleyes are good.
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 16.10 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is holding steady
Bass are still biting around the rocks on minnows.
Crappie are good.
Walleyes are good.
September 28th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 16.55 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is improving
Crappie are good.
Walleyes are good.
Bass have been biting again- around the rocks on minnows.
September 21st 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 16.71 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Most fishing is improving
Crappie are fair to good.
Bass have been biting again- around the rocks on minnows.
September 14th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 17.36 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING FAST
Most fishing was poor to fair over weekend
River is running high, bringing in a lot of mud and debris
September 7th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 18.87 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most fishing is fair to good from the banks.
Crappies and small bass are being caught from the bank.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters.
Good sized bass are being caught on minnows around the rocks.
Crappies are still fair to good.
August 30th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 17.22 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most fishing is improving from the banks.
Crappies and small bass are being caught from the bank.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters.
In deeper waters, Walleyes are fair to good; biting on minnows.
Same location, hybrids and sand bass are all also fair to good, again on minnows
Crappies are fair to good.
August 24th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 15.58 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Most fishing is improving from the banks.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters; though a little slower than last week.
In deeper waters, Walleyes are fair to good; biting on minnows.
Same location, hybrids and sand bass are all also fair to good, again on minnows
Crappies are fair to good.
August 20th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 15.66 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
August 17th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 15.94 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most fishing is improving from the banks.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters.
In deeper waters, Walleyes are good; biting on minnows.
Same location, hybrids and sand bass are all also good, again on minnows
Crappies are fair to good.
August 10th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 14.59 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most fishing is very slow from the banks.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters.
In deeper waters, Walleyes are fair to good; biting on minnows.
Same location, hybrids and sand bass are good, again on minnows
Crappies are fair.
August 3rd 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 11.86 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most fishing is very slow from the banks.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters.
In deeper waters, Walleyes are fair to good; biting on minnows.
Same location, hybrids and sand bass are also fair to good, again on minnows
Crappies are fair.
July 27th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 9.86 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most fishing is very slow from the banks.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters.
In deeper waters, Walleyes are fair; biting on minnows.
Same location, hybrids are also fair, again on minnows
Crappies are poor.
July 20th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.40 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Fishing is still slow.
Fishing is best in the deeper waters.
Walleyes are poor to fair; biting on minnows.
Hybrids are also poor to fair, also on minnows
Crappies are poor.
July 13th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.39 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Fishing has slowed again.
Walleyes are fair; biting on minnows.
Hybrids are still fair, also on minnows
July 6th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.76 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Walleyes are good; biting on minnows.
Hybrids are fair, also on minnows
June 29th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.48 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Walleyes are good; biting on minnows.
Hybrids are also good on minnows
June 22nd 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.47 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Most fishing very slow.
Some success on trot-lines.
June 15th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.29ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Hybrids are biting when trolling; most are rather small.
Walleyes are starting to bite again.
Noodlers have caught a few LARGE catfish
June 8th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.24 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Few fishing reports are being shared...people are still buying lots of minnows.
June 1st 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.02 ft. below normal. Lake level is HOLDING STEADY
Few fishing reports are being shared...people are still buying lots of minnows.
May 26th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.08 ft. below normal. Lake level is HOLDING STEADY
Crappies have improved to "good to very good".
Walleyes have also improved to "good to very good"- though they tend to be small
Hybrid bass are good; also many are small.
Sand bass have slowed to fair.
Catfish (Blue Cats) are still fair.
May 18th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.08 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Crappies poor compared to walleye's & sandbass; those being caught were caught when trolling
Walleyes are holding at good-tend to be small
Sand bass are good; though many are small.
Catfish (Blue Cats) have slowed to fair around the old fish-o-rama.
May 3rd 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.31 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Recent high winds has limited fishing
Crappies still poor
Walleyes are improving to good-tend to be small
Hybrids are fair to good-also tending to be small.
Sand bass are good.
Catfish (Blue Cats) are good to very good around the old fish-o-rama.
April 26th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.36 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Crappies still poor
Walleyes are fair to good-tend to be small
Hybrids are fair to good-also tending to be small.
Sand bass are fair to good.
Catfish (Blue Cats) are good to very good around the old fish-o-rama.
April 20th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.57 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Crappies still poor
Walleyes are fair to good.
Hybrids are fair to good.
Sand bass are fair to good.
Catfish (Blue Cats) are good to very good around the old fish-o-rama.
Goldeyes are being caught again at the low water bridge
April 13th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.76 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies still poor
Walleyes are fair.
Hybrids are fair to good.
Catfish (Blue Cats) are good to very good around the old fish-o-rama.
March 23rd 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.61 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies still poor
Walleye's good on those too small to keep; fair on "keepers"
Sand bass fair on small fish / poor on larger fish
Trout Season has ENDED
March 16th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.23 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies still poor
Walleye's fair on those too small to keep; poor on "keepers"
Sand bass fair on small fish / poor on larger fish
Trout fishing has slowed to FAIRin river
Trout Season has ENDED
March 9th 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.45 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies still poor
Walleye's still poor
Sand bass fair on small fish / poor on larger fish
Trout fishing has slowed to GOOD in river-- hitting on corn.
Trout Season ends March 15th -- which is not too far away!
NEWSFLASH: Quartz Mountain Grocery has OPENED
You CAN pick up your fishing supplies 8 AM - 5 PM
March 2nd, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.64 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies still poor
Walleye's still poor
Trout fishing is very GOOD in river-- hitting on corn.
NEWSFLASH: Quartz Mountain Grocery has OPENED
You CAN pick up your fishing supplies 8 AM - 5 PM
February 24th, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 4.91 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies still poor
Walleye's still poor
Trout fishing is very GOOD in river-- hitting on corn.
Trout Season ends March 15th -- which is not too far away!
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery is still CLOSED for the winter
They will be re-opening in March.
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in Altus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
February 17th, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 5.32 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies- poor
Walleye's - poor
Trout fishing is very GOOD in river-- hitting on corn.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery is still CLOSED for the winter
They will be re-opening in March.
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in Altus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
February 10th, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 5.71 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies still poor to fair.
Walleye's still poor to fair.
Trout fishing has been very GOOD in river-- hitting on corn.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery is still CLOSED for the winter
They will be re-opening in March.
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
February 3rd, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 5.98 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies poor to fair.
Walleye's poor to fair.
Trout fishing still GOOD in river, hitting on corn.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery is still CLOSED for the winter
They will be re-opening in March.
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
January 26th, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.12 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies poor to fair.
Walleye's poor to fair.
Trout fishing still GOOD in river, hitting on corn.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
January 20th, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.3 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies fair.
Walleye's fair.
Trout fishing VERY GOOD in river, hitting on corn.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
January 6th, 2008
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.72 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Crappies slow to fair.
Walleye's fair.
Trout fishing GOOD in river.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
December 30th, 2007
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.94 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
No new LAKE fishing information
Trout fishing VERY GOOD in river.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
December 23rd, 2007
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.18 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
No new LAKE fishing information
Trout fishing VERY GOOD in river.
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
December 16th, 2007
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.47 ft. below normal. Lake level is CREEPING UP
Fishing is improving!.
Sand Bass VERY GOOD Saturday!!
Trout are being stocked in the river - Great Success with corn as bait
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies (including Trout Stamp) in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
December 2nd
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.13 ft. below normal. Lake level is CREEPING UP
Fishing is improving!.
The colder weather has had the crappie biting!!
Trout are being stocked in the river - Great Success with corn as bait
Don't forget: Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
November 29th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.26 ft. below normal. Lake level is CREEPING UP
Fishing is improving!.
The colder weather has the crappie biting!!
November 25th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.26 ft. below normal. Lake level is CREEPING UP
Fishing is "fair".
Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
Trout are being stocked in the river - Great Success with corn as bait
No NEW reports on what's biting in the lake
November 10th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.38 ft. below normal. Lake level is CREEPING UP
Fishing is "fair".
Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
Trout are being stocked in the river - Great Success with corn as bait
No NEW reports on what's biting in the lake
November 3rd
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.43 ft. below normal. Lake level is HOLDING STEADY
Fishing is "fair".
Quartz Mountain Grocery has CLOSED for the winter
You must pick up your fishing supplies in ALtus, Blair, Granite or Lone Wolf
Crappie are still biting off the boat ramp on north shore (in Lakeview Campground).
The North shore Area is being winterized: No bathroomsare open and you must park OUTSIDE the campground and walk in
More small Crappie were also being caught near the "old fish-o-rama"
More larger hybrids are now being caught from the bank near the swim beach.
Channel and Blue Catfish are still being caught,near the Granite bridge at the north end of the lake
October 28th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.43 ft. below normal. Lake level is CREEPING UP
Fishing is "fair".
Crappie have slowed but are still biting off the boat ramp on north shore (in Lakeview Campground).
The North shore Area is being winterized: No bathrooms are open and you must park OUTSIDE the campground and walk in
Some small Crappie were also being caught near the "old fish-o-rama"
More larger hybrids are now being caught from the bank near the swim beach.
Channel and Blue Catfish are still being caught,near the Granite bridge at the north end of the lake
October 21st
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.46 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Fishing is "fair".
Quite a few Crappie were being caught off the boat ramp on north shore (in Lakeview Campground).
Some small Crappie were also being caught near the "old fish-o-rama"
A few good sized hybrids are now being caught from the bank near the swim beach.
Channel and Blue Catfish are still being caught,near the Granite bridge at the north end of the lake
October 14th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.52 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Fishing is "fair".
A few good sized hybrids are now being caught from the bank.
Channel and Blue Catfish are still being caught, often on juglines.
October 7th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.53 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Fishing is picking up a little more ...and is between "slow" and "fair" overall.
More good sized hybrids are being caught still in deep water.
Channel and Blue Catfish are being caught often on juglines.
September 30th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.64 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY
Fishing is picking up a little...but is stil quite slow.
A FEW good sized hybrids are being caught in deep water.
Catfish are most active in the river near the Granite (SH 9) bridge.
September 23rd
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.77 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Fishing is picking up a little...but is stil quite slow.
A FEW good sized hybrids are being caught in deep water
Catfish are most active in the river above the low water bridge.
September 16th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 8.98 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING
Fishing is picking up a little.
A FEW good sized hybrids are being caught in deep water
Catfish are most active in the river above the low water bridge.
September 9th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 9.49 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
Fishing is very SLOW.
A FEW good sized hybrids are being caught in deep water
Catfish are most active in the river above the low water bridge.
September 2nd
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 9.06 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
Fishing is SLOW.
A FEW good sized hybrids are being caught in deep water
Catfish are most active in the river above the low water bridge.
August 26th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 7.27 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
Fishing is STILL very spotty- some fisherpeople are doing great, others aren't catching anything
Some good sized hybrids are being caught in deep water
Catfish are most active in the river above the low water bridge.
August 19th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 6.71 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
Fishing is very spotty- some fisherpeople are doing great, others aren't catching anything
Some good sized hybrids are being caught in deep water
Catfish are most active in the river above the low water bridge.
August 11th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 5.13 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
Fishing is very slow
Catfish are most active in the river above the low water bridge.
August 4th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 3.43 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
All fishing is even slower
Hybrid bass and walleye are somewhat active in the lake.
Catfish are still biting in the river above the low water bridge.
Some Stripers and Goldeye still being caught below the low water bridge
July 29th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 2.48 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
All fishing has slowed.
Hybrid bass and walleye are somewhat active in the lake.
Fish are still biting in the river.
Large catfish (20 and 22 lbs) are being caught in the river.
July 22
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 0.95 ft. below normal. Lake level is DROPPING
Irrigation canal is running
Hybrid bass and walleye are more active in the lake.
Fish are still biting in the river.
Large catfish, some hybrid bass and goldeye are being caught near the low water bridge..
July 15
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL several flood control gates are open and water is flowing over spillway
Hybrid bass are becoming more active in the lake.
Walleyes are only "fair" in numbers but large ones are being caught
Fish are still biting in the river.
Large catfish, some hybrid bass and goldeye are being caught near the low water bridge..
July 8th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL flood control gates are closed but water is flowing over spillway
Fishing in the lake has slowed considerably.
Fish are still biting in the river (near low water bridge).
Primarily catfish (big ones), gar and goldeye.
July 1st
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL flood control gates are closed but water is flowing over spillway
Fishing in the lake has slowed considerably.
Fish are still biting in the river (near low water bridge).
Primarily catfish (big ones), gar and goldeye.
June 24th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL flood control gates are closed but water is going over the spillway
Sand Bass are biting again in deeper waters off the main swim beach
Crappies are biting again near the old fish-o-rama!
Walleye have spicked up and are biting very good.
Hybrid bass, catfish, carp & gar are all REALLY biting near low water bridge
June 17th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL flood control gates are open to balance continued inflow
Sand Bass are biting again in deeper waters off the main swim beach
Crappies are biting again near the old fish-o-rama!
Walleye have spicked up and are biting very good.
Hybrid bass, catfish, carp & gar are all REALLY biting near low water bridge
June 10th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL flood control gates are open to balance continued inflow
Sand Bass have slowed but are still biting in deeper waters off the main swim beach
Crappies are biting again near the old fish-o-rama!
Walleye have slowed considerably
Hybrid bass, catfish, carp & gar are all biting near low water bridge
June 3rd
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL flood control gates are open to balance continued inflow
Sand Bass have slowed but are still biting in deeper waters off the main swim beach
Crappies are biting again near the old fish-o-rama!
Catfish, carp & gar are all biting near low water bridge
May 27th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert Lake is FULL flood control gates are open to balance continued inflow
Sand Bass have slowed but are still biting in deeper waters off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass have also slowed but are also good in same location!
Crappies have slowed near the old fish-o-rama!
May 20th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 0.54 ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass have slowed but are still biting in deeper waters off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass have also slowed but are also good in same location!
Crappies have slowed near the old fish-o-rama!
May 13th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 1.75 ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass are biting off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass have also slowed but are also good in same location!
Crappies were REALLY biting near the old fish-o-rama!
Walleye have also slowed but are still good; watch length-- must be 18 inches to keep
May 6th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 9.88 ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass have slowed but are still good off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass have also slowed but are still good in same location!
Crappies have also slowed but are still good near the old fish-o-rama
Walleye have also slowed but are still good; watch length-- must be 18 inches to keep
April 29th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 10.63 ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass have slowed but are still good off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass have also slowed but are still good in same location!
Crappies have also slowed but are still good near the old fish-o-rama
Walleye have also slowed but are still good; watch length-- must be 18 inches to keep
April 22nd
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 12.00 ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass are still good off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass are still good in same location!
Crappies are still good near the old fish-o-rama
Walleye are still good; watch length-- must be 18 inches to keep
April 15th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 13.36ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass are now good off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass are now good in same location!
Crappies are still good near the old fish-o-rama
Walleye are still good but most are NOT long enough to keep-- must be 18 inches
April 8th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 14.86ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass are very good off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass are good to very good in same location!
Crappies are still good to very good near the old fish-o-rama
Walleye are now good but most are NOT long enough to keep-- must be 18 inches
April 1st
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 16.50ft. below normal. Lake level STILL rising
Sand Bass are biting off the main swim beach (rated good to very good)
Hybrid bass are also biting great in same location!
Crappies are good to very good near the old fish-o-rama
Walleye aare now good but most are NOT long enough to keep-- must be 18 inches
March 25th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 21.18 ft. below normal. Lake level RAPIDLY rising
Sand Bass are biting GREAT off the main swim beach
Hybrid bass are also biting great insame location!
Crappies are very good near the old fish-o-rama
Walleye also very good but most are NOT long enough to keep-- must be 18 inches
January 21st
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 27.82 ft. below normal. Lake level SLOWLY rising
Sand Bass slowed down considerably!
Fishing Licenses and bait are sold at the Quartz Mountain Grocery (CLOSED for the SEASON) and in Blair, Granite, Lone Wolf
Trout Stamps are REQUIRED for EVERYONE fishing in the River with Park boundaries
January 8th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 28.83 ft. below normal. Lake level SLOWLY rising
Sand Bass VERY GOOD Saturday!!
Fishing Licenses and bait are sold at the Quartz Mountain Grocery (CLOSED for the SEASON) and in Blair, Granite, Lone Wolf
Trout Stamps are REQUIRED for EVERYONE fishing in the River with Park boundaries
December 16th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.25 ft. below normal. Lake level SLOWLY creeping UP
Sand Bass VERY GOOD Saturday!!
Fishing Licenses and bait are sold at the Quartz Mountain Grocery (CLOSED for the SEASON) and in Blair, Granite, Lone Wolf
Trout Stamps are REQUIRED for EVERYONE fishing in the River with Park boundaries
November 19th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.42 ft. below normal. Lake level SLOWLY creeping UP
Fishing is still slow
Walleye, hybrid bass are much slower.
A few Catfish are biting.
Fishing Licenses and bait are sold at the Quartz Mountain Grocery (CLOSED for the SEASON) and in Blair, Granite, Lone Wolf
Trout Stamps are REQUIRED for EVERYONE fishing in the River with Park boundaries
November 12th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.47 ft. below normal. Lake level SLOWLY creeping DOWN
Fishing HAS SLOWED
Walleye, hybrid bass are much slower.
A few Catfish are biting.
Fishing Licenses and bait are sold at the Quartz Mountain Grocery (CLOSED for the SEASON) and in Blair, Granite, Lone Wolf
Trout Stamps are REQUIRED for EVERYONE fishing in the River with Park boundries
November 6th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.43 ft. below normal. Lake level SLOWLY creeping DOWN
Fishing HAS SLOWED
Walleye, hybrid bass are much slower.
A few Catfish are biting.
October 29th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.37 ft. below normal. Lake level HOLDING Steady
Fishing HAS SLOWED
Walleye, hybrid bass are much slower.
A few Catfish are biting.
Use EXTREME CAUTION when on the lake.
October 22nd
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.972 ft. below normal. Lake level RISING Slightly
Fishing HAS SLOWED
Walleye, hybrid bass have slowed quite a bit.
A few Catfish are biting.
September 24th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.92 ft. below normal. Lake level DROPPED slightly due to high temperatures and high winds.
Fish are BITING!!
Walleye, hybrid bass have slowed down just a tad.
LOTS of sand bass are being caught DAILY
More Catfish are biting.
The Main boat ramp is still out of cement
Use caution when driving over the wet sand to launch small boats.
Large boats NOT recommended.
Use EXTREME CAUTION when on the lake.
September 17th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.82 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY, VERY SLOWLY.
Fish are STILL BITING!!
Some walleye, some hybrid bass and LOTS of sand bass are being caught DAILY
Catfish are also still biting.
The Main boat ramp is still out of cement
Use caution when driving over the wet sand to launch small boats.
Large boats NOT recommended.
Use EXTREME CAUTION when on the lake.
September 10th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 32.92 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING VERY, VERY SLOWLY.
Fish are STILL BITING!!
Some walleye, some hybrid bass and LOTS of sand bass are being caught DAILY
Catfish are also still biting.
The Main boat ramp is still out of cement
Use caution when driving over the wet sand to launch small boats.
Large boats NOT recommended.
Use EXTREME CAUTION when on the lake.
September 4th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 33.16 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING SLOWLY.
Fish are STILL BITING!!
Some walleye, some hybrid bass and LOTS of sand bass are being caught DAILY
Catfish are also biting in good numbers.
The Main boat ramp is still out of cement
Use caution when driving over the wet sand to launch small boats.
Large boats NOT recommended.
Use EXTREME CAUTION when on the lake.
August 27th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 33.83 ft. below normal. Lake level is RISING very SLOWLY.
Fish are STILL BITING!!
Some walleye, some hybrid bass and LOTS of sand bass are being caught DAILY
Catfish are also biting in good numbers.
The Main boat ramp has run out of cement
Use caution when driving over the wet sand to launch small boats.
Large boats NOT recommended.
Use EXTREME CAUTION when on the lake.
August 20th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 33.30 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
Fish are BITING!!
Some walleye, some hybrid bass and LOTS of sand bass are being caught DAILY
Catfish are also biting in good numbers.
The Main boat ramp has run out of cement
Use caution when driving over the wet sand to launch small boats.
Large boats NOT recommended.
Use EXTREME CAUTION when on the lake.
August 13th
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 30.58 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
Fish are BITING!!
Some walleye, some hybrid bass and LOTS of sand bass are being caught DAILY
The Main boat ramp has run out of cement>
Use caution when driving over the wet sand to launch small boats.
Large boats NOT recommended.
Use EXTREMECAUTION when on the lake.
August 4th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 26.24 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
North Shore Ramp is High & Dry
Hicks Mountain is High & Dry
Main Boat Ramp is very low...small boats only ....use extreme CAUTION when on the lake.
Water murky. Fishing in the lake has improved A LOT
Crappie have been fair on minnows.
Hybrid bass are very good
Sand bass are very good (they HAD been biting on minnows near Lakeview Boat Ramp Northshore)
Catfish are good on juglines.
Walleye are fair
July 30th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 22.85 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
North Shore Ramp is High & Dry
Hicks Mountain is very low...use CAUTION...mid-sized boats or smaller.
Main Boat Ramp is still very functional...bigger boats use this ramp.
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is improving slightly
Crappie have been fair on minnows.
Hybrid bass are fair
Sand bass are fair (they HAD been biting on minnows near Lakeview Boat Ramp Northshore)
Catfish are good on juglines.
Walleye are fair
July 23rd, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 21.15 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is slightly worse
Crappie have been fair on minnows.
Hybrid bass are fair
Sand bass are fair (they HAD been biting on minnows near Lakeview Boat Ramp Northshore)
Catfish fair on shad.
Walleye are fair
July 20th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 19.69 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is slightly worse
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair
Sand bass are fair (biting on minnows near Lakeview Boat Ramp Northshore)
Catfish fair on shad.
Walleye are fair
July 16th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 18.49 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is somewhat better
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair to good
Sand bass are good (biting on minnows near Lakeview Boat Ramp Northshore)
Catfish fair on shad.
Walleye are fair
July 9th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 17.24ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is somewhat better
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair
Sand bass are good (biting on minnows near Lakeview Boat Ramp Northshore)
Catfish fair on shad.
Walleye are fair
July 7th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 16.73ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very QUICKLY.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is somewhat better
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair
Sand bass are good (biting on minnows near Lakeview Boat Ramp Northshore)
Catfish fair on shad.
Walleye are fair
June 24th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 14.08 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very slowly.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is much slower
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair
Sand bass are fair
Catfish fair on shad.
Walleye are fair
June 11th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 13.29 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very slowly.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is much slower
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair
Sand bass are fair
Catfish fair on shad.
Walleye are fair
June 4th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 13.24 ft. below normal. Lake level is rising very slowly.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is slightly slower
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair to good
Sand bass are fair to good
Catfish fair to good on shad.
Walleye are fair
May 28th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 13.63 ft. below normal. Lake level is dropping very slowly.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is still improving
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are good
Sand bass are good
Catfish have been biting on shad.
Walleye are fair to good
May 21st, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 13.48 ft. below normal. Lake level is rising very slowly.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is slightly better
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are good
Sand bass are good
Catfish have been biting on shad.
Walleye are fair to good
May 14th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 13.64 ft. below normal. Lake level is rising very slowly.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is SLOWING DOWN
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are fair to good
Sand bass are fair to good
Walleye are fair to good
May 9th, 2006
Fishing Report for Lake Altus-Lugert
Elevation 14.0 ft. below normal. Lake level is holding steady.
North Shore Boat Ramp is High & Dry
Water murky. Fishing in the lake is SLOWING DOWN
Crappie have been biting (on minnows).
Hybrid bass are good
Sand bass are fair to good
Walleye are fair to good
Submitted to Quartz Mtn Grocery by a variety of fisher-people
State Record Fish caught at Lake Altus-Lugert:
Hybrid Striped Bass
23 lbs. 4 oz.
Caught April 1, 1997 by Paul Hollister
FORMER State Record Fish caught at Lake Altus-Lugert:
Walleye
12 lbs. 10 oz.
Caught March 26, 1995 by Jerrod Lingle
Fishing Licenses and bait are sold at the Quartz Mountain Grocery Store
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