Good news for fans of fishing at Billy Clapp Lake. The water level is up high enough to launch a boat here now. I was in Grand Coulee recently, to do some videos with the good friend Austin Moser. On the way home I took the Pinto Ridge Road south that takes you by Summer Falls Park and meets Highway 28. It’s not far east of here to Stratford and the road into Billy Clapp. The last section of the boat dock is floating, and I know we launched when it was at this level last year. The canal that fills the reservoir is full and the water will continue to come up fast now. I get excited when I see that the boat launch can be used. I have some terrific spring days on Billy Clapp fishing for rainbow averaging at least 16 inches. The past two seasons have been disappointing but in previous seasons we have had ball trolling above the big basalt island. We have had out best success flat lining crank baits, like Rapalas or Flicker Shads way behind the boat. Sometimes we have found using side planers to be very effective here, too.