Went to the I-80 ponds for the first time today. Question? The "east" pond is the one that everyone fishes? right next to the rest area. I went there and couldn't see any access to that pond, between a giant concrete pipe and 6 feet of nasty brush. Where do you guys access the water at?
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just keeping walking east you will find some open areas where you can fish you will have to climb over the pipe
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YOU HAVE TO WALK DOWN THE DIRT TRAIL ALONG THE PIPE, IT HELPS TO GET ON TOP OF THE PIPE TOO...I WOULD WAIT TILL AFTER THE TREES THAT GROW AROUND IT ARE PASSED. THEN YOU WILL SEE VARIOUS SPOTS WHERE THE BULL RUSHES HAVE BEEN "TRAILED OUT" BARE GROUND RIGHT TO THE WATER, YOU CAN FISH THERE OR USE THEM TO GET IN THE WATER ON YOUR TUBE, TOON, JON BOAT, WHATEVER. IT IS FUN THERE ARE LMB, GILLS, AND I THINK I HEARD SOMEONE MENTION CRAPPIE BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OUT OF THERE THAT I KNOW WAS A CRAPPIE. A FEW CAUGHT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CRAPPIE, BUT I DONT KNOW. USE WORMS THEY SEEM TO DO THE TRICK THERE, OTHER WISE I WOULD STICK WITH SMALL BAITS LIKE TINY CORK POPPERS, SMALL JIGS...UMM....SMALL STUFF. LIKE 1/16 TO 1/8oz STUFF.
HOPE IT HELPS, WERE YOU THE GUY THAT PULLED UP AS I WAS LEAVING? I WAS GETTING INTO MY RED CHEROKEE IF IT WAS YOU, YOU ASKED ME IF I CAUGHT ANY, I TOLD YOU A FEW GILLS...THEN POINTED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE POND, AND DOWN TO THE END OF IT, TOLD YOU IT RUNS ALL THE WAY TO THE JUNCTION OF WHERE 201 MERGES TO I-80.
GOOD LUCK,
LATERS,
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