12-30-2004, 02:33 AM
I fish along the highway on the east side of the lake. There are two or three access points where you can pull down through the reeds when the water is low like it is now. You can also go around the west side of the lake to the boat ramp. I drove over there last friday and there was a huge upthrust fault about 100 yards from the ramp that looked a little sketchy to get across. When there is no snow on the lake I fish as deep as possible around 8 or 9 feet. I know there are a few deeper holes in the lake, but it would take some good searching with the sonar to locate. If it snows this week fishing might be better in a little closer, like 5 or 6 feet.
I don't know anything about the state record being broke, but I wouldn't be surprised. In two days of fishing I caught 4 fish within 3/4" of the state record. I really wish I would have had a scale because a couple of them were hogs; as big as they look the pictures really don't do them justice.
I was really happy when I filleted them. Only two of the seven fish I kept had worms in them and even then it was only one or two per fillet. I take a pair of hemostats and pull the worms out. The small jaws poke into the meat easily and the worms hold together well enough to pull them right out. I've seen them in the past where the worms are so bad that they have them on the outside of the scales and in their fins. Generally I don't keep many fish from that lake, but I wanted to open a few up and see how they were doing, that's why I didn't even keep a full limit. I just finished eating the whole batch 20 minutes ago and they were so good I ate myself sick.
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I don't know anything about the state record being broke, but I wouldn't be surprised. In two days of fishing I caught 4 fish within 3/4" of the state record. I really wish I would have had a scale because a couple of them were hogs; as big as they look the pictures really don't do them justice.
I was really happy when I filleted them. Only two of the seven fish I kept had worms in them and even then it was only one or two per fillet. I take a pair of hemostats and pull the worms out. The small jaws poke into the meat easily and the worms hold together well enough to pull them right out. I've seen them in the past where the worms are so bad that they have them on the outside of the scales and in their fins. Generally I don't keep many fish from that lake, but I wanted to open a few up and see how they were doing, that's why I didn't even keep a full limit. I just finished eating the whole batch 20 minutes ago and they were so good I ate myself sick.
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