04-22-2012, 06:12 PM
Bart,
Welcome to the site! Now, about Paddock. I have had a love/hate relationship with that place. At times, great crappie fishing, but if you tried to drag your boat up there, it would most always get destroyed. I even had a relatively new boat trailer crack in two. The fishing pretty much got destroyed in the 2001-2005 drought, when it got drawn down significantly. I vaguely remember a Statesman article years ago talking about how some of the ranchers in that area would like the fishing to go away. If so, they have done a pretty good job of it. I know there was an attempt to plant crappie back in there, but there have not been any good reports on this site that I can remember in recent years. My advice....save your car and go elsewhere! Again, welcome, and hope to hear lots of reports from you in the future. Mike
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Welcome to the site! Now, about Paddock. I have had a love/hate relationship with that place. At times, great crappie fishing, but if you tried to drag your boat up there, it would most always get destroyed. I even had a relatively new boat trailer crack in two. The fishing pretty much got destroyed in the 2001-2005 drought, when it got drawn down significantly. I vaguely remember a Statesman article years ago talking about how some of the ranchers in that area would like the fishing to go away. If so, they have done a pretty good job of it. I know there was an attempt to plant crappie back in there, but there have not been any good reports on this site that I can remember in recent years. My advice....save your car and go elsewhere! Again, welcome, and hope to hear lots of reports from you in the future. Mike
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