Fort Mud Hole
For a variety of causes the last two weeks have been insanely busy - busier and more stressed than I can recall in some time. By Saturday morning I was so tired I didn't want to do anything, but made myself get up and go to the lake - I needed to fish for a few hours, even if I didn't feel like it. So, deciding for an extra hour of sleep, I chose Fort Phantom Lake.
Let me say that I am glad Fort Phantom Lake is only a few miles down the road. But let me also add that the Lake has few attractive features. The water is deeply stained to down right muddy after a rain. The shore line features numerous run-down houses and abandoned, rotting docks. And normally the lake is low. Just a year ago it was 10-14 feet below the spillway with boat ramps that no longer worked. For the past couple of months the lake has been seeping over the spillway.
I got on the water just after sun-up (7:30 am). The sky was clear, water temps between 76-78 degrees, breezy (10-15 mph), and the water stained to deeply stained (depending on the part of the lake). Within 20 minutes I caught three little black bass on a fire tiger rattle-trap (medium size) on the same rocky point into which the wind was pushing the waves (west two fingers - note to self). I hit some other likely spots where the lake channel swings close to Lake View Heights on the east side and had one bite on a worm (no other hits on the worm today). I then worked the point around the yacht club (yes, on Fort Phantom) with no luck for Blacks. This area, however, merits a close watch for schooling sand bass and a rod at the ready. Sure enough, a school emerge around the boat! I tossed a 1/4 spoon into them and didn't get anything!?! The school went back down so I turned back to the Fire Tiger rattle-trap - and sure enough, picked up three decent size sandies.
A final note to self: At the boat ramp when I left another fellow who was leaving mentioned to me tossing a pig-n-jig into a bush area in the boat ramp area (over on the point) and catching a 3 1/2 pounder. I had noticed he was working the entire West shore with the bait. Might give this a try next time.
Let me say that I am glad Fort Phantom Lake is only a few miles down the road. But let me also add that the Lake has few attractive features. The water is deeply stained to down right muddy after a rain. The shore line features numerous run-down houses and abandoned, rotting docks. And normally the lake is low. Just a year ago it was 10-14 feet below the spillway with boat ramps that no longer worked. For the past couple of months the lake has been seeping over the spillway.
I got on the water just after sun-up (7:30 am). The sky was clear, water temps between 76-78 degrees, breezy (10-15 mph), and the water stained to deeply stained (depending on the part of the lake). Within 20 minutes I caught three little black bass on a fire tiger rattle-trap (medium size) on the same rocky point into which the wind was pushing the waves (west two fingers - note to self). I hit some other likely spots where the lake channel swings close to Lake View Heights on the east side and had one bite on a worm (no other hits on the worm today). I then worked the point around the yacht club (yes, on Fort Phantom) with no luck for Blacks. This area, however, merits a close watch for schooling sand bass and a rod at the ready. Sure enough, a school emerge around the boat! I tossed a 1/4 spoon into them and didn't get anything!?! The school went back down so I turned back to the Fire Tiger rattle-trap - and sure enough, picked up three decent size sandies.
A final note to self: At the boat ramp when I left another fellow who was leaving mentioned to me tossing a pig-n-jig into a bush area in the boat ramp area (over on the point) and catching a 3 1/2 pounder. I had noticed he was working the entire West shore with the bait. Might give this a try next time.
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posted by Glenn Pemberton | 12:15 PM
1 Comments:
thanks for the encouragement today! Hope you get out on the lake this weekend and have a blast! I love you!
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