Port Hudson Ca Lake Any Good?

[Haris122]

I went out there yesterday and for most of the day nothing was happening. Water was somewhat dingy and choppy, and the constant gusts of wind didn't help me any either. Started out fishing from the dock casting out between the trees, and paid for it with several lost lures from the wind picking up slightly and blowing the line over a branch where the lure would then get stuck on the retrieve. Was beginning to lose hope of catching anything, when towards evening a short rain shower swept over the area and afterwards the wind and water calmed down. At that point I got that feeling that it was now or never. Shortly after I caught 2 of them, and lost a 3rd one. All Largemouth Bass. I also had stuff out there to test for catfish and panfish too, but the setup I had for Bass and agressive Crappie was what produced. First catch was the best one. Nothing really big, but a solid fish around the 12" mark. In other words, bigger than most I recently had caught. 2nd and the 3rd one that got off, looked both to be my usual size the past few trips, not topping 8". Didn't see much action for the few other folks that I saw out there either.

I liked what I saw of the lake, even just from the bank. Not a lot of people using it that day, nice looking structure in the lake, liked the location of the dock near some stump fields, and just the general secluded location of that conservation area all made it enjoyable even with the handful of lures I lost. I don't know how good the fish population is in there currently, since I didn't get much action despite fanning out for different species, but I'm hopeful that the fishing was slow just cause of the weather conditions that day. I'll try to make my way back there when it gets warmer to see what it's like again at that time.

[Haris122]

I went back there yesterday and tried it out again in nicer weather. Turned into a fun trip. Kept catching several sunfish of different varities, mixed in with the occasional small Bass and near the end even got a small catfish. Nothing bigger than 10" but it was fun nonetheless, and it is a nice lake. Maybe by next time I will have finally set up that kayak to fish from, and will get out and check out more of it. Probably the single most common species I caught were Green Sunfish, which was kind of cool seeing how I rarely ever catch any of those around my usual St. Louis spots.