Wild Acres Lake

[gramps50]

A friend of mine lives not to far from there so he and I decided to test the waters per say. We got there about 5:30 pm or so on my 4th or 5th cast I hooked a 12.5" lmb using a Smoke Shad Shim-E worm. Thought we were in for a good evening but that wasn't the case. That was the only fish caught by the 2 of us. There was a guy catching small sunfish but that's all that I saw being caught.

Tried a junebug Rage Tail 7" thumper but it didn't produce either, nor did the green pumpkin. Tried the Spook, nothing. The water has a greenish cast and maybe 2/3rds of it is covered with green floating alage. Think the only thing that keeps it from completely covering the lake is the fountain in the middle. The side that was accessible had slabs of concrete throw in it, I'm guessing to create some cover but it sure made it easy to get hung up bouncing something off the bottom.

Might have to give it another try when the weather cools some.

[Tim McDougald]

Last time I was at Wild Acres the fountain was off so the entire thing was covered in algae. The conditions you describe are more typical, though. I usually fish there in the fall after they stock with trout. It's not a bad place to go to relax and spend a few hours fishing.