Walked around a few lakes

[WHARFRAT]

Couldn't get down to LOZ this weekend, so I had a couple hours early Saturday morning. Didn't feel like driving thru Busch, so started out at Fire lake and walked to a couple ponds near it.

I think Fire Lake was burning hot. Wish I had brought my baitcaster with a buzz or spinner bait. I just had my ultralight with some 16 & 32nd oz jig heads and some bobby garland baby shad. Started out catching a couple small bass right next to the shore, then casted parrellel with the bank and hooked an extremely nice bass, easily 18-19 inches. Couldn't finish the job though, my fault for being too nonchalant. The bigger gills were also biting pretty good. Caught about 7-8 big ones, like the one in the pic.

There's a couple of ponds straight back from Fire Lake. I've never done anything on those two ponds, not sure if there are any fish in there. Waste of time. Then I walked to a little pond back towards Prairie lake. It's tucked in the woods. It wasn't bad, nothing big, small bass, small gills. The area you need to fish is hard to access. Did see a pretty good size carp hanging out in the shallows. Wasn't interested in my jig.

Ended up by stopping by Prairie Lake. Didn't stay long, lake was fairly murkey, you could even say muddy. But, for what little time I was there, caugh two small gills and two small crappie. And when I say small, I mean under 5".

It was good to get out there, wish I would have had more time.

[laker67]

see any dead, discarded, mutilated,, or dying trout?

[snagged in outlet 3]

Rick!!!!

That made me laugh...

Pete

[laker67]

Howdy Pete

[WHARFRAT]

Nuttin but a little moss growin around the edge.

[stlfisher]

see any dead, discarded, mutilated,, or dying trout?

Not anymore than you see at most other places in the state.

[stlfisher]

Couldn't get down to LOZ this weekend, so I had a couple hours early Saturday morning. Didn't feel like driving thru Busch, so started out at Fire lake and walked to a couple ponds near it.

I think Fire Lake was burning hot. Wish I had brought my baitcaster with a buzz or spinner bait. I just had my ultralight with some 16 & 32nd oz jig heads and some bobby garland baby shad. Started out catching a couple small bass right next to the shore, then casted parrellel with the bank and hooked an extremely nice bass, easily 18-19 inches. Couldn't finish the job though, my fault for being too nonchalant. The bigger gills were also biting pretty good. Caught about 7-8 big ones, like the one in the pic.

There's a couple of ponds straight back from Fire Lake. I've never done anything on those two ponds, not sure if there are any fish in there. Waste of time. Then I walked to a little pond back towards Prairie lake. It's tucked in the woods. It wasn't bad, nothing big, small bass, small gills. The area you need to fish is hard to access. Did see a pretty good size carp hanging out in the shallows. Wasn't interested in my jig.

Ended up by stopping by Prairie Lake. Didn't stay long, lake was fairly murkey, you could even say muddy. But, for what little time I was there, caugh two small gills and two small crappie. And when I say small, I mean under 5".

It was good to get out there, wish I would have had more time.

Nice redear. An 18 inch bass is a great fish out of Fire Lake. It has lots of bass, but most are in the smaller range. I stopped by Praire Lake the other day and it too was pretty muddy so I left. Caught a few bass on fly rod last fall, but it is weird lake to fish. Saw quite few bass on beds this weekend and the bass fishing was pretty slow for me. Blugeill and Redear are starting to heat up, but they are not quite spawning in larger numbers, but that should change shortly.