Thread: Well, atleast the scenery was nice

Went to Harrison this morning. Not so much as a sniff from a crappie all morning. It was a beautiful morning though.

Around 10am I switched to green carp fishing as a guy in a kayak said he was doing decent....only managed one pickerel and lost what I figure was a green carp on the hookset.

A few pics that salavaged the day:



















Snake on the log in this last picture...kinda hard to see but he's there.




Tell me this ain't a fishy lookin place. It frustrates me so much sometimes

Originally Posted by ekim22

Tell me this ain't a fishy lookin place. It frustrates me so much sometimes

That's exactly how I sized up a day there. If the scenery had been boring, I'd have been home for lunch.

excellent pictures that sure is a nice looking lake nice pike

You would figure with a fish hatchery being right there the place would be well stocked. I have yet to have a good day there.

It's such a "swampy" looking lake, I half expect to see a gator surface at any time lol.

I love the lake because it's close to home (12 miles) and small enough to fish fairly thoroughly in 4 hours (80 acres) but I think the MOST fish i've ever caught in an outing there was something like 10-12. That being said, the bass, pickerel, and bowfin in the lake are almost always of a decent size....2lbs range on most all fish I catch. BUT the crappie seem to be stunted...never seen one come out of there over 8-9". They SAY the bluegill/cracker population is good and I'm inclined to believe it because I always see panfish "popping" on the surface at bugs but I'll be darned if I can catch 'em. I HAVE seen a guy catch them though....I still haven't quite figured out if the fish there like a fast presentation or a slow one. I've noticed over the last 2 years that there's a large shad population in the lake. Also the water was nearly black today...very dark.

I have been there 3 times and did good on numbers once but tough fishin the other 2 times. Nothing of any size. Those are GREAT pics Mike, thats a strong case for "just how devasting can it be if the fishin aint that good, with those surroundings & nice weather?":D

Originally Posted by ekim22

Around 10am I switched to green carp fishing

I believe that's against the crappie.com by-laws. I'm not sure what the punishment is. :D

Nice pic's.