Thread: Fished another new lake on Friday

Jeff and I finished a roof on Thursday and decided to reward ourselves with a fishing trip on Friday. We took the advice of a wise (???) fellow CDC member and tried Basset Lake. We were not disappointed. We had the lake to ourselves and caught plenty of fish. Thanks OE.

We were on the water by 7:30 and as usual started out long lining 1/32 jigs and boot tail plastics. Basset has a steep drop off so we worked the weed edges on the drops. I scored first with two small 7" crappie which seemed to light Jeffs competitive fire, he landed a couple of nice fish that were pushing 11". After that it was fairly steady and fairly even action.

Most of the crappie we were catching were in the 10 1/2" range with a few bigger and a few smaller. We also caught a handful of small bass. After making three trips around the lake trolling we decided to anchor on the edge of a lily pad flat that dropped into 15 fow and try for some gills. We caught lots but only two went in the box, both just shy of 7 1/2". The next stop was on a weed flat with a gradual drop. We fished 10' down over 15 fow using slip bobbers, hali jigs and red worms. We managed 5 more keepers with the biggest pushing 9". We finished the day with 16 crappie and 7 gills, not bad for a lake we knew nothing about.

You did well, congrats!

Looks like a great trip thanks for sharing


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Yes nice job on a new lake


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good job guys

nice looking lake
nice catch too

Originally Posted by fiveeyes

nice looking lake
nice catch too

Gotta give it to OE, he steered us right on this one. Quiet little lake reminded me of something that should be much farther north. The launch wasn't the best but that will keep others away.

Originally Posted by spartannation

Gotta give it to OE, he steered us right on this one. Quiet little lake reminded me of something that should be much farther north. The launch wasn't the best but that will keep others away.

Should have said something, I could have went possibly, or met you there, and took the Kayak. I found that place on accident once, and it was like a GOLD MINE. It has been my Holiday weekend secret location. Very little traffic, very few houses, and the house that are there, are not always on the water, if at all.

However, I have "Boated" myself out of that location, as I don't think I'm getting my 21 footer back in there, and even if I did, I'd never have to fire up the main motor. I didn't even use that on my old boat, just the trolling motor only.

Its so quiet, and serene, and mostly enjoyable.

I KNEW it was your kind of lake.

OE

Great fun


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Heck yea. Way to go guys,and good guiding OE.