Lake Wheeler Slough (Lily Pond)

[Ditch Basser]

Has anyone from the board ever fished Lily Pond? I check of Google Earth and Bing maps, it looks like during winter drawdown it keeps a good bit of water unlike the other sloughs on the South side of Wheeler. I didn't know if that was because it was only connected to the lake during high water or if maybe it was a little deeper than other sloughs in the area. I'm thinking of makeing a trip next weekend to try it out.

[BensGoneFishing]

Ditch, you got any GPS coordinates for Lily Pond. Not sure if I have fished it or not... at least not by that name.

[Ditch Basser]

Here you go, the name I used is based off Google Earth.

[GrantH]

Fish any of those I sent you yet?

[Ditch Basser]

Hay Grant, There were only a couple on this side of the river that I hadn't tried. I'd conducted a detailed scrub of google earth right after I move here. I'm starting to expand my area to thesSloughs south of the lake now. We need to link up to sink some cover, what does Sunday morning look like for your schedule?

[BensGoneFishing]

Dad and I worked on some stake beds in the far east end years ago. At the time we were doing a lot of wading for crappie and had some decent luck there. All the fisihing that we did was in the spring, during spawn, in the bushes and areas that we had constructed. Not sure that is much help, but I know it holds crappie in the spring...

[Ditch Basser]

I'm going to try this Sat. Anyone that has a kayak, canoe or flat bottom is welcome to meet up. I've never fished anything south of the lake, but this looks like a good place for me to start. There should be shad spawning in it, if I can find some baitfish, then I'll find some Crappie!

[Predator130]

I will try to be there. Before sunrise right?

[Ditch Basser]

I'm going to try and be there at 5:00AM, but it will be plus or minus 15 or 20 minutes. I'm not sure how long it will take from Madison. I'll end up fishing until it gets to hot. Even if the fish shut down I'll spend some time getting to know the pond with my depth finder. I'd love to see a dozen people from the board all pounding the water at Lily Pond that morning. We'll see who all shows up?

[GrantH]

Sunday looks good on my end. Being that we are doing something we probably shouldn't...what do you say about 4:30am give or take?