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I found some older posts, circa. 2006-9 that Bob's Fishing Hole had become rundown, trash everywhere, no bait shop, dangerous and damaged ramp, etc.
I remember it from years ago as well maintained and popular.
I visted BFH's website and it appears to be healthy. Lot's of bass tournaments and such.
Anyone know the current status? I'd rather not waste a fishing day by driving out there only to find it unusable.
Thanks,
Jed
I haven't fished there, but I know there is a bait shop (bought some minnows for floun der fishing one day when everywhere was sold out) and there are always plenty of trucks and boat trailers parked there.
Many C.cers who live in the SE part of the state fish there throughout the year & post their trips. You'll get up to date info tonight or tomorrow when some of these guys get home from today's trips.
I don't live too far from there and have fished there a lot over the years. The ramp use to be very bad and still could use some work (like new dual ramps) but it is certainly useable. The new owner has put a lot into it and continues to make improvements. He even posts here once in a while. Some nice fish can still be had out of there. No monster crappie but decent ones.
They put alot of concrete in the ramp, longer and wider I have no issues with it at all. The fishing has got nothing but better. Bass fishing is good to excellant and panfishing can be great. The crappie there are fatter than most places, I guess they fight the current all the time and perhaps it keeps them thicker, just my opinion. They do have a baitshop and stock minnows and have a good selection of jigs. Can be tricky finding them the wind is everything there. It changes, the fishing changes. I like a good north wind for a few days it gets the water up. Winter fishing for yellow perch is very good and I happen to like fishing there during the winter the best, or lets say fall and later winter and early spring. NWR has a reputation for small crappie but I think a dozen 10" fish is a good day and not hard to do. When the water is clear I do better. After a long wet spell I get skunked water is all brown. It is still a very popular place.Quote:
Originally Posted by chxbchjed
I agree that James and Dennis have done a lot to improve the store/facility. Also, if they don't have what you want, they can purchase it and have it there in a couple of days. It is well worth the trip to fish there. Oh yeah, a north/north east wind drops the water in the river. A south/south west wind brings it up.
You won't have any problem launching there. I've launched by 16' Lund Pro Guide dozens of times. Nice little bait shop and friendly service.
Thanks for all the replies. I have many, many great memories of NWR. In the 50's I beleive it was owned by the Fentress Family, there was an old fashioned lunch counter and the launch creek was beside the RR tracks. The newer road changed that. My Dad and I would drive around neighborhoods and collect X-Mas trees after the holidays, lash them together and weight them down with whatever we could find, and drop them into deep holes for the summer months. My Dad called them "Hurdles". Every summer when most couldn't catch a mess of speckles, we knew right where to go. This was way, way before "fishfinders". Even after all these years, It'll be fun to see if some of the old spots are still productive. My Dad always told me that "catching fish has got nothing to do with going fishing!" that's a hard concept to understand for a 4 year old boy, but I understand it completely now. Like the saying goes" The older I get, the wiser my Father gets" I miss him!
Jed