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When I was a kid my grandfather use to take me spec fishing on Lake George out of Louie Bucks fishcamp (long gone) and we always went to the bomging range. Im headed back to Geogetown first weekend in March. Is the bombing range still there? Is that still a good place to start?
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Ive heard good about that and theres even a boat sunk there.only 12 feet deep.i will be trying in feb.welcome aboard.
Welcome fishnNole. Don't know anything about George except when I hear the bombs blow. I guess fishnNole is a fishing seminole.Thumbs Up
+1 I know when we are fixin to ruin someones day as my house starts shakin. WelcomeQuote:
Originally Posted by Speckanator
I wish we had more information regarding Lake George on this forum. Hope there is more to come...
I fished it a couple of times this summer. We found the sunken barge and caught 7 all over 14 inches when the temp was about 95 degrees. It was right in the middle of the bombing ranges. They do still exist. The other two times we went, we got blown off the lake. Lost my big anchor on the barge because of the 5 foot swells. Welcome to the forum and hope you find em!
Thanks guys - Im meeting my brother from Jax and we are taking our 80 yr old dad for his 81st birthday! The old fart can still throw a shrimp net too. We will start at the bomging range and work our way around. Look forward to additional reports. Plan to spend a day on Crescent Lake also.
I'll surely post how we did. Unfortunately there has been more Nole than fishn lately and not enough of either one of those.
Thanks for the info Shane. Pretty cool.
No problem. Have you fished Louisa this year?
Yep, it was dead the last two times I fished it. How about you, have you been back since it was hot last year?
Speakin of Louisa,....Has anyone herd from Stu?????.......
I finally heard from ole crapslabstu. I think we're going to give it a try this weekend. Hope to post some good pics.
Welcome Nole........ Hope you & youre's find a boatload!!!!!
also at the south end of lake there is a wooden entrance of somekind and its really big. it probaly has 2 or 300 poles in water.great structure ucant miss it.
Thanks Crappielover.....I was really starting to worry about him..........He must be in stealth mode or something.......Tell him the place aint the same without the Slow Ride photos
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Nice map phantom.
Haven't been back this year, but looking forward to maybe going in the next week or two. Looking forward to the pics.
Headed to Astor in early March. Except for when things start falling from planes or the water starts blowing up around your boat, how does one know when they may be bombing on George? Is there a published schedule or any kind of warning? Also, I have heard there are underwater poles around the mouth of George. Are they on the west side of the mouth or straight in front of the jetties?
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I was wondering the same thing. Would kinda ruin yer day quick to catch one of them things in yer boat.
No to say I'm old, but back in the day the Navy used the south east area of lake george as a bombing range. They stoped using it quite a few years ago, but the pilings and old targets boards are still there. My grandfather use to take me there in the summer for bream, and specks in the winter and spring. They would send helocopters overhead to warn boaters to leave the area. You got about a 30 minute warning then in came the planes. He would wait till the 29th minute to leave. The old radio control tower is still there on what is called Pine Island.
Merry Christmas everyone!
I don't lurk or post much, but Louisa was absolutely barren a month ago.
Having BY FAR the hardest time in the past 20 years finding keepers in Central Florida. Tried 13 lakes in the past 2 months and only one was decent. Don't know what's going on. Others I've talked with are having the same issues. Could be the warm weather or the heavy rains a few months ago?
Yep, I am hearing the same thing about Clermont Lakes. Fish7777, have you tried Lake Griffin lately? You oughta give her a try.
Hey Crappielover,
No I haven't tried Lake Griffin. I only fished that chain (Lk. Harris) once, about 5 years ago, and the water was very "soupy green" with almost no visibility. Caught a few smaller ones and each one was white as a sheet of paper. Maybe Griffin is better.
That sounds like Griffin alright. Griffin is a big lake, but there are many productive areas. I like the area in and around the Ocklawaha River. It's beautiful up there.
Sorry for opening a old thread but this looked like a good place to start. I was in Astor from 2/20/15 to 3/10/15 and planed on taking the run out to the bombing range to fish the sunken barge. Once I got to Astor a man told me that all of the pilings / poles at the bombing range have been pulled and are stacked on the river bank south of lake George. A friend of mine there has fished it many times with a friend. His friend marked the center of the barge on his GPS, but... the GPS has been damaged and I could not retrieve the numbers to put me on top of the barge. I was wondering if anyone has the actual GPS numbers that would put me on top of the barge when I go back next year. Thanks JC
I'm sorry to hear that they pulled em all out. A friend was there a few years before I moved(05) throwing a rattle trap around the posts when he got a hard strike. There was a copper colored flash over 2 feet long and it turned and headed north, never to be slowed down. It seems Redfish like Traps too, he never slowed it down and it spooled the reel he was using while he tried to get moving. Sorry to hear those days are gone. I've heard of the barge but can't help with any coordinates. Good luck with finding them.
Great map, Phantom. Miss ya
Would not u thnk there would be a posted WHEN WE ARE BOMBING SCHEDULE somewhere? for the fishermans sake at least. I have not heard much bombing on the range in the Range the last couple years
They aren't going to bomb out on lake George anymore. I'd sure like to get the GPS numbers over the barge. JCQuote:
Originally Posted by Crappiegirl1
When they were about to start dropping I was told they would do a couple of close fly by's and make you so miserable that you moved away. Been a lot of fish come from there.
We use to go by Lake George on are way to what they used to call grasshopper pond, caught some of the biggest bluegill. I believe it was on highway 19 just before Ustis. Of course that was only 40 something years ago. Have fun with your dad!!!!!