Anyone heard anything about the fishing at the new Carroll county lake that opened a couple of days ago? I was
drive down and check it out today but family things came up.
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Anyone heard anything about the fishing at the new Carroll county lake that opened a couple of days ago? I was
drive down and check it out today but family things came up.
Was there today and caught about 150 bass ranging from 8 oz to 3 1/2 pounds in about 6 hours of fishing. The only crappie being caught today that we saw were running about 9 inches. Buddy was spider rigging both jigs and minnows and the bream and bass were wearing him out. He never was able to catch a single crappie all day. One guy was catching a few on crickets. Video of some of the many bass caught today. The largest is towards the end.
Fishing the new Carroll Co Lake just opened - YouTube
I will add that right now color, bait, etc really do not matter. There were at least 100 boats out there today and every single boat was catching lots of fish. I went there to crappie fish and just happened to pull into the first cove I came to and grabbed a rod with the crankbait that just happened to be tied on. I never changed baits the rest of the day and never fished for crappie due to having a blast catching bass nearly every cast LOL
Thanks for the good info! Sounds like a great place to take my wife and son! They just want to have something "strech their string". How many boat ramps are on the lake? Where do you pay the fee? Where the bluegill any size? Thanks again.
One BIG ramp at the Office entrance with a lot of boat parking. Pay the fee at the office which also sells crickets and worms and some tackle. No minnows there yet but a store on the Hwy70 about a mile from the lake has minnows and everything else. Gills are very nice size. I can't wait to go back just for them LOL. Right now is the perfect time to take a new or young fisherman there because they are eager to bite. That will change as time goes on I am sure.
I understand that is a no wake zone. We may take canoes and kayaks. How far from ramp to no wake zone?Quote:
Originally Posted by tnriverluver
I fished it yesterday also. True the bass! I probably caught 50, one being 7.2lbs but most in the 0.5-1.5lb range. I did land 13 crappie, both white and blacknose, but all were ~8". I caught three pretty nice bluegills. On the water at 1 off at 4. Longlining roadrunner heads with various body colors. John deere and firecracker produced marginally better.
Measuring from Googleearth it is about a mile. Generally speaking, a pretty good piece, longer than I would want to paddle while passing up a bunch of good looking water to get there.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiecrazy
Good video.
I am about 5-6 miles from this lake. I deer hunted where you were fishing. Lots of deer in this area. I mapped the area (before they filled the gully) on my 4 wheeler. I made a map of the lake and have it on my Garmin. I am going to check out my map when the weather warms. I am a wooz.
Probably not the best idea for this lake. The main part is going to have wakes rolling non-stop and right now there are a bunch of idiots that do not understand or are ignoring the no wake zone that is clearly marked. Had several bass boats come rolling thru running 70 mph. Most got an ear full from us other fisherman when we caught up to them later. With this being the only lake in this area with the exception of the Beech chain of lakes where you can take your boat out and open it up to clear it out, it is going to be very popular with fisherman and water ski crowd alike. Best of both worlds if they will enforce the rules. You can see wakes rolling in my video at one point and that was well back into the no wake area:donoQuote:
Originally Posted by crappiecrazy
I bet the Huntingdon Boat and Trailer Convoy through Camden gets smaller now.
Yeah but it is going to be gridlock on Hwy 70 with all the boats coming out of Jackson LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by KyLaker
I saw parts of the convoy while downtown Huntingdon at the hardware store. Lots of boats that should have taken the bypass.:dono
If there is going to be one downfall to this lake, it is going to be similar to Gibson Co lake in that there is not going to be many areas to get out of the wind. Just the lay of the land there. With the nonstop winds we have had for the past two years, that is the one thing I like about Lake Graham. There is always a place there to escape the worst of it, just have to worry about a tree falling on you at any momentrotfl
I am glad I asked the question. Thanks for the info. Least a 2.5 hr drive for me. I will come up with a better plan than kayaks and canoes. Do I have this right? "you can only put your boat, canoe or whatever in at the main ramp". All other access is illegal?Quote:
Originally Posted by tnriverluver
You do understand that this is a brand new lake that has been open to the public for a total of 5 days now right? There are 22 miles of shoreline owned by who knows who. Very few know anything about this place right now except maybe the people in the agencies that built it.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiecrazy
I'm not quite sure about the bolded above. While there I saw at least four locations where what looked like a public (2 paved) road ran into the lake. These areas were in the no wake areas. I also read somewhere that there is some easement around the lake for public fishing, private property or not...? (not real clear on that one) Presumably one could drive to the end of one of these dead end roads and launch a canoe...?Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiecrazy
The last time I went to the dead end road off Baker road, there was a sign that was in the road and said ""dead end. Of course, I went around it like any knowledgeable red neck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dickieboy
I saw those roads on Google Earth. They looked good for a canoe. I will try to call the "lake manager" this week and get some more info.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dickieboy
I thought on this more, researched and found this:Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiecrazy
This is from page 4 of their 'Rules and Regulations'.Quote:
16. Launching or retrieving of boats from CCWA property other than the main ramp is
strictly prohibited.
Yep. That's the pay to play clause looks like. I guess the old Carroll lake will dry up now. No one uses it much anymore.