Horners Bay

Does anybody know if Horners Bay is still accessible?

Back in the day, I used to fish it with my Father-In-Law. Back then we used to cross private property to get to the lake and had to leave a few dollars in a mailbox.

It's probably been 10 years since I was over there. I believe I could still drive right back to the same spot, but I would hate to drive over there, only to discover that the old road has been blocked or that access, across the private property, has been restricted.

Is anybody fishing over there this year?

Yep. Access has actually been improved the last time I fished it. Still leave money in the box.

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Originally Posted by htr2133

Yep. Access has actually been improved the last time I fished it. Still leave money in the box.

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How much does the Black River impact this bay? I would assume it is high and muddy right now since everything else over there is... Correct?

Haven't been there lately, but Shirey, and Portia both look pretty good, I wouldn't be scared to go.

the BR is falling quick and my experience on these bays is that they clean up nice unless we are getting storms. Since we haven't had rain in several days my guess is by tomorrow or Sat. all of the BR bays will be plenty clear to fish. They may be higher still but if they aren't falling or rising too much I usually do ok. Some of the other guys in this area may have a more intelligent report though.

Sorry to tell ya'll this but its off limits now,sign has been taken down and money box removed.Some guys started a fishing club and tired running everbody off until they learned a farmer own all the lake but 3a..The farmer builit another boat ramp on the east side for his employees and the people he knows.

That sucks!

That's terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The farmer that owns most of the lake and builit the other ramp is a great guy.Fair and honest and expects you to be the same way.His employees are the same way and if you could corner one of them and ask your actions could get a nod.

I might have to look into that. It's been a few years since I fished there but we used to catch some humdingers out of there!

Where is Horner's Bay? And how do you get there? Is it a large body of water? Are y'all calling oxbows "bays"?

I didn't name it, but Horners Bay is, indeed, an oxbow off of the Black River. It is south of Portia. You can locate it on Google earth where it is labeled as "Horners Bay". Go figure?!?!?!?

Shirey Bay and Portia Bay are also oxbows in the same area... :scratchhead

Thanks, man. I'll look it up on ''Google Earth".

There's also a Tucker Bay and Robinson Bay. All along the Black river running south from Portia. Horners Bay is the first one below Portia Bay on the east side of the river. It used to be quite a crappie hole back in the day.

I've seen some good fish from there, but haven't heard anything recently. I just measured it and it looks to be about 1.7 miles in total length.

I've caught several crappie out of there that were 3+ pounds. The biggest crappie that my father-in-law ever caught came out of there and it was 4.25 pounds. But that has been 10 years ago....

The land that leads to tucker bay is posted,its a shame we own it(afg) and cann't fish it.Robinson is clear and up maybe a foot or less.Alot of oxbows up and down black river but most are posted,sunshine is the one past shirey and farther down twin lakes are posted.If agf doesn't own it its more likely posted and some they own you cann't
cross the land leading to them.Wilson lake,straight lake just to name a few you can no longer fish.

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Originally Posted by Turtlebait

The land that leads to tucker bay is posted,its a shame we own it(afg) and cann't fish it.Robinson is clear and up maybe a foot or less.Alot of oxbows up and down black river but most are posted,sunshine is the one past shirey and farther down twin lakes are posted.If agf doesn't own it its more likely posted and some they own you cann't
cross the land leading to them.Wilson lake,straight lake just to name a few you can no longer fish.

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Sounds like those people have their own private lake bought and paid for by AGFC. There should be a law to give access to it. Like a right of way.

There's a lake( Tennison) bought and paid for by the tax payers money (soil conservation office) behind my house (1/4 mile). Its loaded with fish, (not sure how I know this) and its land locked, so if you own land around it, you can't get to it. I wish I had somebody would build me a lake beside my house.

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Originally Posted by Slabyanker

Sounds like those people have their own private lake bought and paid for by AGFC. There should be a law to give access to it. Like a right of way.

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Nothing irritates me more than land, or a lake, that is owned by the AGFC (which makes it public) but is inaccessible because access is cut off by posted property. :banghead