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We were gonna take the boat today but my nephew wanted to go so we fished the bank again. Got there at 5:30 and had 25 a little after 7. Really liking this place. Can’t wait to get the kayak down there if I can find time.
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I went this afternoon with a friend. We had a good time. I don't know why in the world they built a lake with such crappy boat ramps and no piers by them. I'm pretty sure they did it to deter many boats being on the water. The 25 HP restriction is crazy too but it's their lake they can do what they want. Best I can tell the lake is grossly over populated with fish of all species. We caught quite a few fish and caught everything except catfish. There is no way there is enough bait fish in that place to go around. None of the fish we caught had big bellies. We caught lots of small skinny bass and small skinny crappie. My buddy said he and his brother went yesterday and crappie fished for about 2 1/2 hours and caught well over 100 bass. He said he didn't remember making a cast and not catching a fish of some kind. You can't have game fish numbers like that and have enough food for them. Just no way. I expect the fish and fishing to fall off hard in a couple more years. My prediction is that it will end up like Inland lake, except it will end up that way a whole lot quicker than Inland did. I'm no biologist but I know cows won't grow if they don't have something to eat and fish won't either.
Now that you mention it, I have not noticed much bait activity in there aside from up the mouth of the creek. I cant remember when it was that they originally stocked it. If you have a Facebook account, you can look at their page in the link below. May give some idea of how they are managing it (or lack thereof).Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
Duck River Reservoir - Home | Facebook
Most smaller lakes need to had fish taken out. The 9in limit does not apply to lakes less that 500a
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Well I hope it thrives. I’ve been tickled to find somewhere without driving almost 2 hours.
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I think this lake is a little over 600 acres. It also has it's own regulations which are listed on the permit which includes a 9" limit for crappie and doesn't allow any harvesting of bass yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowe175
I got you. If it's that over populat it want be long and they will all be under 9in, I've seen it happen
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I read last night where they stocked it with threadfin shad and were hoping they would reproduce and become a healthy food source. I know nothing about that kind of stuff.
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My friend that fishes there pretty often has talked to a biologist and the game warden who works that area and both of them told him that the lake was not stocked with crappie. So if they did stock it with threadfin Shad I sure hope they took because there is definitely no shortage of crappie to eat them. I had 14, 11-11 1/2” fish from Guntersville on ice in my cooler. I brought home 16, 9 1/2-10 1/2” fish from DRR. There was a layer of ice between them in my cooler. Very easy to keep separate. There was not quite a quart bag of fillets from the DRR fish and there was well over half a gallon bag of fillets from the Guntersville fish. Those DRR fish just don’t have enough to eat.
I know what you're taking about furflyin. I fish a lake that has shad but is only around 100a and the fish a still small, but you can catch over a 100 in one evening easy. Most fish in this lake are 8 - 9 inches or smaller. I would bet it will get the same way if no one keeps fish. Few small lakes will grow big crappie. That's why I was shocked the new world record came from a pond.
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Like I said I just read it and know nothing about all that.
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But I do agree I’ve caught 10 inch fish from Wheeler and they are way bigger than the 10 inch fish from duck.
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I’ve heard and read both ways. I’m sorry but there is no way they didn’t stock crappie in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
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I agree it doesn’t seem possible. “They” might not have stocked it but somebody else may have. Or maybe there was a pond or three with crappie in it that stocked it. Regardless, they’re there, in force, and skinny.
But they are there for those of us that can’t catch any anywhere else. Lol.
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Yeah definitely seems hard to believe they didn't stock it.Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
If you want to see dinks though, you should go to this lake near the Duck called Forrest Ingram lake. Its easy to go catch 100 there in an evening an none measure over 9".