Fished another new lake on Friday

Jeff and I finished a roof on Thursday and decided to reward ourselves with a fishing trip on Friday. We took the advice of a wise (???) fellow CDC member and tried Basset Lake. We were not disappointed. We had the lake to ourselves and caught plenty of fish. Thanks OE.

We were on the water by 7:30 and as usual started out long lining 1/32 jigs and boot tail plastics. Basset has a steep drop off so we worked the weed edges on the drops. I scored first with two small 7" crappie which seemed to light Jeffs competitive fire, he landed a couple of nice fish that were pushing 11". After that it was fairly steady and fairly even action.

Most of the crappie we were catching were in the 10 1/2" range with a few bigger and a few smaller. We also caught a handful of small bass. After making three trips around the lake trolling we decided to anchor on the edge of a lily pad flat that dropped into 15 fow and try for some gills. We caught lots but only two went in the box, both just shy of 7 1/2". The next stop was on a weed flat with a gradual drop. We fished 10' down over 15 fow using slip bobbers, hali jigs and red worms. We managed 5 more keepers with the biggest pushing 9". We finished the day with 16 crappie and 7 gills, not bad for a lake we knew nothing about. Attachment 381949Attachment 381950Attachment 381951Attachment 381952

You did well, congrats!

Looks like a great trip thanks for sharing


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good job guys

nice looking lake
nice catch too

Great fun


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Originally Posted by fiveeyes

nice looking lake
nice catch too

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Gotta give it to OE, he steered us right on this one. Quiet little lake reminded me of something that should be much farther north. The launch wasn't the best but that will keep others away.

Heck yea. Way to go guys,and good guiding OE.

Nice catch fellas

Nice catch and pictures .Congrats . :fish

Been there before, nice little lake if you dont mind the 2 track

Very nice catch

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Gotta give it to OE, he steered us right on this one. Quiet little lake reminded me of something that should be much farther north. The launch wasn't the best but that will keep others away.

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Should have said something, I could have went possibly, or met you there, and took the Kayak. I found that place on accident once, and it was like a GOLD MINE. It has been my Holiday weekend secret location. Very little traffic, very few houses, and the house that are there, are not always on the water, if at all.

However, I have "Boated" myself out of that location, as I don't think I'm getting my 21 footer back in there, and even if I did, I'd never have to fire up the main motor. I didn't even use that on my old boat, just the trolling motor only.

Its so quiet, and serene, and mostly enjoyable.

I KNEW it was your kind of lake.

OE

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Originally Posted by ready2fish

Been there before, nice little lake if you dont mind the 2 track

Very nice catch

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Your dang right on that Jimmy, not getting your boat back there, Heck, not sure I could get mine ever turned around.

I was going in once, and some one was going out. They were close enough to back up about 50 yards to get me in, and them get out without issues, as they were closer to backing up than I was.

Would not even think of trying to back up a 21 foot boat, from there......... Let the night mare ensue.

OE

Probably avoid Reeds, I would be half way to angry fighting through the city traffic getting there. Couldn't find a public launch either. I'm thinking Carter Lake near Hastings may be the next new lake.

no fish in carter Jerry :fish :)

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Probably avoid Reeds, I would be half way to angry fighting through the city traffic getting there. Couldn't find a public launch either. I'm thinking Carter Lake near Hastings may be the next new lake.

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Awe come on................

I want to see you in the NEWS. :Rofl:Rofl:Rofl

actually Jerry, carter is a lake i have been thinking of trying , i have ice fished it a few times and done ok on gills , so i know it has some of them pushing 9 inches.
only got a few crappie through the ice and nothing very big ,
i only fished it once from a boat and that was probably 15 years agom lots of smallish crappie then.
another couple small lakes you could try would be bristol and long , just south of hastings off 37
bristol has some redears in it and i did good on gills this spring , long lake is just south of it and i have never tried it , very small lake
the walleye fishing had been so good in Erie this year that i have not done much local fishing this year.
good luck if you go!

We fished Bristol and Long last summer. Also Clear which is just north of there on 37. Clear Lake isn't clear. It's shallow and weedy and FULL of small crappie and gills. Bristol is deep with a steep drop. We scratched out a decent day trolling jigs with one crappie around 12". Long is more of the same, steep drop and deep. Also did decent long lining there as well. I would like to try Fair and Fine some time.

John have you ever fished Baker? We did a couple of times but that was before we knew how to catch crappie.

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We fished Bristol and Long last summer. Also Clear which is just north of there on 37. Clear Lake isn't clear. It's shallow and weedy and FULL of small crappie and gills. Bristol is deep with a steep drop. We scratched out a decent day trolling jigs with one crappie around 12". Long is more of the same, steep drop and deep. Also did decent long lining there as well. I would like to try Fair and Fine some time.

John have you ever fished Baker? We did a couple of times but that was before we knew how to catch crappie.

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Never tried baker, actually never even heard of it
Where is it located?


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Same road as Basset about a mile south on the west side of the road.

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Same road as Basset about a mile south on the west side of the road.

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I have been there as well. It was about 6 or 7 years ago, and was not as good as Bassett. However, the small and unimproved launch keep others away as well.

OE

We fished Baker maybe 5-6 years ago in the spring. Mostly fished the shallows for gills and did ok. Word on the street is there are good specks there. When I get back from Georgia we'll give it a try.

another lake you may want to try is half moon , just south of Stanton, has been probably 15 years since i have been on it , but it had a fair amount of crappie back then.
never did any good in the first section of the lake, but did ok in the middle and back portion.
tossed jigs into pockets in the middle area as it was to weedy to long line , but did good long lining the back part

Great report and nice lookin lake! Congrats.