Madison County LK, 20 Sep 20

Tried a late day/afternoon trip out to MCL to see what the water was like. Decided to work on my spider rigging skills. Water temps were down to 76 and water clarity was about 18". Managed to catch 5 fish, all good solid keepers, but I just let them back, wasn't really looking for any to keep. Fish were hanging at 8 FOW a little deeper than last time I was out there. The bait was any where from 8-12' deep. Black and chartreuse was the color that produced. There was actually a bass tournament being run out there, so a lot more traffic than usual and everyone was hitting the brush pretty hard. Was nice to get out and not sit in a pool of sweat the whole time on the water. Only got to 73 and a light breeze blowing the whole time.

Good job Bob, I almost went to MCL yesterday!

Good report! Thanks for sharing !

73 and a light breeze is a really good start

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Glad you got a chance to go out for a while Bob.

It was a nice weekend for sure, glad you caught a few

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Glad you caught some Bob. Always said you are a true sportsman.

Nice outing, I plan on hitting mcl, to practice spider rigging and learn my electronics also. Getting that itch

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I'll have to decide Saturday of I want to hit MCL or return to Bradford. I'm leaning towards Bradford since I like the little 9 1/2 to 10 inch fish.

Nice! I'm new to fishing the area around here and just found this forum. Where abouts is Bradford? I've been to MCL earlier this year with not much luck although others there had caught plenty. I'm just figuring this out up this way or trying to. We fished yellow creek back home with my Dad so all the water and places are new to me around here. Any insight is much appreciated. This seems like a good active forum from what I can tell, thanks!

Welcome to the forum!

Bradford is on Redstone Arsenal and honestly a little bit of a pain sometimes. First you have to have access to Redstone, then (if it's open for recreation) get a "permit" from the Redstone Sportsman Center. You also have to check out back at the Sportsman Center in person at the end of the day. Former military are use to hurry up and wait, for all others it might not be worth the trouble, LOL.

Thanks!

Ah, okay. Well I do have access but didn't realize there were any spots out there as I don't go venture out there much. Appreciate the reply and glad I found the forum. Hope to be able to con tribute and share some of my fishing trips with you all.

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