10/24/20 Lake Mackintosh

My brother & I hit Lake Mackintosh for the first time & did fairly well, considering we hadn't a clue about where to start. Motored around watching the Garmin near the boat launch area for a couple of hours, but never got into anything. Moved to the upper end of the lake & did alright on a fish attractor. Also caught a couple near the bottom, nowhere near any structure. So we drifted & trolled slowly picking up a few scattered fish that way. Hit a brush pile on our way out & they were biting there, yielding a few more keepers. All fish were caught on plastic jigs & small spoons. No monsters, but we were fish hungry so kept 17 & threw back as many smaller ones.
Lots & lots of boats on the water that day, and we found ourselves rocking way more than we like for a smaller lake. (Reminded me of fishing Belews!) I'm sure we'll go back again sometime as it's a beautiful place & we'll know where to begin next time. But High Rock is about the same distance from me, with no launch fees.

I fish that lake all the time. As a matter of fact I’m planning on going Thursday morning


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I got to thinking, maybe some of the Lake Mack regulars might not appreciate me sharing some of the details in my post. I was going to trim it down this morning but I don't see any way to edit it now.

That’s k there’s plenty to go around.most people that fish that lake r bass fishers i don’t really think that many crappie fish. You said that there was a lot of boats Saturday they probably had a bass tournament there is a lot of bass tournaments over there


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Where's that lake?

Burlington


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Brother is twisting my arm to go back this weekend already. Does anyone have a link for checking bass tournament dates on Mack? I'm not finding anything with google.

I don’t think they post them they are private bass clubs around the area


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Y’all should have been out there today i caught 2 that was well over a lb and missed 3 r 4 more that was over a lb


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Awesome! Mind if I ask what method you were using & what time of day they were biting? Still thinking we might go this weekend.

I tight line 6 rods out the front and i long line 4 off the side. I run 12’ rods on the front and 2 14’ and 2 10’ off the side. I fished from 8:00 - bout 3:30. I got the bigs ones after lunch


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If you don’t mind fishin on Sunday there probably would be traffic


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Planning to fish tomorrow. Not sure yet if we're hitting Mack or High Rock.

K


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