justfish3307

Hello all...looking for some info on Chautauqua Lake. Planning on heading there sometime this year and looking to primarily flip boat docks. Does anyone know the best month or part of month to do this? I was thinking late June but am not really sure. Also, when does the grass and pads start coming in ? I am thinking I will mostly stay in the southern portion of the lake. Any help here is greatly appreciated.

thanks...yes i ended up getting both licenses. what a great place. we ended up boating probably 30-40 fish in 2 1/2 days, both lm and smallies. the first day lm were holding tight to any available cover/wood. the next two days we spent fishing bluff walls only with jerk baits and spinnerbaits. we found alot of smallmouth here suspended in or around the bluff walls, keeping the boat in deep water and focusing on small pockets in the walls. some fish were tight to the walls and others were out in open water. had a great trip and will definitely be going back.

kevo..thanks for the info. thought this topic might stir up some more conversation but its probably been beat to death. leaving for my first DH trip in the morning hope its fruitful

I live in southwest ohio about 40 minutes north of Cincinnati. I would not say we live in a hot spot for fishing but if you do your work and put your time in, you can get on some fish. i have fished the ohio river once and i would consider it tough as far as bass fishing, though i hear the sauger and cat fishing can be good. the great miami river is an underfished river that holds alot of 2lb smallmouth and i think it is one of the best fisheries in the area and i kayak it frequently. you will also catch saugeye and flatheads here. best accessed by kayak and wading/shore fishing. ceasars creek lake and cowan lake are what i consider my home lakes. ceasars can be very tough for bass fishing, especially in the summer. it does however hold good populations of musky and crappie. i have better luck bass fishing (size and numbers) at cowan lake. it is a 10hp limit (i cant run my big motor on my bass boat) but it is more peaceful and a nice getaway at times. if you like to creek walk for smallies, twin creek may be worth checking out. i dont know alot about Minnesota fishing but im going to assume the fishing is better where you are at. hope this helps

hey folks...heading to dale hollow with a few friends the first week of april. looking for any suggestions/tips this time of year as far as baits and locations etc.