Mount Storm Lake, WV

[everythingthatswims]

Got away from campus today with a friend and headed to a powerplant lake in the middle of no where on top of a mountain. Air temps were in the 30s all day, wind blowing 7-10mph, and for Mount Storm that is considered mild weather. It is located on the Allegheny Front and basically that means it is one of the windiest places east of the Mississippi. Most of the water we fished today was 50-53 degrees, 60-63 at the discharge from the plant. Almost all of the bass I caught were on a Vision 110 Junior. In the water that was in the low 50s, I was giving the bait a 5-10 second pause, and usually I could watch them swim up to the bait, and as soon as I gave it a rip when they did that, they ate it. We probably put between 30 and 40 bass in the boat today, none over 3lbs, but fun nonetheless. Brown fish in a lake is a strange thing for me, since the only ones where I am from live in rivers, pretty neat!

 

Not sure when I'll be able to get out and bass fish again, it may be a while!

 

[Jon S]

Nice fish! I'm somewhat local, and have been wanting to get up there for a while. Being in the middle of no where is a complete understatement lol. It's pretty wild up there, the wind blows so hard there that some trees only have leaves/branches on one side.

[jbw252]

Congrats on a nice outing.  WTG.

[Reel Guy]

Congrats! Nice fish! I live in Cumberland, MD, not too far from you. Need to come up there sometime!

[everythingthatswims]

14 hours ago, Jon S said:

Nice fish! I'm somewhat local, and have been wanting to get up there for a while. Being in the middle of no where is a complete understatement lol. It's pretty wild up there, the wind blows so hard there that some trees only have leaves/branches on one side.

There was still ice covering all the trees when we got there from the steam blowing off the lake at night. It is a wild place for sure, not for the faint of heart!