ni reservoir or huntin run, anyone fish them????

[endless]

so far im set to head out tomorrow just hooked up the new depth finder and put a new valve cover gasket on. so hopefully does alright. just got me one those fishing carrying bags from walmart a lil small one and put all my plastics in there to free up space in tackle box. sad part ill be getting up early and wont be going to bed till late got that carano vs cyborg fight to watch.  

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it went today and got there a lil late some dummy not giving no name (me) crossed my spark plug wires on truck and couldnt get it out this morning till switch them back. sadly though my gasket aint fixed got to put another one on. sucks but to fishing. i would say got on water bout 7 7:30. i tried wacky for awhile senko and finesse. i think my hook was to big for the fiesses but did manage to catch 2 lil guys of the 5" green pumpkin senko. i caught 2 other lil guys off the 7" anaconda watermelon red. and 1 off the ragetail craw. the biggest was a pound. the rest a foot and 1 8". but my catch of the day was cat that i caught on a spinner so thats a first for me. i did everthing i could to figure out my depth finder. i think the only with it is the fishes arches dont show. but im learning to make things out like grass to rocks to solid ground. but man some of the grass near the shore the finder cant see through it at all but that stuf is very thick and got my tolling motor caught a few times. i did have a few good hits in the bushes like you said wayne. i had one hit my 7 inch sticko but couldnt hook him. he felt decent. but the worst was i had one set on my crawfish jig with a chigger craw. got him to the boat went to get him and gone. got off right there. he felt and look at least 2 pounds. i tried over by the rocks near the d**n. that water is very deep there 60 feet but i stayed in the 10 to 20 feet range. i throw some cranks too but nothing took. but all in all that was my day had a good time so im happy.yea wayne your a good ol regular there i was talking to the old man inside about you. everyone there seem nice too they ride and by and ask how you day going and one guy tried to help me set my depth finder. i just learn to stay out the grass man it comes up on you fast next you know your stuck in it.so if anyone else goes there at stay from the shore bout ten feet in spots and there is some spots you wouldnt think and next you know wrapped up. i want to get on other side of the road he said thats about ten acres but theres no access to it besides road and i guess not allowed. but i will go back alot of bass stories there about 5 pounder and citations. i was talking to guy inside. he was telling me about ni to. i think thats where he caught his 5 pound pickerel. i think he said other was 3 pounds. so i will eventually try there too. hey newangler did you ever go? if not where you round up at and how it go??

oh only thing i dont like about the place is the parking but the place makes up for it in many ways so.

[Wayne P.]

That gently sloping ramp is a challenge too.

Here is a screen shot of the weed and brush edge where most of the fish are holding. It is about where last year's shoreline was.

[basskiller]

is there any hot spots u can direct me to..hope n to get up to huntin run in a week or 2..thanks in advance!!

[Wayne P.]

basskiller, the whole lake is a hot spot. Just stay off the shore and fish the outside weed edge. There are so many bass in the lake that just about everywhere some can be caught IF you fish the right pattern with the right presentation.

[basskiller]

thank ya, lookin at it from sattelite, wonderin about the area with the standing timber with the creek comin in, it looks pretty awsome!its on a cove to the east or right from the boat landing, can't wait to fish i've heard so much about this resevoir. i'm pretty close to u wayne p. i live in good ol waynesboro. woohoo. but for sure enjoy bassin all over the state when possible. any body had any luck with deep divin cranks?

[Wayne P.]

You must be looking at a lower water level satellite picture where bushes are sticking out above the surface in the middle of the cove and elsewhere. There isn't any standing timber in the lake, only on the shore. All the islands on the satellite pictures I have seen are now submerged with some just having bushes above the surface.

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basskiller i just fished there over the weekend for my second time  and nailed me a four pounder. if needing any advice wayne is the man to ask he help me out there. told me wacky and thats what i did.  i was though using my 5 inch green pumpkin senko. the only downfall i had for the day is not having enough to last. my finesse was to light for my pole and so was 4 inch senkos. my 7 inch sticko they didnt want. and for some dumb reason i dont know why i just didnt switch rods and go to my spinner for a finesse wacky now to come think about it. but just like wayne says weed edge thats how i got mine.

[basskiller]

must have reached full pool, nice fish endless will go by waynes advice thanks for all the help guys and  i hope to see more info, that water looks awaome!

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heres more of the lake

[Wayne P.]

If you notice the shoreline in the background from last year, all the weeds and bushes are now mostly submerged.

[Wayne P.]

There are a lot is this type cover now submerged:

[Wayne P.]

This pile is one of the best and is about 9' below the surface now.

[Dan:]

I must have motored right over that thing. Would have never known it was there.

Wayne, would you say the fishing is better when it is high or low?

[Wayne P.]

Dan, the catching was better for me last year once I figured out the best pattern. I caught 1,989 bass there last year. It has taken me a few months to adapt to the higher water level, but after the submerged vegetation got to about the same stage as last year in about the same water depths, it's quite easy again. I don't even try to catch fish out of the visible submerged bushes and briars. Right now they are too shallow.

I also fished it a few times after it opened for fishing in Oct. 2007 when the water level was even lower than last year. My first two trips there produced a total of 321 bass.

Endless, that shot of the dam you took if taken last year would show an island that is now a hump at around 10'. In this picture, a boat is fishing the island shore.

[endless]

nice pics wayne. yea i never knew about the island. i been near the d**n but not in the direction of island i was more to the right. is the water really 60 ft deep there at the d**n? i tried fishing near the rocks on the left of d**n too but just few small guys. do they allow you to access the 10 acre section across the road? my brother says he was told you can and i was told theres no access to it??  nice bass too in one pic.

[Wayne P.]

endless, yep the water is about 60' deep.

As far as I know, only one person not living on that section has permission to fish it. He got special permission from the county. There is no public access and probably won't be. I got that info from the guy that works at the boat rental.

I think that bass is about 5#. I have caught larger ones and on one of those days, my best 5 bass weighed 30 pounds and 11 ounces. There used to be pictures of them on the wall in the rental house.

[Punkinseedfyretailz]

the boat house guy (the older fellow) told me if you can get to it than you can fish it.  either way that side doesn't offer much, i'd imagine its not overly deep, or nearly as fun to fish.  the fish are trapped in there so it would be like fishing a regular private pond i would think, toss anything out and catch a fish...  that makes for a bitter sweet day, but anyways the best way to approach any new fishing hole in my opinion is to look at a satellite image of the place, find yourself a creek channel and hit it hard.