Coon Lake

[bassmaster87]

anybody done any bass fishin on coon lake yet? any advice on what the fish are doing?

[Nilsfisher]

Fished Coon lake yesterday on the lower lake. fished the pads west of the landing and had some good luck there for Bass. Also fished the pads on the far west end and had pretty good luck there also.

watch out for inconsiderate boaters getting really close to you thinking they own the lake. I didn't try the eastern part of the lake. I'll try that next time.

[Surreal Deal]

I've spent most of my life fishing up north where the water was always a little bigger, the other boats fewer and everybody seemed courteous & focused on having a good time without ruining it for others. I fished Coon lake with my five-year old son on Saturday and all I can say is - Wow.

I was in the east end, where we encountered multiple jet skiers and tubers who didn't think twice about buzzing my boat, even when there was plenty of space to give a wide berth. These didn't seem like mean spirited or evil people, but rather individuals who were just oblivious to how rude they were being. Probably never had a dad to take them fishing.

Oh and here's a hint to the drunken party bargers cruising with mommy and daddy's pontoon: your loud profanity-laced ramblings travel farther across the water than your intoxicated minds probably realize. In addition to learning how to catch bluegills, my five year old was exposed to some new vocabulary that honestly I was hoping to keep out of his ears until he was a little older. So try keeping it down, for pete's sake!

It will not surprise me at all to tune into my local news some night and find a feature on the growing number of cases of 'boat rage.' The more people that you get out on the water with no self-control or regard for others, the more likely you are to have incidents.

(End rant)

My son had a great time, had to be dragged kicking and screaming off the lake when it was time to go, so I had that going for me. He is already excited about going again. But I don't think we'll be going back to Coon.

[fishnhuntnboy]

surreal its glad to know that your son had a blast and wanted to throw a fit because daddy wanted to leave. LOL

Sorry to hear about your experiance on coon. If you went on the weekend thats why it was so bad. That lake gets so many recreation boaters on the weekend that it is rediculous. Coon is a great lake but my segestion would be go on a weekday and you'll be fine. Ive learned to stay away from that lake on the weekend because of what you ran into. The pontooners are real bad there and the jet skiers are tearable.

Good luck to ya and have fun.

[mattash2225]

I fished bass and northern there a few weeks ago. I think we fished the north part and it was crickets. We saw a guy drag in a big northern, but we didn't see much of anything. It was REALLY windy, so I kept my little boat close to the launch!

[Surreal Deal]

He was way more interested in the crawlers than he was in the sunnies. He insisted on showing them to his mortified mother when we got home. I don't think she's noticed yet that I stowed 'em in the fridge...

Coon looks like it would be a good lake for bass & northerns, based on the abundance of itty-bitty bluegills swimming around. I didn't get much fishing in myself as I was pretty busy keeping my son in business. The action was hot and heavy, which was exactly what the doctor ordered for my boy's first outing. So mission accomplished.

There was one pontoon out there completely decked out like a pirate ship, complete with masts, a crow's nest and of course a plank to walk. I guess if you're going to do the party barge thing, go all the way. For what it's worth they seemed to be the easiest going bunch out there. It was those tubers that really chaffed me.

[mattash2225]

Funny. I stopped going fishing anywhere on the weekends. Weekdays for me!

[fishnhuntnboy]

Yeah there are two pirate ships out there and there is a hawaiian looking boat out there. They look pretty cool and someone has got a great personality.

[Surreal Deal]

Here is my son and his first fish:

Here's that Pirate ship, in close proximity to a fishing boat:

(Maybe they were going to board it...)

[mattash2225]

I'm heading out to Coon tomorrow morning. Any recent reports or advice? I'll try to report when I return, but I've only been there once and I struck out due to a crazy wind...

[mattash2225]

Seriously, Coon Lake hates me. I've been out there twice, and twice my motor refused to start the minute it hit the water. I ran it on Crooked the entire night before with no trouble! Grrr... Needless to say, it's back in the shop AGAIN!

Anyway, I took the trolling motor and trolled the shoreline weeds with topwater frog baits (something I've never really done) and I hooked up with a few decent largemouth! I've never caught a fish on a topwater, so that was really a lot of fun. Maybe I'll go back the next time I've got some spare cash laying around for motor repair!