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I e-mailed the dnr and will let you know what they say when I get a reply. grin.gif

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tried the "bass ponds" this afternoon for the first time. took a wrong turn or two around the hiking paths which led me through marshes but nowhere near fishable water. after walking for about a mile or two finally came upon some water. it was the first lake towards 77 with the culvert and extremely murky water. lots of action in the water and after a half hour fishing or so realized i was casting at carp and common/golden shiners. next lake over (the one with the dnr "fin" sign) had the wooden fishing structure. water was clear with a pretty impressive drop off. i walked the entire shore of the 2-3 acre pond catching 2 pike (23 and 25") and lost a lure to the teeth of another. the next pond down the line is the one that's viewable from hwy 77 and is directly down a hill from the road. tired from circling the last lake i only covered a hundred or so feet of shoreline on this lake without a bite. walking back to the parking lot on my right was long meadow lake (or something like that) which IS a dnr protected body of water and despite the amazing looking shoreline near the inlet from of the ponds you are told not to even go down the hill to access the lake by numerous signs. i did run into 2 dnr officers (so have your licenses ready) while i was there both were completely fine with me fishing, in fact were curious how i was doing as they get varied reports from people. if you're into non-game fish (carp, shiners, other roughfish) i'd recommend the first pond as it was teeming with life. the second seemed to be a good fishing spot, but a little to overgrown this time of year.

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I got some stuff in the mail last week, but I just haven't had the time to read it yet. frown.gif

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shiners ranged from 4-8"...lots of them too. i snagged one and caught another on a small crappie grub. flies would probably work because they were popping at the surface

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