Wye Mills Lake

[Mark]

A subset of the OGWLF crowd will be heading to Wye Mills Lake tomorrow, 23 April.

http://dnr2.maryland.gov/fisheries/P.../wyemills.aspx

We’ll be launching between 0800 and 0830.

Please join us if you can.

[Mark]

We knew the winds on the Bay would be prohibitive today so Hugo, J. Rentch, Raptor and I visited Wye Mills Lake.

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We had the entire 50 acres to ourselves, except for these turtles. It seemed like every log was a turtle perch.

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Only the strong wind gusts prevented us from effectively fishing the entire lake. But each of us caught fish and I suspect altogether we boated between 35 and 40 fish. They included LM Bass, Crappie and a single Bluegill.

I was low man with 3 bass, 3 crappies, and 1 bluegill. The other guys had double digit catches or close to it.

It was pretty clear that the bass and bluegills had not yet ventured to the shallow end of the lake to spawn where it flattens out to 1 to 2 feet. I worked it hard with these surface flies but couldn’t get anything to rise.

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Most of the fish we caught were hanging near the shoreline and close to 4 and 5 feet of water. Each of these worked for me:

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Hugo got this real nice crappie:

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I got this bass on my last cast of the day near the launch.

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So if you want some pullage a windy day but don’t want to chance getting swamped by whitecaps on the Bay, give the Eastern Shore ponds a try. I think after a few warm days they will be ready for top action.

[J. Rentch]

I want to echo Mark's comments, really nice place for some freshwater pullage. Heard a Bald Eagle in one of the coves. A pleasant trip,from Annapolis

[J.A. Veil]

Great work fellows -- you all had a productive day. I stopped there a few weeks ago after getting skunked at Tuckahoe Creek and Tuckahoe Lake. I caught one small bass to keep the skunk away that day.

[sparky1423]

Thanks for the report, looks like a beautiful pond! That's a nice bass and a good way to end the day.

[Raptor]

We knew the winds on the Bay would be prohibitive today so Hugo, J. Rentch, Raptor and I visited Wye Mills Lake.

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We had the entire 50 acres to ourselves, except for these turtles. It seemed like every log was a turtle perch.

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Only the strong wind gusts prevented us from effectively fishing the entire lake. But each of us caught fish and I suspect altogether we boated between 35 and 40 fish. They included LM Bass, Crappie and a single Bluegill.

I was low man with 3 bass, 3 crappies, and 1 bluegill. The other guys had double digit catches or close to it.

It was pretty clear that the bass and bluegills had not yet ventured to the shallow end of the lake to spawn where it flattens out to 1 to 2 feet. I worked it hard with these surface flies but couldn’t get anything to rise.

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Most of the fish we caught were hanging near the shoreline and close to 4 and 5 feet of water. Each of these worked for me:

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Hugo got this real nice crappie:

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I got this bass on my last cast of the day near the launch.

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So if you want some pullage a windy day but don’t want to chance getting swamped by whitecaps on the Bay, give the Eastern Shore ponds a try. I think after a few warm days they will be ready for top action.

Mark,

Thanks I had a ball as usual. Pretty much used up the whole day - as you said "time flies when you are having fun."

T.

[Mark]

Terry,

Kudos to Bignose too. Even though he wasn't there his spinners fed you a steady stream of bass.

[kdkilbo]

Does big nose make his own spinners

[Raptor]

Does big nose make his own spinners

Kdkilbo,

He does - and they are awesome. You can catch most anything on them . . . but they are especially good for perch. If there is a perch within 100 yards he'll nail it. That's only a slight exaggeration. Stu felt sorry for me as I was whining that John Veil was giving me a fishing clinic one day that we were perch fishing. He sent me a few of his little gems. Nice - very nice. I can almost keep up now! I think they were effective in the pond because the water is stained tea color from the Cypress trees, I believe the thumping spinner really attracts the fish that would ordinarily not be aware because they can't see very far in the stained water - just my theory.

T.

[kdkilbo]

How can I contact big nose

[Raptor]

Send him a private message on Snaggedline.

[kdkilbo]

His name on here is bignose or big nose

[Raptor]

Kdkilbo,

bignose one word. His real name His real name is Stu. Super nice guy, but very, very busy. Hopefully, he has time to make a few spinners to sell you - they really are gems. They are similar to Woody's spinners, if you are familiar with them, except he doesn't use feathers. I think Stu's spinners hold up a little better and frankly I think they work a little better too. He usually has a table at the January flea market. Chartreuse is the color of choice for me.


T.