Reservation Number : 37308
Property Name : Cody Ranch Hart Lakes
Reservation Date : 09/16/2023 PM -
Total Fish/Sizes : 23
Lures Used : Plastics, swim baits, jigs, topwater

Fished upper Hart from 12:45 to 6:45, with an hour siesta. Mostly cloudy to sunny, high about 84, wind 2-10 N to NW. I appreciated getting a call from PWF that landowner reported that lake was overgrown with vegetation, and that I could switch if I wanted to. I got there and decided to push ahead. Lots of floating yellow heart (huge lily pad looking plant, non native and invasive), and a normal amount of weeds otherwise. But once I got the boat through the yellow heart, fishing was fine. Caught 23, a lot were similar size, 11-14”, a few smaller. 8 big enough to release, all pretty similar at 15-17”. None larger than about 2.5 lb. Good action on Texas rig brown/orange Mr Twister and brown weedless bass jig around timber; several fish on weightless purple worm on/just below surface in and among the pads. A few on shallow swim bait. No action on topwater lures. Probably should have stopped fishing that pond an hour or more sooner. Three hours or so and I had pretty much covered it all repeatedly, and fishing really slowed down. All in all, an excellent day!