Apr 05 2024
Brylan Madderra
Fry
Reservation Number : 39402
Property Name : Willow Lake
Reservation Date : 04/05/2024 AM -
Total Fish/Sizes : 24
Lures Used : Soft plastics, wacky rigged. Chatterbait green trailer. Flukes, baby brush hog, squarebill
Decided to let my daughter play hooky from school so she can get some real world learning in. Best unexcused absence ever, as we had a great fishing day.
Arrived at Willow Lake around 9 am and the weather was perfect. Just enough wind to keep us cool. The lake is low compared to the pics but no problem getting on the water with my Pelican Bass Raider. I do not use a trailer, btw. There is thick moss pretty consistently 6+ foot off all banks. But they hit right outside that. We could see them dart out of the moss and blow up lures. Awesome stuff!
We found best success on worms, weightless, wacky rigged and tied on weedless hooks.. Primarily watermelon red and green colors. ,just let those badboys float right on down that moss line. But we also landed them on baby brush hogs and chatterbaits deeper. I honestly think they would have bit anything we threw.
The size was pretty consistently. 2.5+ lbs, with about eight if them. 3lb+ never got one bigger than 4 LB. Only had to cull 5.
This is a great lake to take a beginner angler, small lake and ton of bites and action to get them juiced about fishing. Mission accomplished.
Apr 05 2024
John Freeman
Keeper
Member Since :
2020
Number of Posts :
250
That lake see very little pressure. I live an hour away and haven't made it there yet, yet. Might go in May. Seems to have some nice willing fish.