Reservation Number : 39915
Property Name : Salt Lick Lake
Reservation Date : 05/25/2024 All Day - 05/25/2024 All Day
Total Fish/Sizes : 31
Lures Used : Many lures

Big fan of the afternoon bite at Salt Lick and was not disappointed.   Got on the water a little after noon and ended up with 31 for the day, some 3 pounders, 2 over 4, 10 were culled and lost more fish than I wish to admit.  (Seriously, I lost a bunch and its still bugging me.)  Caught fish on a variety of things including soft plastics, football jig, underspin, and drop shot, and fish were caught anywhere from 2ft to 18ft.   Most of the fish were caught on a TRIG and bigger fish caught on the jig.   I haven’t caught any of those monster crappie in my last 3 or 4 trips and not sure if anyone else still catches them.  They are a blast and always a nice surprise when you haul in a 2 pounder.

Water clarity is around 2 ½ feet and water level, which made it easy to launch the kayak, is the highest I have ever seen and took me a couple minutes to get my bearings straight as some landmarks that I use as waypoints are 3 feet under water.   I kind of like the water level and now able to cast into some areas that otherwise have been too shallow, slimy or weedy.  

Got to connect with Eric and always enjoy catching up with him.  He has been dumping large amounts of forage in Salt and Long, and Ryan reported in his reports a total of 60k shad were stocked within the month.   The bass at Salt have always looked (and fought) healthy and gonna be interesting to see them chunk up.