Great Afternoon at Blackjack

Jul 13 2016

Andrew Schoonover

Fingerling

Member Since :
2016
Number of Posts :
86

I went out the afternoon of 7/12. I’m new to pond fishing, never fished Blackjack and my car said it was 100 degrees when I got there. Needless to say my expectations were extremely low.

Bottom line is that it was a blast. I showed up at 5pm and it was hot. Started throwing burnt orange senkos at the dam and within 5 minutes I had a nice one. I caught another 10 within 90 minutes the majority of which were over 3 with the largest being 4. I ran out of burnt orange so switched over to watermelon with chartreuse tail. They liked that better than the burnt orange. Ran out of those and the only thing I had left was a random 8” wal mart brand black worm with a pink tail. They hammered those. Lost what felt like a monster as he wrapped me around a log. ;(

Bite died at 7pm. Switched over to a frog and hit the grass between the dam and the pier and got another 3 or 4 (missed more than I landed) over the next hour. Finished with a topwater jointed minnow along the dam and got a couple more nice ones before dark.

Posted By: Andrew Schoonover

Jul 13 2016

William Fetech

Toad

Member Since :
2010
Number of Posts :
765

Andrew. The area by the dam with a senko has always been productive for me. Good to see you did well. Did you try the brush piles?

Bill Fetech

Jul 13 2016

John Shepard

Slot Fish

Member Since :
2015
Number of Posts :
182

Andrew,

Welcome to the group that fish BlackJack.  This location was also my introduction to Private Water Fishing late last year. It is a great location.  Frogs at dusk are often good also on the shore opposite the pier down around the dam.  How thick was the submerged grass near the dam and did you fish inside or outside?

John Shepard

Jul 13 2016

Andrew Schoonover

Fingerling

Member Since :
2016
Number of Posts :
86

Bill, John,

It was super windy out so I stayed on shore. I was going to jump in the boat if I didn't have any luck but since I was getting some bites I decided to stay with the shore. Given I didn't get the boat out I wasn't able to hit many brush piles. I hit the two just off the pier with no luck. John, I didn't go on the opposite side. There were a bunch of cows over there in the water which I assume would limit the bite. There wasn't a lot of submerged grass by the dam. Three or four spots and in each one of them I got a bit or landed one. The grass between the dam and the pier was tall so I was weaving the frog in between those and had some luck. Wish I had the boat to find more submerged grass as the frog was working. Next time around…

Jul 13 2016

William Fetech

Toad

Member Since :
2010
Number of Posts :
765

John and Andrew. Welcome to the greatest fishing club. I fish from a kayak so if either of you want to join me those properties that have a boat it will be available. 

Bill Fetech

Jul 14 2016

steve carpenter

Keeper

Member Since :
2015
Number of Posts :
402

I also am pretty close to blackjack and it is a good lake