Reservation Number : 22114
Property Name : Bennett Lake
Reservation Date : 09/15/2019 PM -
Total Fish/Sizes : 24 bass / 10 harvested
Lures Used : wacky worms & crankbaits

Ron Dupree and I fished Bennett Lake on Sunday afternoon from 12:30 - 5:30.  Based on our previous trip and a subsequent report, we expected to see some schooling bass but they never materialized.  In fact, we couldn't find the fish on our usual "middle of the lake" spots and caught all of our fish pounding the bank.  We landed 24 bass from 8" - 19"  (10 harvested) but they were unusually picky as to the lure.  20 of the 24 came on very lightly weighted wacky worms.  Fairly slow and no bigger bass but still a fun afternoon.

We witnessed one of the inherent dangers of fishing in lakes with dead standing timber.  Bennett Lake has a number of dead trees on land near the shoreline (some killed by beavers and others dead of unknown cause) and some that have previously fallen into the water are prime casting targets.  We heard a sharp crack and saw a 25 foot tall dead tree about 100 yards away falling into the lake.  It broke into several pieces on the way down.  There was no real wind (barely a breeze) and no warning.  It could have been an ugly scene if a boat had happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.