scarlet oak 7-16

[johnnyc08]

hit scarlet oak at around 6:45am put on a 1/2 oz halloween colored rat, 2nd cast musta threw it right in his mouth cuz as soon as it hit the water he hit it and took off. put up a decent fight...because of the angle of the pic it doesnt show it too well but its a lil bigger than the one from spring lake a few weeks ago...caught nothing else after within my 2 1/2 hours there

[dboyd101]

nice work johnny - i'm surprised you even put that together for your total catch - place is usually dead for me -

-dboyd

[johnnyc08]

thanks, its been dead for me too, other than a nice sized hoover i caught in january on the PO by the other lower lake you reach by the baseball field upstream a bit and the one my wife caught on the PO by where you cross it to get to scarlet oak this is the only other thing ive caught there...there was another guy there as i was leaving that said he caught a pretty good crappie but other than that, nothing...its a nice quiet place to go but the fishing kinda sucks

[catfishonthelake]

You're becoming a real bassmaster John. And yeah Dboyd, that place gets HAMMERED. I've had some decent days on there though with some nice fish. There's some biguns hangin in those weedbeds in the middle. Try T-rigging a worm and sailing it out there.

[johnnyc08]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

You're becoming a real bassmaster John. And yeah Dboyd, that place gets HAMMERED. I've had some decent days on there though with some nice fish. There's some biguns hangin in those weedbeds in the middle. Try T-rigging a worm and sailing it out there.

HA bassmaster my a$$ lol, i wish! and mike A told me awhile back to go up the hill to mcmillons (or however its spelled) cuz that doesnt get his as much as scarlet...my knees just cant handle that 25 minute hike...maybe next time ill try the pond just east of scarlet oak...dont know whats in there but theres gotta be something with the PO feeding it...maybe ill try for carp there with a rod while working a lure with the other

[dboyd101]

Have seen great bass action at MacMillian (spelling too?) on two tone silver bottom black top worms... plastics have always done a good job for me up there. It can be a tough walk at times, but it's worth it and are plenty of spots to give the knees a break if that really worries you. Lots of families and dogs make it up there so I would say it's not too too rough, if you know what I mean.

[johnnyc08]

Originally Posted by dboyd101

Have seen great bass action at MacMillian (spelling too?) on two tone silver bottom black top worms... plastics have always done a good job for me up there. It can be a tough walk at times, but it's worth it and are plenty of spots to give the knees a break if that really worries you. Lots of families and dogs make it up there so I would say it's not too too rough, if you know what I mean.

gonna head up the hill tomorrow AM, leaving my place at 5 so i can get up there at sunrise (when it opens) bringing my rats and some 4" green w/black flake and 5" watermelon/cream senkos and gonna try and land something (gonna bring some nightcrawlers and sweet corn thats been soaking in vanilla extract for a week if i wanna take a break from lures and let stuff soak)...taking a few excedrine before i leave so the knees dont feel it so much while going up (35 YO and bad knees, go figure) will post when i get home