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yes and its by far the best way to fish that place....

place is over fished for sure....

theres a bunch bedding in my local hood pond, must be the week of the bluegill

yea! thats why we went...but that place just seems so over fished...

cool crucial it is! thanks for the input.

so superspook and i went out yesterday morning to Lake Frederick. Got there at 6 and noticed that the bait shop didnt open till 8 so we couldnt rent a boat so we worked the shore to the left and around to the first cove until 8 had 1 bite in 2 hours. After we got our boat we flipped brush hogs in the 14ft tall grass they have everywhere and only managed to pull 1 2lber out of there. we must have tried everything from cranks, jerks, different plastics, spinners, jigs, shakey heads, sinkos wacky rigged and only pull that 1 fish from 6am to 130pm. this lake is by far the hardest lake ive ever fished and there were a crap ton of boats in the water...and lots and lots of tall grass probably wont go there again until the water is much warmer and in the middle of the week when billy bob and his 20 cousins dont have there boats in the water. Anyone else having any luck at this lake this year? or is it a lost cause?

nice, what about the G Loomis GL2 series? would both rods be about the same? both are $130-$155 range...

just to keep it simple i'm looking at the Sahara Spinning 4000FB Reel and looking to spend up to $150 for a Rod, basically looking for an all purpose rod for pretty much everything and just trying to upgrade from my current set up. Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Same, i'm boatless but down to night fish whenever...

I haven't been on this forum very long or in the online bass community very long but this argument is going to be never ending, there are two sides to it and some people like to share locations and some people don't it is what it is, accept it and move on. I for one have no problem giving reports of where i'm going or have been, i'm moving to Denver in two months and i've been trying to hit up every possible spot i can up until i move so everyone's reports and info have helped me a ton and i thank you. thats exactly why i gave a report of beaver dam my very first post to help out and give basic info about a location in our area. if someone does not want to share a spot with me i could care less i have google. If anyone wants to go fishing over the next 7 weeks PM me. only places ive gone are Mercer, Braddock, Beaver dam, Ashburn Village, Huntsman and Burke lake and im trying to hit up some more spots before i head out to paradise =)

Hey paul Superspook and i were out there saturday morning fishing the north side/dam, was that you with someone else in the green kayak? spook caught 2 with a sinko over the covered reeds/grass in that north east cove right around 620am after that we had 0 luck...i think it will be nice if the water stays up and the grass starts growing in the coves...

they just look nasty...bet they do taste good though...my old manager used to have two and they used to knock cinder blocks off the top of the aquarium top and jump out and go all over his house

mercer has been beat up by everyone the past 3 weeks, gotta be another spot to go to...

pooring rain anyway

haha nice...yea my friend and i got there at 7 fished till 10 no luck..sucks i think they fed heavy last night or something...saw a crapton of turtles though...looks like a nice healthy population...might start turtle hunting

did horrible today, didnt catch a thing made our way around most of mercer then ended up deep in the woods hiking for 30minutes to get back around the lake on the bike trail...never doing that again lol...went to huntsman for an hour and didnt catch anything there either....first time ive been skunked this season....

ok cool thanks for the heads up

we will be out there at 630am to about noonish...hopefully catch something decent!! oh yea caught this fatty in my neighborhood pond on a white/red bleeding buzz bait...fight catch there this year...anyone know what the gunk coming out of its butt is?

i know my friend and i will be out Friday afternoon and first thing Saturday morning i just don't know if we are going to be hitting up the reservoir or going to woodglen/Braddock/royal/huntsman/mercer...ill know today im sure

which side of the stumps were you fishing? i parked in a court off of huntsman blvd and walked down the path and the lake is to the right i didnt make it across to the other side kinda stuck it out there and walked down to that small cove before the bridge in the woods. looks like the sun disapears over the other side of the lake around 530 gonna try that side next time i go...also what are they biting? i caught mine on a shad colored crank decided to switch it up to a spinner and jig didnt catch anthing else

in the spring time there are so many people running/walking around that place i really do not think they mind...you can also go to http://www.pacemakerfishing.com/ and go to the forum maybe get one of them to go out with you one day

theres a lake behind a community center near the resevoir that ive been to, google map it, there are some decent size fish in it

no, public... No, I just checked to make sure. Only residents of Ashburn Village and their guests are allowed to fish there and the resident has to be there with you and has to have a fishing license and recreation ID card from Ashburn Village. oh..well ive been going there for 3 years no problems soo....

i hit up mercer today caught like a 10oz lmb thats about it lost 2 cranks in the stumps =(

yea thats the best place to drop it but you have to carry it to the water, if you have a dolly that works best, thats where we drop my friends boat....