stevecastle

I believe you can use trolling motors but no outboards. I would check with the parks website though to be sure. My son and i are in the process of picking up a pair of float tubes to fish out of. Boats are not in my budget at the moment.

Went down to Royal today at 11-30am for about 45 mins in between jobs. Caught 4 bass each around 1-2 lbs and my son caught one also.We were using Berkeley minnows with the fork tail. First time at Royal, that's a nice lake. Gonna try it again but not during the middle of the day. Tooooo hot! We are going to Huntsman early Sunday, aiming for 5:30 to catch the topwater bite. I picked up a koppers livetarget bluegill crankbait to try at Huntsman. Also, my son picked up a bass pro shops mini zr9 hard swimbait which he modified himself. He was trying it in the bathtub and noticed it wasn't moving properly. So he removed the rear hook and split ring and now it swims perfectly. I'll let you know how we get on at Huntsman on sunday.

Pretty lousy morning. Muddy water much higher than before and very few bites. I got 2 little ones on a Rebel pop-r. Hopefully it will be better next weekend. Isn't it it supposed to slow the bite after a front goes thru?

I'll be down there tomorrow also. It'll be muddy and full with all the rain! Steve.

I was on the point rounding into the cove on the far side of the dam. Steve.

Went to Huntsman on Monday morning at 6.30am. Picked up 3 smallish bass on the far side of the dam and 1 really nice 3 lb ish bass at the inlet. I don't carry a scale but it was 19-20" long and nice and fat. All were caught using a Texas rigged berkely power worm. I'm thinking of trying Burke lake from the bank but am not sure if the fishing is deep now due to the temp. Cheers Steve. Ps. Wish the livebait crowd would stop leaving their trash everywhere. Itook a bag of trash with me as well.

I'm with you on the bank fishing. I've just started fishing around here recently and finding somewhere to fish from the bank that is productive is proving difficult. I took up fishing to spend some quality time with my 14 year old son and he loves it, so i need ti find some decent places to take him.

That was me getting skunked! Thanks for the tip. I'm pretty new to fishing and am trying learn as quickly as possible. Has anyone fished the pond next to the Home Depot or the pond off of Palisades Pkwy? This is a great forum for learning where to go and what to throw.