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Sep 01 2025

Marshall Hogue

Fry

Member Since :
2010
Number of Posts :
37

Reservation Number : 44425
Property Name : Sand Pit
Reservation Date : 08/29/2025 All Day -
Total Fish/Sizes : 26
Lures Used : Plastics

Wife and I fished 8/29 getting on the water around 7 am. Very challenging boat launch. Had to park at top hill and slide boat down to water and then carry everything down to boat. Took both of us to get it back up to truck. 
Started with topwaters and had couple good blowups. Laura switched to plastics and stared catching, I tried lots of other baits with no luck. Went around lake and all fish caught away from the banks. Ended day trolling middle and Laura caught 3 nice ones on crank bait. Shallowest water found was 9’ and most areas were 15’ to 25’. 
Tried posting on Friday with pictures but would not download and go thru. Caught 26+ with a couple of 3#’s and all faught good. 

Sep 01 2025

John Freeman

Keeper

Member Since :
2020
Number of Posts :
315

Great day!  An idea for you. I always carry a good length of rope to assist with Just what you had issue with. Easy to slide boat down a hill. Between rope n vehicle makes it easy. Had to do that at Willow Lake last year. 

Sep 01 2025

Marshall Hogue

Fry

Member Since :
2010
Number of Posts :
37

Originaly Posted By John Freeman

Great day!  An idea for you. I always carry a good length of rope to assist with Just what you had issue with. Easy to slide boat down a hill. Between rope n vehicle makes it easy. Had to do that at Willow Lake last year. 

John, 

I was going to pull boat up with rope and truck but wife just told me to grab the rope and pull. Wasn't that hard with 2 people but by myself would have to use truck to pull up. I was on the level part of top and still had no traction.
Next time we go out there I will concentrate on trolling deep diving cranks. Found some from the 90’s in my stuff and put new hooks on. I will also spend a lot of time using the old Carolina rigs, found some 1 oz weights and already have them rigged up. Lake is pretty cool and when we came across trolling, the bottom of the lake was covered in fish on my depth finder. 
we are wanting to get back out there when it cools and fish come up out of the deep water. There are probably some big fish in there. Laura also caught a snakehead that was around 24” long and gave her a great fight. She thought she had a huge bass. 

Sep 02 2025

Dale Stagg

Slot Fish

Member Since :
2021
Number of Posts :
130

Originaly Posted By Marshall Hogue

John, 

I was going to pull boat up with rope and truck but wife just told me to grab the rope and pull. Wasn't that hard with 2 people but by myself would have to use truck to pull up. I was on the level part of top and still had no traction.
Next time we go out there I will concentrate on trolling deep diving cranks. Found some from the 90’s in my stuff and put new hooks on. I will also spend a lot of time using the old Carolina rigs, found some 1 oz weights and already have them rigged up. Lake is pretty cool and when we came across trolling, the bottom of the lake was covered in fish on my depth finder. 
we are wanting to get back out there when it cools and fish come up out of the deep water. There are probably some big fish in there. Laura also caught a snakehead that was around 24” long and gave her a great fight. She thought she had a huge bass. 

So is the launch area soft sand or mud? I do have 4 wheen drive if sandy but wondering. I have a bit of trouble dragging my kayak but I do have wheels for the kayak but maybe if too soft sand, that would not work?