Guest Andrea Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Okay, we've all done it. Tell me the most incredible length you've gone to to get to your favorite fishin spot?? For example, my favorite spot requires a 4-wheel drive jeep, with a canoe strapped on top. Then once we make there, we gotta drag that canoe filled with all our stuff thru some pretty thick stuff to the honey hole. No, we aren't trespassing. It's state land, but apparently no one fishes this place. Hmmmm, I wonder why??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiedog Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Re: Secret spot My favorite fishing spot is 200 yards behind my house. I have to walk or drive my truck or 4x4 mule down to the pavillion I've got built beside it. This pond has 10 lb+ channel cats in it. Not very many people know about it, and the few I have showed were amazed at the size of the fish in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Re: Secret spot I now have a place that I have to fast rope into, Thank God I still have a few friends in the Ok Nat Guard!!! This place is AMAZINg, a pond about 30yds across, 28ft deep, has some REALLY big channel cats in. Thankfully the owner doesn't have dogs!! PS, trey, if you ever hear a chopper in your backyard, don't worry, we'll just be doing flyovers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Re: Secret spot not one of my favorite spots, but a good spot, was my most extreme measure to get to it, would be out in colorado, me and a buddy took a 5 mile hike up mountain to get to a lake to fly fish, beautiful lake and scenery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Re: Secret spot Secret spot for me is just behind my house. Huge carp and catfish in there to catch and snapping turtles. If I cross that to the island I get into a hunting zone for duck/geese followed by access to the main river. On the river I have my secret spots, but I dare not mention or describe them because they are out in the open just overlooked a lot by people on the river that don't live around here. The other secret spot of mine was a restricted area to employees of the company only and my father worked for the company, so would take us as guests. After 9/11 they stopped allowing even workers to fish on their shores, but are talking about opening it back up again soon. Can't wait to get back out there fishing again used to get our fill of walleye in a few hours and that's where we caught our 2lb+ black crappie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Re: Secret spot My secret spot is a 2 1/2 mile rip across the lake at my grandma's. It produces walleye in the summer and whitefish in the winter. Last weekend we caught 32 whitefish on Friday and 51 on Saturday! In the summer I usually catch one or two 5-10lb walleye everytime I troll over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Re: Secret spot To be honest, all of my favorite fishing spots are private lakes. The only hard part is being able to launch a boat. One in particular requires a 4wd truck to launch a small, light boat with only a troll motor on it. Anything heavier and you can't pull it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Secret spot I've had to trek through some nasty mosquito infested Adirondack puckerbrush just to catch some native brookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Secret spot My secret spot requires months of planning, reservations for a week, about $1000, a 14 hour drive, and some one to split the bill!! Oh Canada!! LOTW's here I come!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Secret spot My favorite bass spots are right off the main roads. My brook trout spots are well off the beaten path, and can be a hastle to get to, but once your there hold on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Secret spot Hmm its not much of a secret any surf-fishing book about Marthas Vinyard will have it but not for the faint of heart. It starts with a mile hike down the beach under the low tide mark(property laws) then Its a wade 1/4 mile off the beach. There is a "L" shaped bar that comes off the beach before cutting to the east. You can only wade the bar out at extreme low tide, before it becomes to deep. Once out there on the east side the water is only shin deep at low and waist at high The best fishing is on the incoming tide. So you wade out prepared to be on the water for up to 6 hours. There is a deep hole on the inside of the "L" when water washes over it makes a real nice rip, Striper and Bluefish city. We normally fish it at night and tow a small dingy out to keep fish, food,life jackets, and flares. Used to keep the fish on a long line untill i had a shark pay visit drawn by the blood in the water. It used to Scare the crap out of me before GPS because the wade in is PITCH black and you needed a wading staff to know that you where walking(dont want to hit the hole) several guys have gone to the deep blue stepping off the bar and into the hole being careless. Cant fish it with a boat because there alot of big rocks around (seen several try with bad results) There is somthing about watching a glowing object as big as you swim between your legs, not knowing what is on the end of your line till the headlight beam hits it two feet in front of you, all 1/4 mile from shore that gives flyfishing a whole new look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Secret spot [ QUOTE ] Secret spot for me is just behind my house. Huge carp and catfish in there to catch and snapping turtles. If I cross that to the island I get into a hunting zone for duck/geese followed by access to the main river. On the river I have my secret spots, but I dare not mention or describe them because they are out in the open just overlooked a lot by people on the river that don't live around here. The other secret spot of mine was a restricted area to employees of the company only and my father worked for the company, so would take us as guests. After 9/11 they stopped allowing even workers to fish on their shores, but are talking about opening it back up again soon. Can't wait to get back out there fishing again used to get our fill of walleye in a few hours and that's where we caught our 2lb+ black crappie. [/ QUOTE ] Are you talking about lake erie? in that last part. just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Re: Secret spot I was fishing a bass tournament on the St Johns River near Palatka about 20 years ago. During practice, I located a concentration of bass in a small pool at the end of a canal. The only problem was the low hanging foot bridge that spanned the canal. My bass boat was about 4 inches too tall to fit under it. What I did was idle up to the bridge, then pull the drain plug (which I had inserted from the inside of the hull) and let the boat fill up with water. When it had taken on enough water to slip under the bridge, I reinserted the plug, lay down in the boat and moved it past the bridge into the pool. Once into the pool, I turned on my bilge pump and bilged out the excess water, then proceeded to fish the secluded spot. When I got ready to leave, I had to repeat the process of filling the boat up with water, moving under the bridge, and then pumping it back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Re: Secret spot [ QUOTE ] I was fishing a bass tournament on the St Johns River near Palatka about 20 years ago. During practice, I located a concentration of bass in a small pool at the end of a canal. The only problem was the low hanging foot bridge that spanned the canal. My bass boat was about 4 inches too tall to fit under it. What I did was idle up to the bridge, then pull the drain plug (which I had inserted from the inside of the hull) and let the boat fill up with water. When it had taken on enough water to slip under the bridge, I reinserted the plug, lay down in the boat and moved it past the bridge into the pool. Once into the pool, I turned on my bilge pump and bilged out the excess water, then proceeded to fish the secluded spot. When I got ready to leave, I had to repeat the process of filling the boat up with water, moving under the bridge, and then pumping it back out. [/ QUOTE ] think i remember seeing a guy on bassmasters do that same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Re: Secret spot [ QUOTE ] I was fishing a bass tournament on the St Johns River near Palatka about 20 years ago. During practice, I located a concentration of bass in a small pool at the end of a canal. The only problem was the low hanging foot bridge that spanned the canal. My bass boat was about 4 inches too tall to fit under it. What I did was idle up to the bridge, then pull the drain plug (which I had inserted from the inside of the hull) and let the boat fill up with water. When it had taken on enough water to slip under the bridge, I reinserted the plug, lay down in the boat and moved it past the bridge into the pool. Once into the pool, I turned on my bilge pump and bilged out the excess water, then proceeded to fish the secluded spot. When I got ready to leave, I had to repeat the process of filling the boat up with water, moving under the bridge, and then pumping it back out. [/ QUOTE ] Cool, how many did you catch outta there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Re: Secret spot [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Secret spot for me is just behind my house. Huge carp and catfish in there to catch and snapping turtles. If I cross that to the island I get into a hunting zone for duck/geese followed by access to the main river. On the river I have my secret spots, but I dare not mention or describe them because they are out in the open just overlooked a lot by people on the river that don't live around here. The other secret spot of mine was a restricted area to employees of the company only and my father worked for the company, so would take us as guests. After 9/11 they stopped allowing even workers to fish on their shores, but are talking about opening it back up again soon. Can't wait to get back out there fishing again used to get our fill of walleye in a few hours and that's where we caught our 2lb+ black crappie. [/ QUOTE ] Are you talking about lake erie? in that last part. just a thought. [/ QUOTE ] Nope this is on a part of the Susquehanna River. It's still able to be accessed, but very difficult to get to without permission to fish from the company bordering the spot on the river's shore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Re: Secret spot hmm...not sure I should admit this on a public forum...but I will anyway. While I was in college, we lived near a lake that was city owned and fishing was prohibited because the lake was a source of drinking water for the town. This lake had gone unfished for close to 20 years and was closely monitored by the park system. Long story short, we'd have one of our roommates drop us off after dark and we'd wade the shoreline and cast for bass, crappie and pike. Never really did that good for pike, but the bass and crappie fishing was so good, I can't even begin to describe it. Some of the fish I pulled from the lake were huge and I'm willing to bet the state record, pike, catfish, bluegill, bass and whatever else is swimming around in that body of water. Best night including 4 fish over 8 pounds...unheard of for my state. I also landed enormous crappie that might have been state records but I didn't want to get caught taking fish so a quick picture was all I have to show for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Re: Secret spot [ QUOTE ] think i remember seeing a guy on bassmasters do that same thing. [/ QUOTE ] Very possible. It's been done more than once. It was a Bassmasters tournament that I did it in, but there wasn't a camera boat around to record it, so it couldn't have been me they were talking about. Might have been Roland Martin, that's who I learned it from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Re: Secret spot I cant tell you its a secret!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest longknife Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Re: Secret spot to get to mine I start off the side of the road and walk the river up into a gorge on each side of the river it is about 150 feet staight up on rock cliffs,but some of the best trout fishing you can get,but you get copperheads and rattlers to deal with also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Re: Secret spot [ QUOTE ] I cant tell you its a secret!!! [/ QUOTE ] LOL...great answer Craig!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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