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Decent Bass At Oakthorpe

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

My fishing partner Joe and I went to Oakthorpe Thursday, July 1 and I was lucky enough to catch a 4 pound 13 ounce Largemouth. Sure looks skinny in the picture that Joe took, it was actually a chunky fish.

I caught it on a green and white Scum Frog and it was the only fish we caught. Notice the eye wound, must have got hooked before or something.

Joe being the good sport he is…first complained that I waited to long to set the hook, even though you are suppose to wait until you feel the fish, I caught the bass Joe! Then he said it was blemished because of the eye. Um Joe, how was the eye on the one you caught? NOT! Little bit of jealousy huh Joe?

Oakthorpe bass

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Oakthorpe slow lately

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Joe and I went to Oakthorpe Thursday and never caught a fish! We didn’t even have a good strike let alone a bass. It has been pretty slow lately, my friend Larry who usually slaughters them hasn’t done real well either there.

Joe went again today and never caught a fish again.

Hopefully things will pick up.

I do know the Division of Watercraft are watching this lake and looking for people who run their outboards since it is a trolling motor only lake. I hope they catch them!

Oakthorpe Reservoir in Ohio being Patrolled!

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Every time I go to Oakthorpe Reservoir there are idiots who are running their outboard motors even though it is a trolling motor only lake. So, I politely tell them it is a trolling motor only lake and then they get upset and tell me it isn’t even though all they have to do is go to the ODNR website and see that it is….the very first sentence says trolling motor only lake.

The good news about all this is that I talked to a Division Of Watercraft Officer and he assured me Oakthorpe was going to be patrolled for people who run their outboards……..woohoo, that is good news! Thanks!

Oakthorpe is a very small lake only 46 acres and why people think they need to run their outboards there I will never know.

Big Bass Caught By a Great Fisherman

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

I have talked about a great fisherman in my previous post named Larry lsali, the more I get to know Larry, the more I am impressed with his bass fishing.

Larry is a bass fishing fool, he’s willing to pay the price to catch monster bass any time of year. When it gets too cold for most of us to fish, Larry is still out there freezing and weathering the cold to catch bass.

December 1, 2009, who fishes in December with the snow flurries, cold wind and etc., Larry does. Larry is willing to pay the price to catch big bass, not something a lot of us are willing to do…I’m not for sure!

Larry and his jig has outstanding success. I have seen Larry work his jig and he is a master at it. He fishes a little lake that I call home and he has caught more big bass from this lake recently than anyone I know. Why? Persistence! He is willing to fish when other people don’t or don’t want to.

Here’s Larry on a cold winter day, breeze blowing with a chill factor and he’s catching fish….not only bass but big bass! He caught 5 bass in about 4 hours and the biggest one was a monster at 7 1/2 pounds.

Larry lsali and his 7 1/2 pound bass.

Larry lsali and his 7 1/2 pound bass.

I tease Larry a lot about coming to my little lake and catching all the big bass he does but in reality all I can say is good job Larry! You deserve those big bass you catch and are an inspiration to us all.

To read more about Larry and his fishing trip just go to:
http://fishtalkfishingreports.yuku.com/topic/6457?page=1

It Takes All Kind

Friday, July 10th, 2009

I went to Oakthorpe this morning to fish awhile and put my little boat in and seen another boat waiting to launch. I had already launched my boat but just had to move the truck. Two guys came over and we had a pleasant “Hellos” to one another. I went ahead and started fishing.

The next thing I knew I hear this outboard motor fire up and I just thought they were taking their boat off the trailer but seen that wasn’t their intention at all, there they go outboard motor running and going out to the lake. I heard the one say to the other “that guy is watching us” The other guy says “let him watch”. Now I want to say this, I never said a word and then the one guy says “take a picture it will last longer”. Well, me being me and getting upset said, “I didn’t need his smart mouth”. No More words were said and he went by me. By the way, Oakthorpe is a trolling motor only lake and apparently the guy knew this as he shut his engine off finally.

The more I thought about this, the more upset I got and only fished for less than an hour and loaded up and went home. Before I went I got thinking of him saying “Take a picture it will last longer”, so I thought I would do as he requested since I’m such a nice guy. Here is the picture of his truck and he has a blue and white Starcraft boat. I have seen him there before with his outboard running all over the lake and have never said a word.

Here is the picture of the Starcraft with it’s engine running again this week and the red truck pulling it.
boat with engine running

I hope he’s happy now that I did as he asked and took “a picture so it would last longer”.

I hate to say this but I took a picture of the wrong vehicle and blamed the wrong guy last week. That vehicle belongs to Frank which he did nothing wrong at all and wasn’t involved. MY apology to Frank. but the picture above belongs to the right truck and boat now that runs their motor every week. Where’s the Lake Patrol when you need them?

Rough Bite at Oakthorpe Reservoir

Friday, July 10th, 2009

I went to Oakthorpe Reservoir in Ohio yesterday and caught 3 bass in a 1/2 hour. I thought to myself this is going to be a great day! It took me 6 hours to catch 3 more bass. The water level is 2-3 foot low and the temperature of the water was 77 degrees. I caught my bass on a Scum Frog.

While there I noticed a man fishing in the pads like myself but he was using a worm. I watched him for quite a while and noticed he had what it takes to be a good bass angler-patience! I seen him catch a few bass.

After fishing around him a few hours, we started to talk and I found out he was from West Columbus and his name is Steve. It was like we knew each other forever. We talked about the same lakes we fish and come to find out he knows a few of the anglers I know from Eastern Ohio. I hope to see Steve again soon.

Overall I had a good day fishing even though I didn’t catch as many bass as I would have liked or should I say not quite as fast as I would have liked to.

Oakthorpe Reservoir in Ohio-High and Muddy

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Joe and I decided to go to Oakthorpe Reservoir in Ohio yesterday and the reservoir was out of its banks and muddy. Of course, we figured it would be since all the rain but thought maybe we could do some good in the new cover that was recently flooded. We were wrong!

We did meet the new game warden and he seems to be a nice guy, first time I seen a game warden there since I met Wade (previous game warden) there about 5 years ago or so.

We tried plastic worms, frogs, craws, shads and some other things and Joe came up with one very small fish. I had a few strikes but no hook-ups.

Oakthorpe Reservoir in Ohio-The Little Lake that No one Cares About!

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

If you go to Oakthorpe Reservoir by Pleasantville, Ohio you’ll find out one thing about this little lake, NO ONE CARES! There has been a fallen tree in the drive that goes to the lake and makes it hard to get there. There is trash everywhere, weeds over your head and ruts everywhere. That doesn’t include the ATV’s that make ruts all over the place and makes it so you can’t even fish from shore because of all the ruts.

Then you have the kids that go there to buy and sell their pot and smoke it..hint the name the kids give it “Reefer Lake”! You also have your drinkers who just sit there in their car and drink beer all day.

I had my truck hit by an ATV that a 10 year old was driving, not only at Oakthorpe but on Indian Run Road and Grubb Road. The thing is, according to the Game Warden, ATV”s aren’t even allowed int he place. The only thing that is going to happen is when some little kid on his ATV gets killed then someone will care.

Several years ago they pulled a stolen car out of the lake. People are stealing gas from the cars that are parked there when fishing. The lake isn’t patrolled in any way, not by the Sheriff, care taker, game warden or watercraft. I haven’t seen the game warden there in about 5 years and watercraft people in over 3 years. We need someone to do something about protecting the lake and the people who fish it.

No Strikes or Fish at Oakthorpe Reservoir in Ohio

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

I went to Oakthorpe on Monday, The wind was coming from the north east, which wasn’t a good sign but also the carp has started spawning. I did see a couple of bass on their beds still. The water temperature was from 66-68 degrees and the water was stained.

I tried my Scum Frog, Spro Frog, Rage Tail Toad, Rage Tail Lizard, and a jig and never had one strike. The carp had everything going around the shore line. The most exciting thing I seen was a big snapping turtle that probably wouldn’t have fit between the inside width of my little boat.

I think the cold front had a lot to do with the bad fishing along with the wind out of the East, not to mention the carp rolling. If none of that really effected the fishing, I’m saying it did anyways. This has been a tough year at Oakthorpe, of course there seems to be a lot more fishing ppressure there now too.

Fishing Been Tough in Southeastern Ohio

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

I have read many reports about Ohio Lakes this week and all of them say fishing is tough for bass.

Oakthorpe Reservoir has been slow, Lake Logan has been slow all year and Fox Lake was also slow this week. I think the bass are still spawning in lakes around here and for a little while even the post spawn bass bite will be slow. The only good report I have received lately is from Buckeye Lake.

Things should start changing in the next week or two.