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Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13073921 02/25/19 04:38 AM
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Fished out of Colin park today.
I got 2 bits on chicken in 16-20 feet.
Not such a great fishing day, but and awesome day to be on the water.
First time in a long time bright sun, relatively warm and little wind.
I live for days like this on the water.
Had the whole lake to myself after sunset, beautiful and a welcome relief from the weather last couple of months.
Hope you were out there to enjoy it also.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13086895 03/09/19 06:17 AM
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With the warm temps and relatively mild winds went to Mallard park to do some catfishing from my kayak tonight.
Got on the water a little before sunset and stayed a couple hours.
Decided to try fishing the visible timber in the middle of the cove.
Tried several trees and drifted between a few but never ran into anything that was hugging the bottom.
Did see several schools of fish which were usually out where the edges of limbs would be, did not see any near the trunks.
No bites on my catfish rods.
Tried a 1/16oz chartruse road runner around trees and while drifting also, no bites.
Trolled a small jointed crankbait while going out to and back from trees. No bites on it either.
There were lots of vehicles with trailers in the parking lot, most coming in while I was getting ready to go out.
Just a couple of people fishing from the bank when I left.
Great to be out on a pleasant night and have the lake all to myself.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13087609 03/10/19 05:31 AM
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Nice and warm with bright sun this afternoon. Wind started to drop around 4:00 and by 6 no wind at all.
Surprisingly I only saw 2 boats today.
Fished in the trees NE of the north Colin park ramp.
No or few fish around trees sticking up out of the water.
Did see some fish on a couple of trees which did not break the surface.
Few arches near the bottom anywhere.
Stink bait, chicken, 1/8 oz jigs, 1/16 ounce road runners, jointed deep diving crankbait, small slab.
Skunked again, not a single bite.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13087937 03/10/19 06:32 PM
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After seeing the video of catfishing in the shallows on lake lavon, Seems Lavon still has a few fish, decided to go up north to Highlands and try for some catfish. This would be my last fishing trip with son before he heads to work across road from the Kenai river in Alaska for the summer. He decided he wanted to troll up north checking out places for duck hunting and then go check out the river. Long paddle against a stiff breeze this morning. We trolled crankbaits and chatterbaits most of the morning. Once we got to the top of the cove I set out a couple jugs with shrimp and drifted shrimp on santee rig and stinkbait on another poll with the wind sock a couple times. We the went over to the mouth of the river and up the river a little ways.
Ran out of time and had a leisurely trip back letting the current and/or wind push us back with very little paddling needed. Really did not get up the river far enough to find any fish. Trolled the crankbaits and chatterbait on way back to ramp.
Not only did we not get a single bite, I only saw 1 or 2 fish on my finder the whole time we were on the water.
They might have been further up in the river, but they were not in the trees or flats of the cove.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13095520 03/18/19 04:36 AM
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Fished the dam out of Lavonia Park Saturday afternoon and evening.
Was looking for catfish but when I would find a promising spot would throw out crappie jig also.
Trolled to and from the dam.
Fished for 5 hours not a single bite.
Trolling a large jointed crank bait going back to the ramp I thought I got hung up. When I pulled on the poll, I discovered I was not hung up.
Felt like I had caught someones trot line.
Hooked a flathead a little over 30 inches and 14+ pounds.
Too big for the net.
Awfully big to have in the kayak.
Finally figured out how to take a picture of it using my headlight to light it.
Funny, my son gave me a floating and marked hog trough for Christmas and I had been thinking I had not caught a single fish to weigh on it yet.
Also this week, my daughter and I were laughing about its size and me indicating I thought it might be a little short.
Well I christened every inch of it and then some.
It has been a long time since I caught a fish from my kayak felt really good, plus it is my personal best catfish.

Decided to go back today, Sunday.
Caught one 21" catfish in about 33 feet of water.
I did not really see any schools of fish today, just an occasional one or 2.

Hope you were on the lake. Bright sun, pleasant temps and very little wind.
Once it got dark did not get chilly, flat lake under a full moon. I only saw one boat out after dark total for both days.
Nothing like having the lake all to yourself on a nights like this.
Reminds me why I love kayak fishing.
Looking forward to many more beautiful days/evenings on the water.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13100697 03/23/19 02:44 PM
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The free ramp at Lavonia is open now.
Went yesterday evening to do some catfishing.
Worked from ~7 - 35 fow.
Had out pole with stinkbait and one with shrimp.
Would throw jointed crankbait or storm minnow while slowly drifting.
Not a single bite.
Surface temperature was 63.
Cool thing was watching the moon rise.
With the clouds, looked almost like a sunrise.
It starting with a small orange glow which gradually got bigger until an orange moon came up over the horizon.
There are always things to be thankful for even when I don't catch any fish.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13100768 03/23/19 04:03 PM
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Find a creek! Creeks are loaded with fish right now! Just pick your species


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Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13104483 03/27/19 05:40 AM
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Fished a couple hours tonight out of my kayak.
Very light wind and temps near 70.
Parking lot was almost full with over 20 boat trailers and others fishing from shore.
Wanted to do some catfishing but when got on the water saw several boats where I wanted to go.
Changed gears and decided to do some trolling with jointed minnow followed by small kastmaster spoon.
After loosing spoon switched trailer to small rooster tail.
Caught several small white bass on the trailers except when I caught 2 at once.
Had a blast with my light tackle.
Also saw lots of fish on my finder in 8-10 foot.
After dark and before heading back to the ramp managed to bring in a nice crappie.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13104486 03/27/19 05:49 AM
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Fished a couple of hours Sunday evening from the wingdam hoping to get me some catfish.
Saw just a couple of white bass caught but no catfish.
Then came the torrential rain, lightening and small hail.
After storm blew over continued fishing for a while.
Overall had a couple bites on shrimp that alerted me via the clicker but nothing there when set the hook.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13107323 03/29/19 05:28 PM
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Went fishing for the first time this year, it was windy, mostly fished the cove by Collin Park. I was hoping crappie would be biting, only caught 4, 1 keeper 3 shorts and a bass. The water temp in the back of the cove was 62 degrees and in front 58. The 1 keeper was full of eggs and looked to be ready to spawn, it was in 4 water. I tried for some catfish but could not get a bite.

For those who have not heard, East Fork Park will be closing by April 4th if they do not get a gate Attendant. This is a great boat ramp when there is a strong south wind, hope they get someone soon.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13109497 04/01/19 03:56 AM
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Fished Mallard Park for a while today in my kayak.
About 10 boats on the water when I got there.
Wind made it pretty tough to get back and fish areas where I saw fish today.
Decided to just slowly troll around the edge of the cove and work along brush lines.
Managed to hook into my first large mouth bass of the year on a jointed crank bait.

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About 7:00 wind dropped down to about 3-4 mph.
By that time almost all the boats were off the water and missed the more pleasant weather and pretty sunset.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13111854 04/03/19 04:54 AM
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Went out kayak fishing again this evening.
Caught several small white bass mostly on a small umbrella rig with white jigs, some on jointed minnow trailing a small kastmaster.
Also caught one on jointed deep diving crankbait.
Most fish in 8 feet where the lake started to level off and a couple in 5 feet near brush way up in cove.
Saw a lot of gar after it got dark.
Also saw a few more small schools of fish this evening.
Couple of boats I talked with did not have any luck.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: Ocelot] #13113385 04/04/19 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
Fished Mallard Park for a while today in my kayak.
About 10 boats on the water when I got there.
Wind made it pretty tough to get back and fish areas where I saw fish today.
Decided to just slowly troll around the edge of the cove and work along brush lines.
Managed to hook into my first large mouth bass of the year on a jointed crank bait.

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About 7:00 wind dropped down to about 3-4 mph.
By that time almost all the boats were off the water and missed the more pleasant weather and pretty sunset.


Nice fish Ocelot cheers


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Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13114752 04/05/19 06:33 PM
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Took my kayak out last night to troll for some white bass.
Caught some in 4-5 feet near brush on jointed crank bait and one on small kastmaster behind jointed minnow.
All caught in water protected from wind, no bites on downwind side of cove.
Did not get any bites on the small umbrella rig.
Could not get anything to bite after it got dark.

Re: Lake Lavon [Re: HylianPunkk] #13115267 04/06/19 05:32 AM
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Went to Mallard park today with intention of catching some white bass before dark while trolling in kayak then looking for crappie and catfish after it got dark.
Saw the fewest fish here I have seen the last 2 weeks of kayak fishing. Do not know where they were today.
Caught a couple small white bass in 4 feet or less near brush on small kastmaster behind jointed minnow.. Never found or saw any schools.
Caught one decent crappie on headless minnow on jighead while slowly trolling in about 6 feet of water. I did not see a school or any structure there.
While untangling my poles and setting up for catfishing caught a channel cat about 18" on jointed crankbait barely moving behind kayak.
Odd, have had better luck with catfish on the jointed crankbait than stinkbait, shrimp or chicken and not even targeting them with the crankbait.
Left my headlamp in the truck and with rods tangled and not much light gave up on the crappie fishing and very slowly trolled stinkbait back to ramp.
Another beautiful day on the water and winds seemed lighter than forecast.
As a bonus I caught a few fish.

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