08-22-2008, 12:51 AM
[font "Times New Roman"]The Short of It[/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Lake Fished- Cold Springs[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Dates Fished- 8/14 8/15[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Lake Conditions- Water clear, visibility 5feet+, weed growth moderate to heavy[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Fish Count- 45+[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Big Fish- 1.5 lb[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Lures- buzz baits (not so good), purple power worms (2 fish), spinner baits (very good) [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]The Long of It [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]My buddy JC and I left my house at 6am heading for Sunnyside. We stopped at the Wind Mill restaurant on the way up and had breakfast; I highly recommend this place the food was awesome! Filled up with homemade goodness we hit the road again. A little more than an hour later I spotted a sign that directed me of the highway to the Kirch Wildlife Refuge. Man that is one tough road in, I was later informed by another camper that 5 miles farther there is a second access road that is much better. We hit the campground at about 10am and found it empty with the exception of one lone camp set up way down the line, looked like the guy was there for the long term, had a clothes line hung and was drying some clothes also had a generator running, a fifth wheel a boat and a truck or two. We unloaded the truck, set camp and then got down to business; we headed out with just my 10 foot Jon boat and the fishing gear to explore. (Ok and some beer) [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Back across the dam of Adams (which was by this time blocked by a herd of domestic goats, they moved of the road, with some horn honking) I noticed that the water in Adams looked pretty low, the lower end of the lake being a funny smelling marsh. This did not seem to deter the owners of the 5 rigs that were parked at the launch ramp, minus the boats of course. But for me the weeds looked thick and I did not feel like clearing the prop on my Minnkota eight times before we could get to open water, so we hung the right toward Cold Springs and Haymeadow. [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Arriving at the cold springs launch, now this is more like it! Nice and clear, no funny smell no maze to navigate to get out to more open water. Excited we threw the little Jon out of the bed of truck and headed out. I had tied on buzz baits to both my rod and my buddies, as soon as we hit open water we began chucking and winding, well I did, my pal JC is not so experienced and was struggling to keep his bait on top, and not hook me in the ear. We worked the east side south to the dam and nothing. The water was pretty clear and the sun was pretty high by this time, so I switched us both up the old trusty purple power worm Texas rigged and stared dragging those by the dam. Bang two minutes later my buddy is into his first bass of the trip and second or third of his fishing career. A nice 12 inch bass, stocky and well feed. A few minutes later I was into one, carbon copy of my pals. For the next hour, nothing. I moved us to the west side and I started chucking spinner baits to the reeds, hooked one up, and then another. I tied on spinner bait for my buddy and he stared catching too! What a blast we caught about 12 each by 2pm when we headed in for lunch. (We left my Jon tied to the south side of the doc, so not block someone launching, thanks for not stealing it) [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Back at the camp we were greeted by an envoy of fifth wheels and boats that had shown up since we left. The camp was pretty full now, we had some grub and chatted with some fellow campers/fishers, most of whom told me they were fishing Adams. I told them about the good morning we had at cold springs but they were insistent that Adams was the way to go. About 4pm we headed back out and began working the western shore again with our spinner baits and the fishing was just awesome! Nothing huge the largest fish was maybe 1.5lb but it was great fun! We have four doubles and we caught several fish on back to back casts, neither of us could pull of the three-peat though. We fished until dusk and the mosquitoes started showing, we had applied a good dose of DEET laden bug repellent but that was not as effective as I would have hoped. [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]The next morning we rose at 5:30 and hit the water, having left the boat at the dock overnight, again thanks for not stealing it. We were the first on the water and began working the west shore again, we found that the fish were not in tight as they were the day before and that casting to the middle of the lake was as effective as beating the shore. About 7am guess who showed up? All the guys from camp who the night before swore they were fishing Adams the next day… I guess I should have been more tight lipped about or 40+ fish day… By 9am we had caught 6 more nice bass each. Quality was up in the AM over the day before; all fish were at least a pound that morning. I also noticed trout surfacing on a hatch all over the lake. One thing I did not notice was any bluegill or panfish? The water was clear in lots of places looking like a fish tank; I saw hundreds of bass and a few trout but not a single gill or small baitfish? Any ideas on that guys? Are there gills in these lakes? My buddy had to work that night so we returned to camp by 930am and packed it up. [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]All in all a great trip. Fish were small but still a blast! My buddy enjoyed it so much that he has spread the word to our other friends and now they all want to go. Which is great, but the Jon boat only holds two. So four of us are planning on heading up on the 4th and staying till the 5th of Sept, if you happen to be in the area say hi, we’ll be the four guys in the Camo Jon boat. Good luck and tight lines! [cool] [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]p.s all fish released in good health, the little one in the pic was the only one that bled, and he was ok. Go figure he ate a spinnerbait twice his size! Fiesty guy! [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Lake Fished- Cold Springs[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Dates Fished- 8/14 8/15[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Lake Conditions- Water clear, visibility 5feet+, weed growth moderate to heavy[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Fish Count- 45+[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Big Fish- 1.5 lb[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Lures- buzz baits (not so good), purple power worms (2 fish), spinner baits (very good) [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]The Long of It [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]My buddy JC and I left my house at 6am heading for Sunnyside. We stopped at the Wind Mill restaurant on the way up and had breakfast; I highly recommend this place the food was awesome! Filled up with homemade goodness we hit the road again. A little more than an hour later I spotted a sign that directed me of the highway to the Kirch Wildlife Refuge. Man that is one tough road in, I was later informed by another camper that 5 miles farther there is a second access road that is much better. We hit the campground at about 10am and found it empty with the exception of one lone camp set up way down the line, looked like the guy was there for the long term, had a clothes line hung and was drying some clothes also had a generator running, a fifth wheel a boat and a truck or two. We unloaded the truck, set camp and then got down to business; we headed out with just my 10 foot Jon boat and the fishing gear to explore. (Ok and some beer) [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Back across the dam of Adams (which was by this time blocked by a herd of domestic goats, they moved of the road, with some horn honking) I noticed that the water in Adams looked pretty low, the lower end of the lake being a funny smelling marsh. This did not seem to deter the owners of the 5 rigs that were parked at the launch ramp, minus the boats of course. But for me the weeds looked thick and I did not feel like clearing the prop on my Minnkota eight times before we could get to open water, so we hung the right toward Cold Springs and Haymeadow. [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Arriving at the cold springs launch, now this is more like it! Nice and clear, no funny smell no maze to navigate to get out to more open water. Excited we threw the little Jon out of the bed of truck and headed out. I had tied on buzz baits to both my rod and my buddies, as soon as we hit open water we began chucking and winding, well I did, my pal JC is not so experienced and was struggling to keep his bait on top, and not hook me in the ear. We worked the east side south to the dam and nothing. The water was pretty clear and the sun was pretty high by this time, so I switched us both up the old trusty purple power worm Texas rigged and stared dragging those by the dam. Bang two minutes later my buddy is into his first bass of the trip and second or third of his fishing career. A nice 12 inch bass, stocky and well feed. A few minutes later I was into one, carbon copy of my pals. For the next hour, nothing. I moved us to the west side and I started chucking spinner baits to the reeds, hooked one up, and then another. I tied on spinner bait for my buddy and he stared catching too! What a blast we caught about 12 each by 2pm when we headed in for lunch. (We left my Jon tied to the south side of the doc, so not block someone launching, thanks for not stealing it) [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]Back at the camp we were greeted by an envoy of fifth wheels and boats that had shown up since we left. The camp was pretty full now, we had some grub and chatted with some fellow campers/fishers, most of whom told me they were fishing Adams. I told them about the good morning we had at cold springs but they were insistent that Adams was the way to go. About 4pm we headed back out and began working the western shore again with our spinner baits and the fishing was just awesome! Nothing huge the largest fish was maybe 1.5lb but it was great fun! We have four doubles and we caught several fish on back to back casts, neither of us could pull of the three-peat though. We fished until dusk and the mosquitoes started showing, we had applied a good dose of DEET laden bug repellent but that was not as effective as I would have hoped. [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]The next morning we rose at 5:30 and hit the water, having left the boat at the dock overnight, again thanks for not stealing it. We were the first on the water and began working the west shore again, we found that the fish were not in tight as they were the day before and that casting to the middle of the lake was as effective as beating the shore. About 7am guess who showed up? All the guys from camp who the night before swore they were fishing Adams the next day… I guess I should have been more tight lipped about or 40+ fish day… By 9am we had caught 6 more nice bass each. Quality was up in the AM over the day before; all fish were at least a pound that morning. I also noticed trout surfacing on a hatch all over the lake. One thing I did not notice was any bluegill or panfish? The water was clear in lots of places looking like a fish tank; I saw hundreds of bass and a few trout but not a single gill or small baitfish? Any ideas on that guys? Are there gills in these lakes? My buddy had to work that night so we returned to camp by 930am and packed it up. [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]All in all a great trip. Fish were small but still a blast! My buddy enjoyed it so much that he has spread the word to our other friends and now they all want to go. Which is great, but the Jon boat only holds two. So four of us are planning on heading up on the 4th and staying till the 5th of Sept, if you happen to be in the area say hi, we’ll be the four guys in the Camo Jon boat. Good luck and tight lines! [cool] [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"]p.s all fish released in good health, the little one in the pic was the only one that bled, and he was ok. Go figure he ate a spinnerbait twice his size! Fiesty guy! [/font]
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]) and some pics!