7/3/09 Fairfield lakes

[Slartybardfast]

Nothin! Canoed the North East pond for five hours and had two strikes. Tried rubber worm on the bottom. Crappie minnows on the bottom and from a slip bobber at various depths. Tried crappie grubs in various colors. Tried the Don King fly I tied at class the other night. Cant remember what it was called. Also tried some dry flies and a popper. I did notice some large Bluegills and one very large bass hanging out by some cover at the southern tip of the Northeast pond. Til next time.

[flyfishingpastor]

John;

Thanks for the report - tough times on the water! BTW, it was a pleasure meeting you the other night at the fly tying event.

Pat

[reelteacher]

Thanks for the posting John. Fairfield is a particularly tough spot this time of year. Those ponds are deep and there is a lot of fishing pressure from other anglers. Both of which add up to difficult fishing. This time of year, it's best hit those ponds early in the morning or late the evening. Be careful though, that park closes as sunset. Don't get locked in the parking lot...
Other places that I would suggest would be Munger park on Greenbush street, Knop Lake east of Lafayette and just north of SR 26. or the Frankfort park ponds just off of SR 75 about 1/2 mile north of Frankfort.

[Slartybardfast]

Thanks for the advice guys. I have never been to Munger or Knop so I may try those. My wife and I are headed to Cagles Mill park today with the canoe. I'll have a report later.

[rstaight]

Fairfield is tough this time of year with all the pressure it gets. I haven't tried Knop Lake. I go to Munger a good bit when I don't have a lot of time and need to scratch the itch.

I was going to try and get out on the 4th. But with it raining all day it kind of blew that for me. The fishing will more than likely stink but maybe I'll be able to wet a line today.