Peace Valley Lake
Theres a lake not far from my new house called Peace Valley Lake. Just a
couple thousand acres, dam on one end & the only major tributary on the
other, and not much in between. The headwaters are off-limits to fishing,
as are the upper 15% or so of the lake. As a teenager I used to fish the
off-limits area at night, and the bass fishing was extraordinary.Well yesterday, some 25 years since the last time I fished the lake, I
dragged my boat up there & dumped it in (the on-limits part of the lake of
course lol). Can I tell you that it was HOT, around 100 degrees, which is
my favorite time to fish mid-summertime. I was out in the sun for over 8
hours. Finally caught one small keeper, the only strike I had from a bass
all-day. I found the lake very featureless for the most-part. Apparently it was
completely cleared of cover prior to filling, and nothing even resembling
structure reamained in the depths. I found water up to 35 feet deep, but no
ledges, points, humps or sharp drop-offs. There was some sparse submergent
vegitation near the shoreline, hydrilla, but no sign of weeds deeper than
about 3'. Water temp was 87 degrees. The one bite I got came on a t-rigged craw, pitched to the base of the lone
cement piling near the blockhouse at the riprip dam. I dragged rigs,
dropshotted, flipped tubes, and cranked virtually the whole lake. No
takers. I'm going to revisit the lake again next spring, will let you know how I
make out. I'm certainly in no hurry to return there in the heat. Hope y'all are catchin em better than I am. I'm off to Champlain in a few
weeks for the Everstart tourney out of Plattsburgh NY. Warren |
go-bassn
Aug 12
2005
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| Say Warren, Is that Peace Valley lake off of Ferry Rd, below 313 in Bucks county? If so, I'v never had great sucess there but some of my friends have. They
report they had a great year up until about mid June. Nocamixon , just above
Peace valley, has been super this year. Last few weeks have been hit & miss. JL |
Jim
Aug 12
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