Topic: Lake Harding Report 5/19 (Read 1137 times)

jimotis02 · « **on:** May 22, 2009, 02:33:21 PM »

In case anyone is interested....

Have been getting some pretty good numbers on lake Harding, mainly fishing beaver type baits around the docks, fishing fairly slow. Also found a flat just off the main lake that was holding some fish in 5-8 feet of water. Never backed off and tried to fish the ledge, so who knows how much better it could have been.....
I've been getting a LOT of short strikes on a 7" green pumkin finesse worm with a pegged 1/4oz. tungsten weight, and still managing a few, but as of right now, the misses are far outweighing the catches. The best thing was sighting a fish that I would bet my house weighed 5 pounds!!!! 5 pounds is good for just about any lake, but for Harding, thats AMAZING! She was in about a foot of water on that same flat, just looking for something to chew on. The only reason I saw her was because I got my shaky head hung up and went over to get it. I saw her about 2 seconds before the trolling motor hit rock and spooked her. Just nice to confirm that there are fish in that lake over 2 1/2 pounds.

cinchup73 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2009, 02:55:53 PM »

there are a number of fish in Harding over 5 pounds even over 7. My father has mounted a 9 pounder (replica) that was cought at harding. To catch bigger fish there I slow way down!

jimotis02 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2009, 10:51:37 PM »

I would love to get into some of those!!!! All the recent (last year or so) tournament data I've seen from a lot of different clubs show folks winning with 8-10 lb. sacks. Occasionally someone will come up with 14 or so, but not very often these days. I will try slowing down a little more though to see what I can come up with.

cinchup73 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2009, 10:02:30 AM »

Its a hard lake to fish, but a fun one! I slow way down and fish places that are hard to get to, places that the jet skiers dont bother and otherfisherman wont think about going!

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