Hopewell Lake Fishing 4-21, 4-23 and 4-26-23

[Outdoor Detective]

Water clarity of 3' or so

Temp was in the low 60s on all dates

Weather varied on all dates. The 23rd was also a very windy day, mostly sunny but a pretty brisk wind blowing from the West North West

time frames: 1000 to 1600

Equipment: Bass Hunter Baby Bass 1 man boat, w/ 12V 55# iPilot

2 -Shimano Stradic 1000 on a St Croix MF Rods

All artificial baits: Rapela f3’s and F5's, Mepps Aglia #2's and #3's

Fish Caught:

Bass: 5

Perch: 5

Crappie: 1

Pickerel: 4 (1- 18” and 1 – 20”)

Rangers have been enforcing the PFD and Launch permit and / or Pa Boat registration requirements to put your Boat / kayak in the water.

I did take note of a few guys that were fishing with minnows and were catching Crappie with pretty much ease

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Thank you for your excellent reports