A couple of my friends called me late this morning and asked me if I wanted to go fishing at the lake near Dunpo this afternoon and since it had finally stopped raining, I figured I’d go along and give it a shot.
I should have stayed home and played some Medieval Total War or watched the third movie of the Jesse Stone series because, well, I’ll let the picture below do the talking.
The lake water was thick with the green algae/pollen (not sure which it is) that seems to appear about this time of year and lasts till late fall. Whatever it is, it cuts the visibility down to about three inches and I’m guessing that if I can’t see my lure after it sinks two or three inches, then the fish can’t either. Aside from that, the water levels are really high right now due to the rains – which is actually a good thing – I’m hoping that the lakes around here stay that way until spring so that the bass can come up into the shallow coves to spawn where we’ll be waiting for them 
A bad Tom Selleck movie? Impossible!
I still haven’t watched the third one, but the first two in the series were quite good.
All right. I’ll see if I can find them. I like mysteries…and besides, IMDB says they were filmed near my home.
Nomad,
Here is my report:
Saturday woke up to rain.
There goes my saltwater trip over by the Kia Test Track.
So we went to Seoul for the Sat and Sun to see the in-laws.
Monday was a georgous day and I was previously obliged to take the youngin to Everland. Perfect day for that. Not crowded at all. Weather was nice, etc.
That left today and my planned trip to Idong with my two cousins.
Picked them up and arrived at 0700 and it was still raining pretty good. Was at the dirt road looking up the hill and at the rain still coming down and thinking about all the rain in the past 4 days and decided not to try it. I looked at the dirt off to the side and it looked like mud soup. Didn’t want to get over the hill and get stuck on the other side. So we went to the opposite side and chunked a few lures for about an hour with no luck. We had a couple dozen nightcrawlers with us, so we decided to head over to the Hwy 82 lake and try for a mess of gills. Ended up catching about 25 “keeper” bluegills and a few small bass. But had to work real hard for them around the floating cabins. Had the long rods out trying for some cats, had a few small hits, but nothing to set the hook on. Fishing was so-so, but ended up with a mess for tomorrow nights supper.
Dave
Congrats on the bluegill catch Dave.
The funny thing about Dunpo is that the wife and I were out there on Friday and there was no algae anywhere. We rented a boat and covered pretty much the entire lake. The fishing was a little slow, caught six small ones in just about as many hours, but there was honestly no green muck to speak of. There were, however, tons of baby bass hiding out in the weeds, and we had the entire lake to ourselves, which was great.
Dave,
I’d say 25 keeper Bluegill is darned good day’s fishing
You made a wise decision not to try the road into the cove…even after it had stopped raining for a week, that road was still pretty slick in places and had some nasty ruts so after this weekend’s rains, it would have been hard going, even with a 4-wheel drive. BTW, is Idong covered with that green gunk yet?
Nomad, I think the green gunk follows you around!
Rob,
I think I already told you but the previous weekend when I went to the cove, I saw the same thing; hundreds of baby bass hiding out in the weeds. I 1/4 of the ones I saw just in the cove make it to adulthood, Idong will rock in about 5 years. Too bad I won’t be here to see it
Nomad,
The South shore wasn’t too bad, only a little green.
It’s pretty exposed to the wind though, I think the water skiers help as well.
Saw quite a bit more green on Hwy 82 lake, especially in the secluded areas, but still fishable.
BTW,
Water clarity was way down due at both places due to all the runoff.
Water going over the spillway at 82 lake and Idong had the one center gate partway open at dam.