I thought I was going to be able to add Idong to my spots for Early Morning Bass fishing, but maybe I’ll have to rethink that one. This morning, with about 30 minutes left to go, the old ajoshi who collects 5,000 won from people to fish there showed up on his scooter and wanted me to pay. I tried to explain that I was only going to be there for another 20, 30 minutes at the most, but he didn’t want to hear it and repeatedly told me to leave if I wasn’t going to pay up. What he was doing at that remote corner of the lake at 6:15 in the morning, I have no idea but I do have my suspicions…there were some farmers tending to their fields close to where I was fishing, and as he left he stopped to talk to them so I’m thinking they dimed me out 
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The morning wasn’t a bust, however, as I did catch several bass in the short time I had, the above being the largest. The water level in Idong is up about 4 feet (if not more) from last the last time I was out there and I couldn’t get over to the same spots I was fishing the last few weeks.
I know it’s hard to tell by the above pic, but the path and shoreline that I was able to use to get around that bend and over to the left are completely under water…so I just stayed in one area and fished the grass. Had I been able to wade on around, ajoshi would never have seen me 
. I don’t mind paying if I’m there all day or even half a day, but I’m not going to shell out 5,000 won for an hour’s worth of fishing. Back to the river it is!
Nah man, I was broke anyway LOL. The water is crystal clear in that part of the lake…nice.
Rat fink farmers!!!! LOL
Well I made it out there this evening, same area as you were by the looks of it although to the left a bit more. You’re right though, without waders there really isn’t a whole lot of bank left to fish from. I ended up with 15 Bluegill on a Sneaky Pete and 2 alright size Bass on a Dahlberg Diver. Caught the 2 bass in that weed patch out in the middle of where the stream dumps in. Didn’t see the 5000 won dude though, just the old guy who owns the boat.
Congratulations on the catch Hacker! That’s certainly something that I haven’t done a lot of this year – bluegill fishing. In fact, I haven’t done any.
Hacker,
Good on ya…aside from a few healf-hearted attempts near the cove, I haven’t done any bluegill fishing this year either. I haven’t heard anything from you in so long that I thought maybe you had given up fishing for good
I know, I haven’t been out since the heat factor went up, and things at work went to hell in a hand-basket. Lots of overtime but not the kind I like. Seemed like everytime I felt like going out it was either raining, getting ready to rain, I had to work, or it was just too damn hot even in the middle of the night. Now that things have cooled off a bit I will get back into the swing of things. Sticking with the fly rod though, so much fun when that line zips off the top of the water.