Well the best made plans always have a way of going sour if you know what I mean. I had been planning for weeks to camp at Idong and fish at night with the catfish rods baited with live bluegill. We went to Idong Wednesday and it was WAY down. The water was dirty, smelly and just horrible. I have never seen it like that. Neither me nor my daughter wanted to stay and I don’t think I could have caught a bluegill if I tried. We went home and I quickly changed gears for a beach trip. We went back to Taean National Seashore and camped at Mongsanpo beach campground. It was pretty fun. While there I got a few sunset pix. I also checked out the harbor for some possible deep sea fishing info. The comercial boats were coming in loaded with some big fish. Got a few promising phone numbers. We’ll see if that pans out. We woke up the next morning and headed back up to Gungpyeong. I had noticed on Google that the harbor there was about done. I hadn’t fished there in over a year and a half. When I arrived, things had changed quite a bit. There is now a HUGE fish market there. Plus they constructed an American style fishing pier there. A very nice large Y-head pier jutting out from the harbor wall and it was free. I couldn’t pass it up, so we fished for a few hours. It reminded me of fishing on the Gulf Coast. I haven’t seen anything like this before in Korea. We had a few bites on cut squid, but no one was really catching anything except for small bait stealers. We then went and fished the rocks on the other side of the seawall where we had done well before and began to slay the small flatheads. My daughter caught about 2 dozen in an hour (3-6 inches). It got me thinking that maybe we shoud go there in the afternoon and load up on some small flatheads for bait and take them to the new pier for a night trip. The new pier was a pleasant surprise. At only 55 min from the house, I can see me using that a few times. I bet it gets CROWDED on the weekends though. Anyway the fishing wasn’t so great, but I got even more phone numbers in Gungpyeong as well. Soon I will find a decent offshore charter close by without having to drive all the way to Busan.
Dave
Nice pics Dave!!
Rob, Thanks for posting and have a safe trip.
No problem at all Dave, and thanks!
I’m assuming you were at or near the north end of the lake, where that creek runs into the lake? It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been at Idong, but the water was really clear on the south side.
That’s a nice looking pier, don’t think I’ve seen anything like it over here.
No we were on the main lake. You know where you drive the dirt road over hill and end up at that cove where the cabins are. I have never seen the lake like that. Things should be different now with all the rain we had yesterday.
Great photos Dave, looks like a lot of fun.
looks like a lot of fun to me
Dave,
Wow, that’s hard to believe because that’s usually the cleanest part of the lake, especially from the cove on down to the dam, where it’s the deepest. Some friends of mine camped out there Friday night and they said they caught some small bass and 10 decent bluegill but once the sun went down, the bite completely stopped, which is odd.
great outdoor shots! looking forward to do fishing together oneday.
How can I find the Gungpyeong pier you have pictured in the article. Is it possible to get some driving directions from Dongducheon or get the name that I can put into my NAV system?? I would like to take my family fishing there.
Thanks,
John
John, I think Dave has left Korea. We haven’t heard from him in a while, but maybe he still checks the blog and will give you a reply.
Guys,
Greetings from San Antonio!
I have indeed left Korea and settled down and bought a house only 10 minutes from Canyon Lake. Now just to dig through the mountains of boxes in the garage to find all my fishing gear.
What a coincidence! I just got my computer up and running and I have received a question.
John,
Here are the coordinates for the pier:
37.115363 and 126.681333
I got them from google maps. The map doesn’t show it but it is there unless the recent typhoon took it out.
You all take care over there.
Dave
Dave,
Good to hear from you again! Hope all is well with you and your family! Don’t be such a stranger; let us know how life and fishing is in your part of the world. Oh, remember when I asked you for advice on my daughter’s jaw problems? We’re hoping/thinking that it was part of growing because it hasn’t bothered her now in a long time. She says that if she opens her jaws too wide (yawn etc) she feels some minor discomfort but the clicking sounds and the jaw locking up hasn’t happened in a long time now. Of course, we did change her habits; no gum, no hard/chewy candies, having her not sleep with her face sideways against the bed etc. and so far, so good.
Tight lines!
You can see the pier here: http://map.naver.com/
Naver updates their maps quite frequently.
John from Daejon,
Thanks; you should let us know how the fishing is in your parts…send us some pics and reports,if you want.