Mr clean's Fair Haven Report

[SEENYOR OKUMA]

will do Green. Thanks. 

[mrclean]

Where is the pay meter located. right at the gate....

[greenhornet73]

Yeah, instead of a fee collector in the booth there is a meter with a sign saying $8.00 per vehicle.  I don't think that was there last Thursday and if it was I blew right by it and lucked out without getting a ticket

[poplar kraft]

Thought they start Memorial Day.......I paid today though.....

[greenhornet73]

Same here.  I figured if they were charging admission they would at least have opened up the restrooms.  Only the one by the boat launch is open. 

[poplar kraft]

There is the state for you replace human worker with a machine.....no summer hirer there.....thanks coumo

[shakenbake114]

Well said poplar kraft

[2lbperch]

They put it in last fall. It is just 5 foot past the pay shack. It was covered until April 1st. I was told to pay or leave. The empire pass looks better for $65. The park has the best launch around. Always was memorial day, unless you were camping. State should fix the holes in the road to get in there instead of funneling the $ to the city.

[krux5506]

Saw a lot of boats out, how'd everyone do? I know most of you guys are going for trout but I just fished the bay, which was slow. Managed a nice pike and a largemouth anyway.

[2lbperch]

Last week got into some perch out in the lake in front of the blocked blind sodus bay outlet. Did you try the hole in the middle off fox point krux?

[krux5506]

Yes, that's where I got the pike. Tons of small perch following my crankbait around over there

[2lbperch]

10-4. I'll try a few more times, maybe just wait another week, then crappie time. I'll tell myself they are perch coming out of the fryer. Good luck guys.

[mrclean]

The crappie fishing has been bang on this year.  Particularly at the south end of the bay. As far as Browns the guys that did go out yesterday and today came back with 4-8 lb with an occasional 10er.....standard hardware applied lol...but this week should be fine. Its warming so thats good..

Thats pretty interesting about the park. Well I made it thru "watergate" I guess I can deal with "paygate" lol. A lot of similarities there, Heck I remember in the old days when the gate entrance was right at the drumlins camp section. By the time the kid got up from the shed chair you would be well past his ass towards the water. It was up to ernie the park manager to chase people down lol...

It is a great launch site, accomodates all size boats. But the public dock by LSI is good now, the public launch on king rd off west bay is fine. I think the water level is high enough you could even put a nice boat in the west barrier bar launch site. decent parking there too..any boats 21ft and under could utilize those options

Edited April 18, 2016 by mrclean

[bobbyg]

is the state park a day pass for $8 or once you leave you have to pay to go back in?

[2lbperch]

Good all day. Don't lose the printed ticket that you put on the dashboard is all. The lady will demand to see it.

[krux5506]

We've left and gone back in before, but that was before they had the computer gate. The woman working just remembered us paying and let us through

[bobbyg]

ok thanks for the info guys

[mrclean]

Well it was a beautiful night tonight . I took my shake down run for about an hour . Fish were stacked around the pier as they usually do toward evening. weather shifts tonight and tomorrow lets see if it stirs the water back.

 

[Xxx]

Man you should frame that pic. I can count on one hand the amount of times I have seen LadyO like glass. Although I had a time I'm just going to say 5-7 years ago we had a whole week when it was like that, you could go anywhere on the lake in a 12ft aluminum boat. It was hot no wind and the fishing sucked, but the boating was great. We managed a few eyes so at the clean station at the BRCG we were talking to a older gent, we told him where we went. He said we were in more places that he, in the 28 years he's been fishing LakeO!!! Yea we covered some turf that day. Only because we could and it was cool to see those areas. Hope this week fires the fish up so we get some other posts going, I've never saw the board this silent since I joined. I think 4 years ago.

[tinfin]

That water looks like you could walk on it! Nice PIC.

[bout time]

Was up this morning working on the net pens and the blow last night and wind today has pushed muddy water back in. It should really make things pick up

[krux5506]

Jealous of you guys who get to fish there during the week. For now I'm a weekend warrior. Out of work during the week at 330, it'd take me an hour to get to my boat in Fair Haven at least, half hour to set up, maybe on the water by 5:30, fish til dark, pack up, get home by 10:30pm or so...it's do-able once in a while but that 5am work alarm always comes too quick

[greenhornet73]

Krux, I debated the same thing in my head last week and, since I don't get out until 4:15, I decided to call in sick so I didn't have to wait until Sunday.  It was well worth it....

[mrclean]

Well today wasnt the day to take off to fish anyway lol. It was stirring pretty good.  but it looks like tomorrow might be really good shes supposed to settle down then pop back up Friday. Stir up that water lol...

 

http://marine.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-76.71418&lat=43.34798#.Vxgt7XomrDY

[Xxx]

Holy crap guys looking like 2ft or less till Sunday!! Those guys that can, take full advantage of this near perfect weekend conditionsâ˜€ï¸ ðŸ‘ðŸ‘