Fresh News From MarDon: Ducks, trout, and perch
Mike Meseberg | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 11 months AGO
We were lucky to have 3 young goose hunters hunt with the Meseberg Adventures (Duck Taxi) last Friday. We offer 1/2 price for kids 16 and under for guided hunts. Pictured from Left -Right Dawson Dollarhide, Joey Callahan, and Zach Frasier enjoyed a limit hunt on the Royal Slope.
For the last several years ice has been as issue for Potholes Reservoir duck hunters by the end of November.
This year we have been lucky to have no ice as of November 28, 2012 in the sand dunes.
Our area is holding lots of ducks and geese, if you venture outside around dawn or dusk you can listen to all the geese in search of a corn field or some fresh water.
We have been socked in with fog every day for that last week but that typically clears up by lunch time.
Our area is enjoying the best hunting season and, other than the fog, mild weather conditions in years. If you are in need of a current hunting or weather report please give us a call (509) 346-2651.
Current Fishing Report for Potholes Reservoir:
We have had reports of Perch being caught in front of the Potholes State Park.
Trout and Perch are still being pulled out of the Medicare Beach Area from shore or a boat. Some early signs of some Crab Creek Walleye are being seen but it is still fairly slow for what we typically see this time of year.
Water Level 1030.01 Full Pool is 1046.00
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Fresh News from MarDon
The fishing in the Potholes Recreation Area this October has been just as good as we thought it would be. We experienced some rapidly cooling weather which rapidly cooled the water temperatures and really turns on the fall bite. The walleye fishers are producing limits almost daily.
Fresh News from MarDon
As Potholes Reservoir cools with incoming fall weather the fishing for all species will only get better. The bass guys are having a ball with largemouth bass at the face of the dunes. Smallmouth bass are most catchable at the rock piles in the main lake between Goose Island and O'Sullivan Dam. Potholes are now at the low water status typical for this time of year. Cover is harder for fish to locate for sanctuary. (Now is when the underwater habitat restoration project is the most valuable, cwfac.org).
Fresh News from MarDon
It's hard to believe but the already great fishing on Potholes Reservoir will just be getting better. The perch fishing at the State Park and off the MarDon Dock has been great.