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Went to Slade Lake this morning for the first time. Fished from 8am-11am. Water temp was 68 this morning and 70 when I left. Water clarity was brown . That 'Pond' is as shallow as a bath tub ! 7' deep at the dam is the deepest I could find and that's only about 20% of the 'pond'. Majority is in the 2-4' deep range with the exception of the upper end and it's 1' - mud deep

Caught 6 bass, all on bubblegum FW. NUT-MAN would be proud of me ..... I only missed 2 other fish on the FW ....(lots better with tha FW than I usually do). All fish came on shaded banks. FW had to be placed right against the grass or they would not bite it ....... lots of small minn'er's living on the edge of the grass right now. Caught all of mine between 8am and 9:30am ...... fish shut-off either due to sun getting higher, fishing pressure, or both ............ this is only a Wednesday/Saturday lake. Would have stayed longer but the 'pond' was filling up with other fisher-people and I hate a crowd. Kinda surprised me that many people on a Wednesday.

Talked to a guy at the ramp and he said he caught only one and it was first thing that morning when the fish were busting in the middle and he caught it on "a topwater plug" but it too was of no size. ............... remember the middle of the 'pond' is only 5' deep out there :???:

Good luck if you go .......... I think I'll stick with Clarks Hill or Savannah River/ Stevens Creek (another boat ramp I found today that is so full of stumps it makes Santee look like a church parkin' lot on a Weekday )

-391

What happen to working or job hunting/ LOL

391 i used to fish slade lake alot the fishing has gone south there in the last 3 years you usedst could go and catch 15 to 20 and 6 would be over 5 lbs. ive caught one out of there that was 10lbs 4oz but the there are alot of people hitting it now that keep all they can

I know what you mean chris. Lake Rabon in Laurens County was like that. Years ago you could go catch atleast 1 fish over 6lb's every season in the year and 1 fish over 8lb's every year ................... everyone's got a 9.9 (or a 15 or 20 w/ 9.9 stickers or no stickers) and the fishing pressure made it not so easy anymore ....... plus all the houses that are on there now. But as for Slade Lake I know exactly what you're saying .............. lots of 5 gallon buckets yesterday getting filled w/postage stamps .

Hey 390 ............. a man's got to get a break from 'the hunt' every-now-and-then. Still looking. Good leads, but they are just taking too long ................ job posting closes but "... it will take 90 to 120 days before we select the individual." That's starting to get old.