Hardy Lake info

[mperry]

i fish hardy very often. i only live about 2 miles away. if you know where cedar cove is i would try there first. caught a lot of bass using jigs. full of wood so be careful. the lake is a little low know and the stumps very hard to see. in the mornings you can usually see bass busting minnows on the main lake. keep a look out for this also. hardy is very weedy but fishing around the banks usually produce however the bass are mostly on the small side. good luck

[Viper201]

mperry,are they still schooling up near the grass beds by the beach,caught quite a few there last month on topwater.

[mperry]

I was just out there on 10-8-05 and did not see them schooling up but I usually see them in the morning and I did not get out there early enough. With the cold front coming through did not even get a bite but mostly fished for crappie. Maybe when the weather gets a little more stable most of the fish should turn on.
MPERRY

[fishman47346]

We did catch a few schooling in one of the big cove back in the Idle zone area. They would turn on and off. It was fun for a while. cought one keeper out of several throwing at the schooling bass busting shad.

[fishman47346]

Just returned form Hardy. Was pretty hard to catch a keeper. only 2 out of 14 today from 6:30 till 1:00. Had one out of about the same boated yesterday. The others in the tournament was about the same. Two guys blanked. Seven in the little tournament total. We liked the lake. I was a little surprised that I couldn't get them to hit top water. Probably the cold front I guess. It looked like you should be able to tear them up on a popr or buzz bait. Most of the fish were caught on sinkos and flukes. One of our guys caught a 9lb. striper or wiper? on a rtrap. Only took a little over 5 lbs. to win.
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I only got the first post before I left, but I appreciate the replys.

[JBehr]

I had heard rumors that wipers had been stocked around 2000, but nobody could confirm. Glad to hear that there was at least one! They are a blast to catch and good to eat! What more could you want! 9# is a heckuva nice fish. Bet he/she was ready to collect that winners check when the fish hit!

Joe

[fishman47346]

Yes, he also had fun bringing it to the scales saying "he had a bass that looked to be over 8lb". He wasn't lying, sort of, he didn't reveal it's true identity until the last minute. We had fun pumping up a few of the guys before it's unvailing.
He said it did give him quite a battle.

[mperry]

I talked to a member of the dnr and stripers and wipers were stocked there around 2000. i have caught a couple of the stripers. not very big but fight hard. this lake needed something else. now if they can just do something with the weeds

[JBehr]

Did DNR mention if they are maintaining regular stockings or was it a one-shot deal? I would love to see another hybrid lake closer to home.

Joe