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Potholes Fishing Reports

Potholes
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 9/20/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, another year at the Mardon Dock Tournament is in the books... and another year I didn't even make the board... My buddy Thomas, for the second time won first place, this time in Blue Gill.... A ...
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Potholes
By: Tossin4hawgs
Posted: 9/15/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Second year of what is now an annual trip. Mardon is AWESOME.... Arrived Friday morning and stayed through Tuesday. Lake was not as low as last year, water temp was higher 65ish. Mostly sunny through ...
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Potholes
By: rseas
Posted: 9/7/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
See my “Potholes 2010, Drag Boats and Fishing” blog post for the fishing details Fished both Saturday and Sunday over labor Day weekend and had a blast.
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Potholes
By: rseas
Posted: 9/7/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
See my “Potholes 2010, Drag Boats and Fishing” blog post for the fishing details Fished both Saturday and Sunday over labor Day weekend and had a blast.
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/30/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This report is actally for the whole weekend. Got to the potholes friday afternoon pulled spinners and cranks for 2 hours no bites around goose island. Moved to the dam to pitch jigs for bass lots o...
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Potholes
By: jbball50
Posted: 8/24/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out on the boat later than what we wanted to and started fishing about 10:00 or so down at Goose Island. My dad and I tried trolling crankbaits in two different areas around the island that ha...
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Potholes
By: RC
Posted: 8/5/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes from July 27th to August 1st. Trolled in the Crab Creek Arm just inside from the main lake in 6 to 8 feet of water along weed lines.We used shad rap# 5 lures with a fast troll 2.5 to 3...
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Potholes
By: rjn cajun
Posted: 7/7/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This report is from the 3rd of july through the 6th of july. On the 3rd was on the resevoir with winds in the teens and anyone who has been there knows that means big waves for a small boat. Fished th...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
found a nice spot on the south end of the lake to camp; however, it wasn;'t the best location for fishing. my buddy and i caught a number of small large mouth bass, but none were keepers.
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Potholes
By: gpc
Posted: 6/20/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Stayed at Mar Don over the weekend and fished from the dock. Fishing was pretty slow. On Friday night from midnight to 3am I caught 2 crappie and 3 trout. 1 crappie was a keeper and the other about 4"...
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Potholes
By: Lundegard
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter to Potholes for some walleye fishing. Linked up with a good friend who has a place at MarDon. My daughter was a real trooper...up at 515 a.m. and didn't complain until noon! Water ...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Weather:Breezy and off and on rain. Water temp: 64-66 Fish: Walleyes Fished Potholes both Weds.16th and Thurs.17th. Nothing on Weds. but 3 on Thurs. 2-2+lbs. and 1-1.25lbs walleyes. Fishing reall...
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Potholes
By: Phantom18
Posted: 6/16/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son to Potholes for what was supposed to be a 3 day trip. Got there on Sunday, fished for smallies around Goose Island and the face of the dam. Nothing, talked to the folks at Mardon and they ...
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Potholes
By: nerickson
Posted: 6/16/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Potholes for 4 days. Saw some guys pulling some nice largmouth. Water level was very high with all the local rain so the dunes were covered still. Little consentration of fish. Saw some ni...
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Potholes
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/16/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing trips have been far and few between this year, mostly as a result of Obama's economy yet the trips have been well worth it for me and my good friend Adam Barnett. Ad and I took my 10" flat ...
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Potholes
By: mav186
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Potholes Reservoir Accommodations and Contact Information: Potholes State Park Date(s): 6/11/10 and 6/12/10 Weather Conditions: Sunny and warm Wind: Light and variable ...
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Potholes
By: fishinChristian
Posted: 6/8/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to shiner again, and got nothing, but saw many fish eating birds. One guy said if I was looking for crappie, I should look at the white stuff on the rocks. So I went to potholes. Glad I did....
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Potholes
By: RC
Posted: 6/8/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes on Sunday morning "happen to pick a rainy day!" Fished Crab Creek arm about half between the power lines and the main lake in 15 feet of water. Lake is still at full pool. There were a...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
it was a awesome day.
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Potholes
By: fishinChristian
Posted: 6/1/2010
Species: Catfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The dogs & I sarted at Shiner, but it was very slow, and Hampton was no better, so we packed up (I did most of the work for some reason) and went to Potholes City... err lake. The crowd wasn't too ba...
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Potholes
By: gpc
Posted: 5/30/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lind Coule for 2 days before the Memorial day crowd showed up. Wednesday: Fished from 7:45am-3:00pm. Took us a couple hours to find fish but once we found them it was smooth sailing. We ende...
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Potholes
By: sommysom
Posted: 5/19/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Says and I went on our annual trip to the Potholes Reservior this past Sunday and Monday. We wanted to target largies, but the bite wasn't quite there. However we managed to catch a handful from 1.3lb...
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Potholes
By: mav186
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Potholes Date(s): 5/14-16/10 Weather Conditions: Sunny and warm Wind: light and variable Ambient Temp: low 80’s Water Temp.: 62.7 Water Clarity: Good Moon Phase: 1% w...
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Potholes
By: allanwalker
Posted: 5/10/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Did ok on Potholes this weekend. Three 19' Creb Creek and one 17" Lind Coulee and boy were they fatties. The 19's went from 2 to 2.5 pounds and the 17 was 1.75 pound. Also caught an small mouth 10" an...
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Potholes
By: RC
Posted: 5/10/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Potholes in the crab creek arm for friday afternoon walleye fishing. Lots of company for a week day. Fished about 1/4 mile from power line crossing down the arm toward the main res. Fished in 12 t...
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