Chestnut Hill Reservoir Fishing Report

4.33 Rating based on 3 Reviews

Chestnut Hill Crappie

Went to Chestnut hill today to break in the new spinning combo that I got yesterday. Got there about 11:20am, there was a fair amount of wind and the water was slightly choppy. It was sunny and the water was clear.

I put on a gold Johnson's silver spoon to put some distance on the cast as I was concerned about my job of spooling the new reel. I actually got a hit on that set up as I was casting out and retrieving line to condition it.

My daughter was casting out a 1/8th oz jig with a twister tail grub on it. She caught a lot of brush hang ups.

She has started to tie her own clinch knots so she changed up to a 1/16 jig with a honey worm on a spring lock bobber. As the wind was against us she had a hard time being productive with that set up.

I changed out the silver spoon for a Rapala Husky Jerk size 8 in a yellow perch pattern.

While working this lure I hooked up with my first fish of 2011. At first I thought the fish was a bass. However, when I brought it in to the net I discovered that it was a 15in Crappie. This was a personal first as I have never landed a crappie that big before.

after that we moved to the opposite side of the cove to so that the wind could work with us and not against us.

I continued to fish the Husky jerk and hooked up with another slab crappie. My daughter was a great help in both instances as she helped me land the fish using the net and took the pictures in which I appear with the fish.

After the 2nd the crappie I convinced her to tie on a Rapala Husky jerk identical to mine. She got one solid hit but failed to hook up with a fish.

She got hungry so we packed up and got some lunch.

It felt good to catch a fish again especially fish as big as I caught. I released both fish back into the water from which they came.

  • Added By: thorn168 on 04/10/11 02:44 PM
  • Location: Chestnut Hill Reservoir
  • Report Date: 4/10/2011
  • # of Hotspots: 1
  • # of Photos: 2
  • # of Fish Caught: 2
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  • # of Fish Caught: 2
  • Water Type: freshwater
  • Type of Fish: Calico Bass(Black Crappie)
  • Fish Length (Avg): 14 inches
  • Fish Length (Max): 15 inches
  • Fish Weight (Avg): 1 lbs. 4 oz.
  • Bait Details: HJ8 Rapala Husky jerk

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  • Went back to the same spot one week later using the same lure caught another 2 slab crappie.

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