Never been to the quarrey before. Is it worth the trip right now? Any directions? Is this a place that I can get away from the crowd a little or am I going to be shoulder to shoulder? Thought that I may try a new spot out. Thanks.
I was just wondering do you have a view of the quarry from your back door?It's been slow lately.On the pretty days,evenings and on weekends from sun up til dark it will have as many as 12 shoreline bucket fishermen & up to 6 Bass boats jockeying for position.Not many fish have been taken lately.Right now ,Thursday 11:45 am,there's 2 bass boats & a few bucket fishermen.
The road you turn onto off rt 40 is Joppafarm rd.Torn into Joppatown off Route 40. Go past the shopping center and make a right turn onto Shore Drive. Proceed down Shore Drive. Your first go through woods on the right and then a field. At the end of the field you'll get into some trees on the right and see everyone parked there on weekends.
Now this might sound like BS but it's the truth!
Go to the last light pole on the right side of the street before the first house on the right. That's where the trail goes on. (You'll see all the trash around it and not all from fisherman)
Go through the hole in the fence ( watch it if you are tall for the barbed wire.)
Follow the trail across a pallet spanning a little ditch. The trail wil then curve to the left.
Just follow the trail. It will go toward the left and under the power lines. Just past the power lines you'll see the quarry.
Crappies were HOT, HOT, HOT before all the ice. They should bust lose again as soon as this weather settles down a little bit to a more consistent pattern.
Pleaser remember to carry your own trash out and maybe a little more left by others. If this place becomes a trash dump it will end up like the Carroll Island Power Plant and we don't want that to happen.
Absolutely priceless and only on TF. I love it.:thumbup:Go to the last light pole on the right side of the street before the first house on the right. That's where the trail goes on. (You'll see all the trash around it and not all from fisherman)
Go through the hole in the fence ( watch it if you are tall for the barbed wire.)
Follow the trail across a pallet spanning a little ditch. The trail wil then curve to the left.
Just follow the trail. It will go toward the left and under the power lines. Just past the power lines you'll see the quarry.
Yes,I can see the whole quarry including the inlet & islands.i can walk out my back door & fish the Quarry.I was just wondering do you have a view of the quarry from your back door?
Jerry The fishermen reading this will think it's Bass paradise.It's not always that easy.I fished the quarry today-one of Capt Nick's bucket fisherman. First time I've been able to get out for a few weeks. There were several guys fishing but it was not so crowded that it was a problem. They were catching some crappie mostly on minnows but a few also on artificials like panfish assassins and trout magnets. I caught a bass on the first cast and went on to catch 28 bass anywhere from 8" up to about 2 lbs. on a piece of rubber worm on a a 1/4 oz. jighead. I also caught two small yellow perch. I had kind of expected to see more perch, but they may be either further up stream or already gone. I missed a lot of hits and lost several to the rebar and logs. All in all, it was a pretty good day. The tide was way out and didn't start back in until after noon then the wind came up really hard about 1:30 and the fish just shut down.
A DNR officer was there checking licenses. One of the guys fishing beside me didn't have a license. He told the officer that the wasn't going to lie to him because he had been fishing and didn't have a tidal license. The officer was really good about it. He just told the guy not to fish anymore and went on checking everyone else. The guy sat out until his friends finished up and then they left.