Lake Ellen?
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Lake Ellen?
Anyone ever fish there?
I don't seem to ever hear reports from there or hear of anyone going.
I don't seem to ever hear reports from there or hear of anyone going.
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Re: Lake Ellen?
Where is it?
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Re: Lake Ellen?
In panacea? The only thing it has more than fish is 10'+ alligators.
nice place though....
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nice place though....
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Re: Lake Ellen?
Cotton, it's in the Medart area, not too far from Wakulla HS. Very close to the 98/Crawfordville Hwy junction.
It's very different from many other lakes around here that are grassy and weedy. It's mainly all open water. Great skiing and recreational lake.
I remember going back up this tiny canal (had to get out and push the jon boat over cypress knobs and fallen logs a few times) to Little Lake Ellen and I remember it looking extremely fishy. Looked like 10 pounders would be everywhere in there. This was over 15 years ago.
I can't recall ever seeing a gator in there, just a few moccasins.
It's very different from many other lakes around here that are grassy and weedy. It's mainly all open water. Great skiing and recreational lake.
I remember going back up this tiny canal (had to get out and push the jon boat over cypress knobs and fallen logs a few times) to Little Lake Ellen and I remember it looking extremely fishy. Looked like 10 pounders would be everywhere in there. This was over 15 years ago.
I can't recall ever seeing a gator in there, just a few moccasins.
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Re: Lake Ellen?
If I drove that far, I would have a tough time not hitting the salt instead. That might explain the lack of reports. It looks fishy from the air.
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Re: Lake Ellen?
Yeah I was confusing lake Ellen with Otter lake. Oops!
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The lakes above I haven't been to in probably 20 years. I didn't even know they still had public access. I remember there being a huge to do about the HOA in the area wanting to close the road there down and deny access to the lake. Guess I lost interest after that? I remember fishing from a canoe there and catching a few small bass and thinking it'd be a great place to fish regularly......
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The lakes above I haven't been to in probably 20 years. I didn't even know they still had public access. I remember there being a huge to do about the HOA in the area wanting to close the road there down and deny access to the lake. Guess I lost interest after that? I remember fishing from a canoe there and catching a few small bass and thinking it'd be a great place to fish regularly......
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Re: Lake Ellen?
I'm going to give it a shot this evening from my jon boat with a friend who's never been fishing before. I just got a used motor and need to test it out and run the cobwebs out of it anyway.
I'll try to take a few pictures and post this weekend with an update of how it goes. If I get skunked I can use the excuse that it was only a recon mission, or I was teaching a friend to fish
I'll try to take a few pictures and post this weekend with an update of how it goes. If I get skunked I can use the excuse that it was only a recon mission, or I was teaching a friend to fish
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Re: Lake Ellen?
Awesome! Let us know because I think it'd be a great lake to kayak- but like I said I had written it of years ago.....
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Re: Lake Ellen?
It's a deep sandy bottom lake, 16-18 ft in the middle. Very black water. I fish it often, once you learn the lake it can produce.
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Re: Lake Ellen?
Launched 5:30ish Friday late afternoon and fished until a storm chased us off the water at 8:15ish. Public ramp is very small, but usable.
Threw many different lures and ended up catching only one very small bass on a spinnerbait. Seems like it'd be a beautiful area, just gotta figure out what works there. That lake isn't like most in this area.
Didn't see any fishermen on the main lake, only a few jet skiers and kids swimming off docks.
Ran around my motor a bit to test it out, then decided to try to squeeze back to the little lake for the first time in 15-18 years. The troller got me back there OK (so a yak would be no problem at all), only bottomed out once with it. It's extremely narrow and very gator-y and snake-y. Made it back to the Little Lake and it was beautiful like I remembered. It looks very fishy. There was a boat much larger than mine that had made it back there with a couple fellars fishing...though I didn't see them have any luck.Threw many different lures and ended up catching only one very small bass on a spinnerbait. Seems like it'd be a beautiful area, just gotta figure out what works there. That lake isn't like most in this area.
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Beautiful little fish! Thanks for the report.....if its deep and sandy bottomed, the bass fishing may be better this time of year off shore. Sounds like I need to stop by sometime....
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Re: Lake Ellen?
I'm with Tim.
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