Hamilton Bay - Harbourfront Park

[kevinhiles]

I was fishing last night on Hamilton Bay at Harbourfront Park. Was fishing just up from the boat launch and noticed a lot of weeds so I tried texas rigged soft plastic worm to avoid getting snagged. Also tried a Berkley plastic scented minnow - but no luck with either bait.

 

For anyone who's fished there, what's the best lure to use in that part of the bay? Has anyone got lucky with a spinner bait?

[bassjnkie]

The Harbour is great for bass, the best bait I've seen catch bass there is a senko and Mepp inline spinners dressed 1/4oz. Hope this helps. Oh, ya, those Mepps work great on sheephead.

[hammercarp]

Try your soft plastics along the shore off of the trail that goes from the boat launch to the Dejardin canal ( High Level Bridge ) The last time I tried that it was several years ago but I managed 8 1 to 2 pounders. There are lily pads and submerged logs along there. Poke you head through the bushes along the way and look for likely spots.

A course carp fishing is a lot more fun. Oh a word of warning your concentration may be broken by the occasional bikini topped lass that rollerblades up and down the trail.

Good luck.

[Rich]

Never caught a bass on a spinnerbait in Hamilton Harbour. My best success there has always been on texas rigged tube jigs, 3" grubs and occasionally Big O crankbaits.

[smally21]

from shore i lob weighted plastice into the weeds and hope for a hit on the way down. always comes up with cabbage but that is where the fish are. in the boat ill use live baits in the deeper water past the weed beds. on spinnerbaits all i have caught is small catfish, a surprise everytime! crankbaits seem to be ignored. there are nice sized bass in there, not too pretty lookin. if you see me by myself in the blue stratos wave me over.

[uglyfish]

ive caught bass there on spinnerbaits, senkos, crankbaits, buzzbaits, poppers, rattle traps. just gotta put the leg work in. theres a lot of pressure there and a lot of traffic. but the fishing is great. we had a 4 hour club tourney last nite down there. lots of 2lb fish caught, but the highlights were a 4lb 3oz largie and a 5lb 7oz largie. and believe it or not, that was caught on a small popper.

[smally21]

spill it uglyfish where were you really and how come i didnt know about this tourney? i sat on my couch for 4 hours last night 10 minutes from there.

[CLofchik]

we had a 4 hour club tourney last nite down there.....

 

Any pike?

 

I never really hit the bass much in the Bay, but always picked up fish missed by others Carolina rigging straight worms or lizards on deep weedlines & edges. There's plenty of deeper water accessible from shore starting at Bayfront and putting the legwork in.

Edited July 16, 2009 by CLofchik

[rbaquial]

Sweet tips!! I should give it a try next time I'm down there....

[kevinhiles]

Thanks for the tips. I'm gonna try a few different lures and different spots. Just bought some senkos to try - hopefully I pull some fish out with those.