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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2003
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Fished this lake for the first time; just fished it for a few hours in the afternoon. The water temperature was between 62 degrees in the open water to as high as 66 degrees in the deep pads. I ca...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2003
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Fished Downs Lake for the first time today. Typically cool spring day with rain and then sun. Some wind right before the rains showers. Only a couple of people fishing this unusual lake that has lots ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/28/2003
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Downs Lake, Wow....what a place!!!! Trout are coming in really good. Perch are still a bit slow, but wait till the weather warms up, we will be catching them in bucket fulls!!! All you need is a hook...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2002
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Perch on the the bite As many as I wanted to clean a catfish hole was found .Can't keep m off the hook. Not many crappie but will be back for them last part of aug and all of sept. Has always b...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The perch finally started biting. Stringers of 70-100 perch in the 9-15 inch are common. When the fish are hitting this fast, this is a great lake for kids. Also trout are running 15-24 inchs. Crappie...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2002
Hot Spots: 0
A lot of Bass coming in the largest so far is 6 1/2 pounds and was released at the resort. Opening day there was a 16 inch brown brought in, a couple days later a 17 inch rainbow. Some perch and a cou...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/2/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I fished downs and only caught a few small trout. The problem with this lake is the weeds. the weeds are so over grown it makes the fishing hard
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We stopped by for a weekend and stayed more than 2 months. We caught all the perch and crappie we wanted. Almost all were 11 to 14 inch. A catch of 30 to 70 fish per day was common. The people at the ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2001
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I saw some of the biggest fish come out of downs last year I have been fishing the lake for many years 6 & 7 # big mouth bass,,,crappie and perch 11 + in. Besides the fishing camp is fun - camp fi...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2001
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Its about time for Downs to start putting out incredible size perch and crappie again. I would bet a state record could come out of here in the next couple years. If you fished the lake in the past fe...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Downs Lake on Memorial day weekend and didn't want to leave. After we figured out that the weeds are good to fish in we caught fish. Lots of fish. All summer. We met lots of great people lik...
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