I'm in Akron and can't remember anything like that. Good find though! Whatever you do...keep the location to yourself.

 

The only hatchery that I know of was the Medina fish Hatchery.!$

 

castmaster, you'd better keep that place to yourself as Tokugawa said! Sounds like an awesome little secret spot. :B

 

castmaster...not aware of anything in Akron area except over around Medina someplace. The history of DNR hatcheries is probably online here someplace if you want to search for it.

Wondering if you stumbled on an old "pay lake" facility. From what I understand, they had multiple ponds/depths like you describe. You might find info on it at old family owned restaurants/coffee shops that have been around 20-40 yrs. close to the place. Just a thought.

Sounds like nice quiet spot. Shhhhhh.

 

ah only way to catch the big ones is to use giant 7 in. stickbaits and swimbaits that are bigger that the natural forage. but only slightly bigger. like 5 in. and bight colors! i cant stress that enough. you try natural colors and you wont even catch the gills that will eat spit off the surface of the water. white spinnerbaits catch eight pound bass easy if you know where to look. location location location

 

white spinnerbaits catch eight pound bass easy if you know where to look. location location location

Pictures? (Of the fish, not the area)

 

Forget you guys... I wanna know where it is

 

You can try some swimbaits, as they would be big enough to entice the bigguns. I like Strike King's Shadalicious baits.

 

I think everyone would like to know where it is, but he should hold the spot to himself. Would you give away a spot like that to everyone. If I knew of a pond that held bass like that I woulden't tell anyone. To tell you the truth I would Problably keep it to my self.

 

Hmmmm... Sounds like the old Rubber City Sand and Gravel site. Not a hatchery, but a quarry with varying depths. Anyone know what ever happened to those lakes? Was a state site back in the 70s/80s, then disappeared. Figured that it was bought out for some condos. One of the lakes was good for bass when guys weren't running the RC speedboats there.

 

I wouldn't reveal the spot. I think most of us have one, but I would like to see one picture of the fish that went from 6 pounds to 8 pounds in the time it took to go from post #1 to post #6.

 

Must of swallowed a couple of 7 inch stickbaits...

 

I'm with you JC. By March that pond will be producing 12 pounders.

Scott

 

i wasnt the one who caught the 8lber. that was my friend who was throwing a 1 oz. spinnerbait that he found at the hoga. spinnerbait probably got lost when fishing for pike. but this fish must've gone 8. me myself and i have only caught 6lbers out of there. and that was with a bluegill swimbait. you go there with any bait bigger than 7in. and you are certain to catch :B

 

I know where those lakes are. Be careful they are still private. Rock salt hurts and will penetrate blue jeans!!!

 

Rock salt hurts and will penetrate blue jeans!!!

there is no rock salt where i fish srry. only mud and thorns, which are irritating enough.i found out that the tusc runs through it. but there are a lot of housing developments that are growing grass by the lakeshore and couldn't that contribute to :B

 

there is no rock salt where i fish srry. only mud and thorns, which are irritating enough.

castmaster00.....The rock salt that fishing pole was warning you about is not on the ground around the lakes. Yet! !%

 

There is an old fish hatchery on Comet Rd. between Manchester and Main.

Hey Steel, I think I know where this is too. Fished it before. I'll PM you.

 

When I was in high school my friends and I fished and camped at a rock quarry in Tallmadge/Stow. Good fishing! We got the owner's permission first though.

 

When I was in high school my friends and I fished and camped at a rock quarry in Tallmadge/Stow. Good fishing! We got the owner's permission first though.

If it's the same place I'm thinking of, I think they still allow fishing.

 

There's a little spot in Green that I used to fish that sounds eerily like what you are talking about. The spot I'm thinking of is a series of old gravel pits that over the last couple years have been heavily posted PRIVATE PROPERTY. That was enough to keep me out even though the bass there are huge and hungry. If this is the spot then watch yourself because criminal trespassing isn't something I'd want on my record. I had days there that I could catch a bass every cast, and some I'm sure are monsters!

 

no the large pond i am thinking of is located by Springfield High School. how large are these gravel pits? there is a large 3 ft. flat that takes up half of the whole lake. offers a perfect spawning area.:B oh and there still is not rack salt. otherwise wouldn't the channel cats have died by now?

 

oh and there still is not rack salt.

They are talking about landowners using rock salt as a "weapon" of sorts to get you off their property.

 

oh and there still is not rack salt.

Landowners have been known to load shotgun shells with rock salt instead of buckshot and shoot it at someone on their property without permission.

 

You realize that people can use Google Earth...right?