Peace Valley Lake
 

Theres a lake not far from my new house called Peace Valley Lake. Just a
couple thousand acres, dam on one end & the only major tributary on the
other, and not much in between. The headwaters are off-limits to fishing,
as are the upper 15% or so of the lake. As a teenager I used to fish the
off-limits area at night, and the bass fishing was extraordinary.

Well yesterday, some 25 years since the last time I fished the lake, I
dragged my boat up there & dumped it in (the on-limits part of the lake of
course lol). Can I tell you that it was HOT, around 100 degrees, which is
my favorite time to fish mid-summertime. I was out in the sun for over 8
hours. Finally caught one small keeper, the only strike I had from a bass
all-day.

I found the lake very featureless for the most-part. Apparently it was
completely cleared of cover prior to filling, and nothing even resembling
structure reamained in the depths. I found water up to 35 feet deep, but no
ledges, points, humps or sharp drop-offs. There was some sparse submergent
vegitation near the shoreline, hydrilla, but no sign of weeds deeper than
about 3'. Water temp was 87 degrees.

The one bite I got came on a t-rigged craw, pitched to the base of the lone
cement piling near the blockhouse at the riprip dam. I dragged rigs,
dropshotted, flipped tubes, and cranked virtually the whole lake. No
takers.

I'm going to revisit the lake again next spring, will let you know how I
make out. I'm certainly in no hurry to return there in the heat.

Hope y'all are catchin em better than I am. I'm off to Champlain in a few
weeks for the Everstart tourney out of Plattsburgh NY.

Warren

Say Warren,

Is that Peace Valley lake off of Ferry Rd, below 313 in Bucks county?

If so, I'v never had great sucess there but some of my friends have. They
report they had a great year up until about mid June. Nocamixon , just above
Peace valley, has been super this year. Last few weeks have been hit & miss.

JL
"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Theres a lake not far from my new house called Peace Valley Lake. Just a
couple thousand acres, dam on one end & the only major tributary on the
other, and not much in between. The headwaters are off-limits to fishing,
as are the upper 15% or so of the lake. As a teenager I used to fish the
off-limits area at night, and the bass fishing was extraordinary.

Well yesterday, some 25 years since the last time I fished the lake, I
dragged my boat up there & dumped it in (the on-limits part of the lake of
course lol). Can I tell you that it was HOT, around 100 degrees, which is
my favorite time to fish mid-summertime. I was out in the sun for over 8
hours. Finally caught one small keeper, the only strike I had from a bass
all-day.

I found the lake very featureless for the most-part. Apparently it was
completely cleared of cover prior to filling, and nothing even resembling
structure reamained in the depths. I found water up to 35 feet deep, but
no
ledges, points, humps or sharp drop-offs. There was some sparse
submergent
vegitation near the shoreline, hydrilla, but no sign of weeds deeper than
about 3'. Water temp was 87 degrees.

The one bite I got came on a t-rigged craw, pitched to the base of the
lone
cement piling near the blockhouse at the riprip dam. I dragged rigs,
dropshotted, flipped tubes, and cranked virtually the whole lake. No
takers.

I'm going to revisit the lake again next spring, will let you know how I
make out. I'm certainly in no hurry to return there in the heat.

Hope y'all are catchin em better than I am. I'm off to Champlain in a few
weeks for the Everstart tourney out of Plattsburgh NY.

Warren

Thanks Jim - yea, thats the one. I dont do well at Nockamixon, but I keep
trying! You do good there? Where do you live? I just moved to Jamison,
below Doylestown...

Warren

"Jim L" wrote in message
...
Say Warren,

Is that Peace Valley lake off of Ferry Rd, below 313 in Bucks county?

If so, I'v never had great sucess there but some of my friends have.
They
report they had a great year up until about mid June. Nocamixon , just
above
Peace valley, has been super this year. Last few weeks have been hit &
miss.

JL
"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Theres a lake not far from my new house called Peace Valley Lake. Just
a
couple thousand acres, dam on one end & the only major tributary on the
other, and not much in between. The headwaters are off-limits to
fishing,
as are the upper 15% or so of the lake. As a teenager I used to fish
the
off-limits area at night, and the bass fishing was extraordinary.

Well yesterday, some 25 years since the last time I fished the lake, I
dragged my boat up there & dumped it in (the on-limits part of the lake
of
course lol). Can I tell you that it was HOT, around 100 degrees, which
is
my favorite time to fish mid-summertime. I was out in the sun for over
8
hours. Finally caught one small keeper, the only strike I had from a
bass
all-day.

I found the lake very featureless for the most-part. Apparently it was
completely cleared of cover prior to filling, and nothing even
resembling
structure reamained in the depths. I found water up to 35 feet deep,
but
no
ledges, points, humps or sharp drop-offs. There was some sparse
submergent
vegitation near the shoreline, hydrilla, but no sign of weeds deeper
than
about 3'. Water temp was 87 degrees.

The one bite I got came on a t-rigged craw, pitched to the base of the
lone
cement piling near the blockhouse at the riprip dam. I dragged rigs,
dropshotted, flipped tubes, and cranked virtually the whole lake. No
takers.

I'm going to revisit the lake again next spring, will let you know how I
make out. I'm certainly in no hurry to return there in the heat.

Hope y'all are catchin em better than I am. I'm off to Champlain in a
few
weeks for the Everstart tourney out of Plattsburgh NY.

Warren

No Warren, It's a little too far for me since I fish almost every night and
live in Newtown. I fish a local pond that is the best bass fishing in the
area. It'a a little difficult to get too and it's loaded with weeds but boy
does it have bass. Nockamixon is a hard lake to learn. My brother-in-law
fishes it almost every night and he has had a great year and he is learning
it a year by year.
I know Jamison very well. I go to the Warwick tavern on Thursday nights with
my golf league buddies. (Right above Almshouse Rd)

There used to be a bait & tackle shop on Rt 413 in Warwick called "Fish-in
Tails" that went out of business about a year ago. They had a TV show on
local cable and did a few spring shows from Peace Valley. They caught one
after the other by the dam. So I guess it's good in the spring.

Jim

"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Thanks Jim - yea, thats the one. I dont do well at Nockamixon, but I keep
trying! You do good there? Where do you live? I just moved to Jamison,
below Doylestown...

Warren

"Jim L" wrote in message
...
Say Warren,

Is that Peace Valley lake off of Ferry Rd, below 313 in Bucks county?

If so, I'v never had great sucess there but some of my friends have.
They
report they had a great year up until about mid June. Nocamixon , just
above
Peace valley, has been super this year. Last few weeks have been hit &
miss.

JL
"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Theres a lake not far from my new house called Peace Valley Lake. Just
a
couple thousand acres, dam on one end & the only major tributary on the
other, and not much in between. The headwaters are off-limits to
fishing,
as are the upper 15% or so of the lake. As a teenager I used to fish
the
off-limits area at night, and the bass fishing was extraordinary.

Well yesterday, some 25 years since the last time I fished the lake, I
dragged my boat up there & dumped it in (the on-limits part of the lake
of
course lol). Can I tell you that it was HOT, around 100 degrees, which
is
my favorite time to fish mid-summertime. I was out in the sun for over
8
hours. Finally caught one small keeper, the only strike I had from a
bass
all-day.

I found the lake very featureless for the most-part. Apparently it was
completely cleared of cover prior to filling, and nothing even
resembling
structure reamained in the depths. I found water up to 35 feet deep,
but
no
ledges, points, humps or sharp drop-offs. There was some sparse
submergent
vegitation near the shoreline, hydrilla, but no sign of weeds deeper
than
about 3'. Water temp was 87 degrees.

The one bite I got came on a t-rigged craw, pitched to the base of the
lone
cement piling near the blockhouse at the riprip dam. I dragged rigs,
dropshotted, flipped tubes, and cranked virtually the whole lake. No
takers.

I'm going to revisit the lake again next spring, will let you know how
I
make out. I'm certainly in no hurry to return there in the heat.

Hope y'all are catchin em better than I am. I'm off to Champlain in a
few
weeks for the Everstart tourney out of Plattsburgh NY.

Warren

Warren, Is that Lake Galeana you're talking about? I haven't fished
it in years. The last time I did, i remember catching a ton of white
bass and yellow perch. I have an uncle that lives very close to there,
in New Brittian. I seem to remember him telling me a few years ago
that there was some kind of massive fish kill. Maybe the lake hasn't
fully recovered.

-Zimmy