Secord Lake Ramp

[bob620]

The last time I tried to use the ramp at secord marina the owner said it was not open to public,because of insurance reasons.The Secord lake bar was across the street along with Secord lake party store and people used to tie up on the marina docks and that would be an insurance nightmare for Rob the marina owner.
     Cameraguy  your are right it is lake lancer I don't what know I was thinking.Did you fish secord lake besides in tournaments,seems like I talked to you on the lake years ago,you were slamming the pike on a gold colored spinner bait on the west side of the of the main lake.I am looking for the article that was in Bassmaster magazine.I bought two issues and made a frame showcasing the article and hung it in our cottage on secord lake.I talked to my Dad to today about it to see if he still had it in a box down stairs,he thinks it was still on the wall when the new owners took possession of the cottage.Seems the article was named The Bass of Secord Lake,and he talked about fishing late in the fall flipping jigs.I think he brought up Smallwood lake and Wixom lake also.
 
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[cameraguy]

I have only been on the lake with Dan K and we did get a couple of pike in a bay so maybe that was it. My parents used to have a place on Lake Lancelot in Sugar Springs and I would spend most of my time there. After going to Secord with Dan, I really would have liked to spend more time there. It's a very interesting lake as are many of the Tittibawassee and Tobacco River impoundments.
     I really like Wixom and have never been on Sanford, but would like to go. I have fished Ross Lake from shore and did fairly well. I have never been on Smallwood but had the article from Bassmaster hung on my closet door for years to remind me to try it since my parent's cottage was so close. Plus, a ramp was right next to the bar my brothers and I would often go to when we were younger. I guess I was too busy fishing club tournaments or working.
     I tried to find older Bassmaster articles on their website to no avail. It's too bad they don't have them archived and accessible.
     

[gmetime24]

Well we decided to go out on Lake Lancer. I have never fished Secord and will probably wait till October to try it out and let the boat traffic calm down.

This was only my second time out on Lancer with the first being in the middle of May this spring. Had caught a ton of bass then but Saturday was a different story, We hooked into a couple big pike, a handful of rock bass and plenty of undersized largies. Did not get one big bass all day and that was kind of disappointing. It was a beautiful day on the water either way and we still had fun

Had to get some confidence back so we headed up to Sanford on Sunday.  We got on the fish rather quickly and found some nice ones to finish off a good weekend!

[djkimmel]

Well, that sounds pretty good too! I've only been on Sanford once or twice. I remember a club tournament everyone thought we had won but they didn't know that we were catching really fat bass that were all a 1/4 inch short. I think we ended up with one or two keepers.

[Big dreams]

Saturday on Secord wasn't anything special as well.  I landed two within the first 15 minutes for a total of just over 3 lbs.  That was the last bite I had all day.  As soon as the sun came up, I had a hard time tracking them down.  Tried deep in the cuts, points off the main channel, and the main channel itself.  Not sure where I went wrong...

[djkimmel]

It has always been a spotty lake for me. Maybe there's just too much good looking cover. But when you find the spot!?! I caught two toads off the same log in the 2 federation classics we had up there way, way back including a 5-9 big bass in the first event. I don't have a waypoint for that log but I'm sure I'll know it whenever I see it again