Holloway Reservior

[JLengemann]

Anyone fished Holloway reservior in genesee county for smallies. I heard there were some good size smallies there. Any info on the lake would be great.

Jlengemann

[sigman]

Might want to post in the warm water fishing thread. This is for LSC.

[ESOX]

The lake holds both LM and SM. It was one of the origonal lakes tested for early C&R season, and the bass fishing just plain hasn't been all that great since all that started.

[SPARTY8607]

My biggest smallie of my life came out of Holloway while trolling Hot n Tots for walleye right near shore off the boat launch. I fish Holloway alot and I have caught a ton of smallies but no largemouth to speak of. I have caught big largemouth on Mott Lake while trolling, I think both are great bass spots and Holloway has a bass tourney every spring and the weights for 5 fish are always around 18-20 lbs. Oh the big one I caught was a 6 pounder and 23 inches in length. I don't target them so someone else might be able to help you better than me. But if I am catching them trolling for walleye, I am sure someone can put you on them in a hurry if they are willing to share. Good Luck!

Tight Lines,

Chris

[scottyhoover]

I have to admit that come August I need to get my line stretched at the "H" and the eyes don't come easily so this year I had to turn to the darkside more-so than any other year. I didn't think it was all that great for bass either then I found a rockpile and caught 30 bass in 3 days with at least 5 of them being 17+ smallies, one was 18.5'' and I have a pic...I was fairly astounded at the quality. One day on that pile we pulled 4 largies in a row. So yeah I'd say its worth a shot, it kills the time anyway :)

best advice I can offer is study photos of when the lake is drawn down, study the surrounding topogrophy, look at satellite shots, you'd be suprised what you can glean.

[ESOX]

I must be spoiled by LSC. 30 smallies is an afternoon, not three days. :)

Seriously, in the 70's and 80's I had very good results on Halloway. The past few years it seems to like any other inland fishery.

[muddman55]

Might want to post in the warm water fishing thread. This is for LSC.
hes in the right forum :rolleyes: