Lake Radnor fishing report 6/8

[Jonesy]

Hey guys, I'm new here and this is my first report. :)

I never even knew this lake was back there until I saw it while looking up directions on my phone.

We fished Radnor at dawn. Tons of bass on top waters and chartreuse spinnerbaits ripped under the surface making a wake. It seemed like a fish on every cast. This place must not get a lot of pressure. I hope I'm not spot burning anyone's honey hole!

One guy started yelling at us but it was in Korean I think. We must have been in his spot.

Tight lines fellas! ;)

[chaseasl]

Are you talking about the lake at Radnor Lake State Natural area because if you are it is closed to fishing.

[Fish Whisperer]

Haha! It's the best fishing spot in Nashville if you don't get caught.


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[chaseasl]

Yea and it is absolutely amazing that he didn't get caught because the rangers are normally all over the place and that would be an automatic ticket.

[Danocaster]

he's gotta be joking - I would hope

I talked to a ranger a couple months ago and he said they catch somebody every couple of months and it's a $350 the FIRST time- no exceptions.

[GO-OKFISHIN]

Troll

[creekcrappie]

Heck they even get mad at you for going off the trails :)

[Fish Whisperer]

I wouldn't shed a tear if that lake went dry. It's nothing more than a bunch of rich liberals pet lake. Makes me want to drive over there and take a leak in it.


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[MNfisher]

I wouldn't shed a tear if that lake went dry. It's nothing more than a bunch of rich liberals pet lake. Makes me want to drive over there and take a leak in it.


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Haha!





Mike

[MNfisher]

Pretty sure this is a joke


Mike

[XxthejuicexX]

So, No fishing but do you think I could back my Stratos in and then blow smoke all over the lake....... you know to annoy the Libs. For you guys that don't know, my boat smokes like a freight train, I have been trying to leave the largest carbon footprint possible. Truck gets 12MPG boat gets 2MPG and burns a quart of oil
( not real numbers for the boat but it sure does feel like it )

[jad2t]

I wouldn't shed a tear if that lake went dry. It's nothing more than a bunch of rich liberals pet lake. Makes me want to drive over there and take a leak in it.


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That statement just made me want to have a beer with you or at least go fishing with you.

[CreekWalker]

This is the greatest thread in the history of the internet. Ever.

[Fish Whisperer]

That statement just made me want to have a beer with you or at least go fishing with you.


We can make both happen at the same time....


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[Jonesy]

This is the greatest thread in the history of the internet. Ever.

I wouldn't go that far. But we may have made a love connection here. ;)

[Fish Whisperer]

Just the love of cold beer and fishing...


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[TroutFiend]

Speaking of the 2 (beer and fishing/boating) what is the law on this? None aboard a powered vessel or just no alcohol for operator?

[tkwalker]

Speaking of the 2 (beer and fishing/boating) what is the law on this? None aboard a powered vessel or just no alcohol for operator?

Anyone on board can partake ...even the boat operator ... But for some reason that you are boarded by TWRA and the operator is suspected of be under the influence ... They will either escort the boat or take the operator in to custody to the nearest dock or Marina ... When there you will be met by the local County's Sheriff Dept. ... and given a sobriety test .. If you are exceeding the legal Alcohol limit ... or on mind altering drugs ... You go straight to jail in Handcuffs ... And you don't pass GO! and you do not get your $$200 ... You are about to spend a lot more !!

Another thing that is different ... Anything that happens on the water is not combined with any DUI'S that you may have accumulated on the Road ... They are completely separate ... And treated separately ...

Be Safe ... <'TK>< :)

[Adough]

I wouldn't shed a tear if that lake went dry. It's nothing more than a bunch of rich liberals pet lake. Makes me want to drive over there and take a leak in it.


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It is one of the reddest areas in middle Tennessee. Everyone in that area votes Republican. Seriously, Forrest Hills, Belle Meade, Brentwood, Franklin. People even open carry there.

[XxthejuicexX]

It is one of the reddest areas in middle Tennessee. Everyone in that area votes Republican. Seriously, Forrest Hills, Belle Meade, Brentwood, Franklin. People even open carry there.


Yeah, I hear Radnor park is a great location to carry an AK pistol hanging from your chest for your afternoon walk........

[jad2t]

It is one of the reddest areas in middle Tennessee. Everyone in that area votes Republican. Seriously, Forrest Hills, Belle Meade, Brentwood, Franklin. People even open carry there.

The overall county, yes, but the idea of this lake being totally closed to fishing has "whiny, liberal tree hugger" written all over it.

[Doc Marshall]

The whole vibe at Radnor Lake is unbelievably uptight. There are so many rules, regulations, prohibited activities etc. (and park rangers eager to enforce them), it's hard to relax. It's as if the Gestapo had a private lake.

We have friends who are always inviting us to hang out there. I usually decline because the list of permitted activities is actually quite small. With all the planning involved it becomes premeditated fun, which is no fun.

[Adough]

The overall county, yes, but the idea of this lake being totally closed to fishing has "whiny, liberal tree hugger" written all over it.


I understand that. But, it is a very small lake. You'd be able to walk across it on boats and never touch water! And, there's nothing wrong with conservation. I certainly don't want rampant pollution poisoning my honey holes and defeating the whole purpose of enjoying the outdoors. :cool: The thought of fishing there makes me drool. If I had the money, I'd pay the fine!

[SAMBOLIE]

The overall county, yes, but the idea of this lake being totally closed to fishing has "whiny, liberal tree hugger" written all over it.

I understand that. But, it is a very small lake. You'd be able to walk across it on boats and never touch water! And, there's nothing wrong with conservation. I certainly don't want rampant pollution poisoning my honey holes and defeating the whole purpose of enjoying the outdoors. :cool:

I do not support most tree huggers. However, Adough is 100% c orrect IMO.
The whole world is not a fishing hole and the fishermen will survive if they can't drop a line in every pool of water.

I can tolerate the tree huggers at Radnor much better than the polyester clad cyclists disrupting traffic.

[jad2t]

The whole vibe at Radnor Lake is unbelievably uptight. There are so many rules, regulations, prohibited activities etc. (and park rangers eager to enforce them), it's hard to relax. It's as if the Gestapo had a private lake.

We have friends who are always inviting us to hang out there. I usually decline because the list of permitted activities is actually quite small. With all the planning involved it becomes premeditated fun, which is no fun.

Yea like no dogs allowed on hiking trails. What a bunch of crap. My wife and I wanted to go for a hike through the wooded trails with our golden/lab mix because she would love it but nope. Not allowed.

[Doc Marshall]

Speaking of little whiny liberal lakes, you can actually fish the main pond in Central Park in NYC (must use barbless hooks). I caught this largemouth many years ago, under the shadow of all those skyscrapers in midtown.

There's a smaller pond called, "Turtle Pond", on the other side of the park that's closed to fishing. I didn't know and once spent a whole afternoon catching smallmouth almost every cast. I was also brownbagging it and eating dirty water dogs. Ignorance is bliss.

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[Jonesy]

It is one of the reddest areas in middle Tennessee. Everyone in that area votes Republican. Seriously, Forrest Hills, Belle Meade, Brentwood, Franklin. People even open carry there.


that's what I thought but I'm new here. all the liberals and democrats i see are in east nashville and north nashville. i've never been to south side, my espanol is no good.

[Fish Whisperer]

The area may be "red", but go to a Friends of Radnor Lake meeting and see what kind of people are there. They are the richest liberals you'll ever meet in the south.


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[Fish Whisperer]

In their defense, we fishermen are known to leave trash in places that we are allowed to fish.

It would be an awesome kayak/canoe only lake but the libs don't wish any fish suffer a sore lip.


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[SAMBOLIE]

The area may be "red", but go to a Friends of Radnor Lake meeting and see what kind of people are there. They are the richest liberals you'll ever meet in the south.


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Do you attend the meetings?

[Fish Whisperer]

I went to one and felt awkward as hell.


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[SAMBOLIE]

I went to one and felt awkward as hell.


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At least you know about fishing and conservation. There are some things money can't buy. Common sense is high on the list.

[Cornbread]

Awkward as hell has got to be an understatement! I would love to have seen that! Ha!

[Fish Whisperer]

At least you know about fishing and conservation. There are some things money can't buy. Common sense is high on the list.


There's a huge difference between conservationists and environmentalists...

I'm all for conserving all that's natural. Not to the point that people shouldn't have access to a man made pond tho.

Radnor lake was made by a railroad that needed water for their steam locomotives, and not for a bunch of hand wringing libs to act as if it was made by the hand of God that had to be protected from ill willed fishermen.


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[Jonesy]

In their defense, we fishermen are known to leave trash in places that we are allowed to fish.

It would be an awesome kayak/canoe only lake but the libs don't wish any fish suffer a sore lip.


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very true. I've lost access to many striper spots on my home waters because fisherman littered with trash, were loud at off hours and made a general nuisance of themselves and people got sick of it and shut us all out.

for every fisherman who bring s out what he carries in or even picks up after others there are 10 fisherman leaving bait boxes and beer cans and piles of mono behind.

I was on one local well known creek sunday. it looks like some one decorated it for christmas with all the different color trot lines left hanging off every branch by the scumbag catfish brigade. they are so lazy they can't reach up and cut off the whole line, leaving an eyesore and line all over for other fisherman to get tangled in. at least the general public doesn't go there.

[jad2t]

There's a huge difference between conservationists and environmentalists...

I'm all for conserving all that's natural. Not to the point that people shouldn't have access to a man made pond tho.

Radnor lake was made by a railroad that needed water for their steam locomotives, and not for a bunch of hand wringing libs to act as if it was made by the hand of God that had to be protected from ill willed fishermen.


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I could see maybe making it accessable to canoes and kayaks only and all catch & release since it's a wildlife management area. Really to properly manage that lake there should be a slot size of bass allowed to be harvested but you can't expect tree huggers and hardcore conservationists to apply laws of science to things.

This place is like 10 minutes from where I live and I'd love to kayak fish in peace and have access to that good of fishing. I agree that making it completely off limits is beyond ridiculous.

[MNfisher]

This place is like 10 minutes from where I live and I'd love to kayak fish in peace and have access to that good of fishing. I agree that making it completely off limits is beyond ridiculous.


Unfortunately if fishing was allowed, it wouldn't be such a peaceful place to fish. Shore fisherman all over. Canoes and kayaks all over.


Mike

[SAMBOLIE]

Unfortunately if fishing was allowed, it wouldn't be such a peaceful place to fish. Shore fisherman all over. Canoes and kayaks all over.


Mike

To quote a famous politician. What difference does it make?:):)

Lots of deer in the area also. Should be open to hunters and to hell with peacefullness.

[jad2t]

To quote a famous politician. What difference does it make?:):)

Lots of deer in the area also. Should be open to hunters and to hell with peacefullness.

Yea speaking of idiot liberals..

I'd love to see the looks on the faces of these people if they saw me dragging a deer out of there haha. It would be worth the fine.

[Fishbus]

I've gone there a few times with my wife and kids, especially when my kids were very young.

Radnor is appealing for what it is, a quiet, natural place in the midst of an urban/suburban surrounding, and those places are needed.

There's places for hunters to take a deer, but it's also nice for kids to have places to go see one, and for old folks to take a quiet, safe walk in nature.

And lets be honest, fishermen would ruin the place. I've been involved in different kinds of outdoor pursuits, as have most of you all, and BY FAR, fishermen are the worst littering, lazy, disrespectful to the environment subgroup of them all.

Radnor has a wilderness area classification that mandates it be maintained similar to a National Park. It's primary function is to be as native and natural as possible. Other places are designated to have more and heavier human usage.

Seems like we can have both kinds of wilderness places...

Billy

[CreekWalker]

I've seen quite a few bluebills on radnor and I'd love to hunt them!

[MNfisher]

I've seen quite a few bluebills on radnor and I'd love to hunt them!


Bluebills, jacks, redheads, canvasbacks, buffleheads. You go there in January. I bet highest population of ducks in middle TN! It's quite the sight at times, 1000's of birds.


Mike

[jad2t]

Unfortunately if fishing was allowed, it wouldn't be such a peaceful place to fish. Shore fisherman all over. Canoes and kayaks all over.


Mike

Then it would be similar to Bedford Lake, Williamsport Lakes, etc. I don't think it would just get covered up with fishermen. TWRA should manage it and it would be a great fishing lake. The small TWRA managed lakes are plenty peaceful despite plenty of bank fishermen and canoe/kayak anglers.

Now, duck hunting may be pushing it :D

[jad2t]

I've gone there a few times with my wife and kids, especially when my kids were very young.

Radnor is appealing for what it is, a quiet, natural place in the midst of an urban/suburban surrounding, and those places are needed.

There's places for hunters to take a deer, but it's also nice for kids to have places to go see one, and for old folks to take a quiet, safe walk in nature.

And lets be honest, fishermen would ruin the place. I've been involved in different kinds of outdoor pursuits, as have most of you all, and BY FAR, fishermen are the worst littering, lazy, disrespectful to the environment subgroup of them all.

Radnor has a wilderness area classification that mandates it be maintained similar to a National Park. It's primary function is to be as native and natural as possible. Other places are designated to have more and heavier human usage.

Seems like we can have both kinds of wilderness places...

Billy

Dude I'm not even allowed to bring my dog on the hiking trails. Come on, that's a bit extreme...

[SAMBOLIE]

Dude I'm not even allowed to bring my dog on the hiking trails. Come on, that's a bit extreme...

Dogs dig and could destroy plants.

[SAMBOLIE]

While walking through Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, a man came upon another man hugging a tree with his ear firmly against the tree. Seeing this he inquired, "Just out of curiosity, what the hell are you doing?"

"I'm listening to the music of the tree," the other man replied.

"You've gotta be kiddin' me."

"No, would you like to give it a try?"

Understandably curious, the man says, "Well, OK..." So he wrapped his arms around the tree and pressed his ear up against it. With this, the other guy slapped a pair of handcuffs on him, took his wallet, jewelry, car keys, and then stripped him naked and left.

Two hours later another nature lover strolled by, saw this guy handcuffed to the tree stark naked, and asked, "What the hell happened to you?"

He told the guy the whole terrible story about how he got there. When he finished telling his story, the other guy shook his head in sympathy, walked around behind him, kissed him gently behind the ear and said:

"This just ain't gonna be your day, darling"!

[TNBronzeback]

And lets be honest, fishermen would ruin the place. I've been involved in different kinds of outdoor pursuits, as have most of you all, and BY FAR, fishermen are the worst littering, lazy, disrespectful to the environment subgroup of them all.



Billy

Not to stir the pot, as i know and agree with what your saying to a degree, however, there is a distinction between Fisherman and people who buy a blue plastic tub of worms and walmart bags of beer and walk thru the woods to find the water, who i refer to as people who fish. There is a huge difference between the two. People who fish are the reason the boat ramp at the end of Old Hickory Blvd in Hermitage is closed....not fisherman. For the most part, and there are exceptions as with anything else, Fisherman are pretty good about not leaving a mess, its the groups of folks that go down to the dams and park setting areas on a nice day that trash places, but again....there are exceptions to it.
So yes, i understand what your saying, and i agree but to an extent, but it cant all be tossed into one "bad" category.

[Fishbus]

The distinction you make is very valid. I know what you're talking about and you know what I'm talking about.

To everyone else, we are all one group though, so we need to educate "people who fish", and the "fishermen" need to pull a little extra weight sometimes caring for spaces abused by others.

We take trash bags everywhere we go, and my boys are taught to pick up after others/leave it better for the next people.

Billy


Not to stir the pot, as i know and agree with what your saying to a degree, however, there is a distinction between Fisherman and people who buy a blue plastic tub of worms and walmart bags of beer and walk thru the woods to find the water, who i refer to as people who fish. There is a huge difference between the two. People who fish are the reason the boat ramp at the end of Old Hickory Blvd in Hermitage is closed....not fisherman. For the most part, and there are exceptions as with anything else, Fisherman are pretty good about not leaving a mess, its the groups of folks that go down to the dams and park setting areas on a nice day that trash places, but again....there are exceptions to it.
So yes, i understand what your saying, and i agree but to an extent, but it cant all be tossed into one "bad" category.

[jad2t]

Dogs dig and could destroy plants.

That would be horrible!!!

[XxthejuicexX]

That would be horrible!!!

Watch out for those damn squirrels too! I hear the dig and bury nuts to eat at a later time, thus killing the new tree growth.

[nomad60]

Watch out for those damn squirrels too! I hear the dig and bury nuts to eat at a later time, thus killing the new tree growth.

And they love digging at the roots of my hostas and pillaging my garden, which is why I got myself a Daisy 880 air rifle :)

[XxthejuicexX]

And they love digging at the roots of my hostas and pillaging my garden, which is why I got myself a Daisy 880 air rifle :)


You sir are not welcome to lake Radnor park!

[wormdunker]

Dude I'm not even allowed to bring my dog on the hiking trails. Come on, that's a bit extreme...

I grew up not too many miles from Radnor and I remember when some people could fish there (it was private property back then). I knew of many people that fished it without permission, but that was no big deal back in the 70's. There were some awesome fish in it. I would suspect that these days, the fish are stunted after 20+ years of no fishing, I don't know. It is what it is now, a State Park. I always thought that it would be a great way to raise some money by having a lottery to fish it, but it's really probably not worth fishing anymore, unless TWRA has kept it balanced somehow. It's really a suburban nature walking area now pretty much. No, I can't imagine opening it to fishing. AS above comments have said, fishermen leave trash, etc. Very sad. And dogs not allowed?.. I don't think that's extreme. Everybody and their brother has dogs now and think they have to take them on field trips every day and the place would be covered in dogsh..t from day one.

[jad2t]

Everybody and their brother has dogs now and think they have to take them on field trips every day and the place would be covered in dogsh..t from day one.

People are supposed to be responsible and clean up their dog's poop. I always do and few things piss me off as much as people in my neighborhood who don't. Next time I see someone letting it happen I'm going to walk up to them with a doggie poop bag and ask if they were just out and needed one.

The party shouldn't be ruined for everyone because of some. Same with the fishermen vs people who fish argument. It sure would be nice to get access to that lake, man powered vessels only like other small TWRA managed lakes.

[nomad60]

You sir are not welcome to lake Radnor park!

Party pooper. :)

[chaseasl]

One thing I will say to kinda take up for the rangers at the park and the manager is that Radnor is under the most political pressure of any park in the state. The rangers there are forced to be that strict and all of those rules are made by the folks with money, not the park and they have no choice but to enforce them. It is pretty hard for a ranger or park manager to be fired but but their are so many people with political ties and heck even Haslam's wife is know to hike the trails there occasionally that it would only take the right person to complain for one of them to be looking for another job. I would personally never work there just for that reason.

[Farley]

I have a friend who does turtle studies in the lake and catches quite a few fish in his traps. He said every one of the bass are 10-14 inches but the bluegill are quite impressive. I had heard the same thing from a friend who used to sneak in at night (pre night vision equipment, yes they do use it) but he did say it was literally a fish every cast. Used to be a big challenge for the baseball team at a near by university to go over and fish and try not to get caught.

[jad2t]

Am I the only one thinking the next FishingTN gathering should be in the middle of the night at Radnor Lake and there should be a fishing tournament involved?

[SAMBOLIE]

Am I the only one thinking the next FishingTN gathering should be in the middle of the night at Radnor Lake and there should be a fishing tournament involved?

Great idea. Why don't you pre-fish the lake and give us a report?

[Pookie]

Bluebills, jacks, redheads, canvasbacks, buffleheads. You go there in January. I bet highest population of ducks in middle TN! It's quite the sight at times, 1000's of birds.


Mike
ALL diving ducks.

Nothing in the bunch fit to eat.

[MNfisher]

ALL diving ducks.

Nothing in the bunch fit to eat.


Way more fun to hunt and shoot....and they make great pepper sticks.


Mike