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« on: February 04, 2013, 08:33:30 AM »
Drove by this a.m. About 1'' to 1.5'' should be ready in a couple of days I would imagine. There was a little puddle open at the ramp, which is normal. I am going to check it again on Wednesday a.m. and possibly fish it either Wednesday or Friday. I'll keep you guys posted.
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« on: February 03, 2013, 02:32:34 PM »
OhioFisher - I work for Willard Fire Dept. - we did not get called to the res for any type of rescue yet this year.
I'm working today - I get off at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning...I'll check the res on my way back home to Norwalk. I'll let you guys know. Be safe guys.
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« on: January 30, 2012, 08:29:14 AM »
Drove by Willard...not any indications of ice. This is terrible! 
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« on: January 27, 2012, 12:01:18 PM »
Gotcha. Hopefully soon.
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« on: January 25, 2012, 10:08:34 AM »
I'm from Norwalk...once the ice finally comes I go out almost every day I can. I'm a firefighter and paramedic in Willard so my schedule allows me to be available quite frequently (I work around 9 days a month). Let me know if you are interested in teaming up. I have shanty and vexilar.
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« on: February 07, 2011, 07:42:23 AM »
Fished from about 7:30 until around 11:30. Caught 1 nice perch. Was getting little bites all morning but they were just too small and they kept stealing my bait. There was a ton of action on the vexilar the entire time.
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« on: February 06, 2011, 06:36:37 AM »
Been catching most of them on maggots. I'm taking maggots and waxies with me today. I will let you know how I did.
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« on: February 05, 2011, 08:12:35 AM »
I will be out at Willard tomorrow (Sunday the 6th) in the a.m. I went out on thursday and caught 18 keepers and about 10 small throw-backs.
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« on: January 30, 2011, 05:07:32 AM »
Well, I saw with my own eyes that Willard did not suck if you had red maggots. Wax worms caught nothing, I do know that.
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« on: January 30, 2011, 05:05:21 AM »
I'm heading out of Catawba state park today. I'll let you know how I did when I return. Gonna try taking ATV's out...should be good solid ice but you never know.
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« on: January 29, 2011, 09:50:57 PM »
A friend of mine got 27 keepers at Willard today. Said he did not get anything until 1:00 p.m. and that is when someone gave him some red maggots to try and he started nailing them. The guy that gave him the red maggots said he has only had luck at Willard in the afteroon. It's on at Willard...I just have to find some colored maggots. Anyone know where I can get colored maggots besideds online? Maybe you can just put food coloring in with white ones?
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« on: January 29, 2011, 10:12:42 AM »
I've never caught a walleye at Willard but I've heard they are there. I've never seen anybody catch one there on the ice but I have seen someone with one during open water. As far as depth for perch - I've caught them in 14', 28', and 40'. In smaller lakes they may not school up as much and might be more territorial rather than swimming the entire lake. If you look at the map of the reservoir on ODNR website it will give you the depths. I would suggest getting as deep as you can, but, it may or may not matter. Last year I caught several limits in the deepest part of the reservoir and this year I went to this same spot twice and didn't catch a thing. Good luck...let us know how you did. I'm heading to erie tomorrow to try for some eyes for the first time this year.
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« on: January 28, 2011, 10:28:17 AM »
Just talked to ODNR...they advised me that it would be controlled by the City and he does not know of any city owned reservoirs that specifically allow ATVS, in other words they don't have it posted No ATVs on the ice. I know a Willard police officer and will talk to him sometime tomorrow. The ice there will definitely support an ATV and I would say it is more safe than taking one out on the big lake because there is not as much water flow underneath the ice at a smaller lake and you don't have any cracks etc. I will keep you posted. Really, you don't need an ATV at Willard but it would make it easier to move around and get back to the deeper spots which are on the east/northeast sides.
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« on: January 28, 2011, 10:10:40 AM »
I fish Willard quite often, never have seen an ATV on the ice and I don't know if it's legal or not. I would start by calling ODNR and see if they can advise you. I know that the City had an argument with ODNR because this summer/fall they (ODNR) was using a gas powered boat on the reservoir while doing research and the city did not like it too much. However, ODNR stocks the reservoir amongst other things and they are the ones that told the city of Willard several years back that they had to allow ice fishing on the reservoir when the city tried to prohibit it. I have often thought about taking my 4-wheeler there but I have not yet, maybe I will check into it...I will let you know if I do. The fish are starting to bite at Willard and people are catching bigger size perch so it's looking better and better each day.
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« on: January 26, 2011, 05:32:40 PM »
I was just out at Willard yesterday (tuesday the 25th). Caught 9 or 10 very small perch - threw them back in and 4 keepers (8"-10"). Ice is good,about 8" or 9". I was using maggots and wax worms - neither one seemed better than the other. I was in 28' of water about 250 yards east of the boat ramp. There were about 15 shantys out throughout the day. I started at around 7:30 a.m. and finished around 2:00. Most of my catch was around 11:00 or so. I usually had better luck by the back pump house but I have not made my way there yet this year. It is deeper there but more of a pain to get to - you either have to make a long trek from the boat ramp or park off Townline Rd. 12 on the north side and walk up a steep incline. Good luck and stay safe. If Lake Erie does not get frozen in by this Sunday I will be back out at Willard. I am looking forward to catching some eyes out on the big Lake!
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