Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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I was just scouring over google maps for places to go wade/shore fishing with the family and noticed Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek in Bald Point State Park. Have any of yall had the chance to fish this brackish looking body of water?
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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The "lake" is pretty shallow and hot this time of year
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If you wade in chaires creek you might sink in mud. in a boat you might get stuck in mud, the best thing about chaires creek is getting out of it! BOO chaires creek! BOO! oh by the way if there is no wind the sand gnats will make wish you had gills
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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Both comments made me laugh. Thanks for the heads up! I found some posts about Chaires Creek and Tucker lake and pretty much everyone was laughing at it. So I am taking it as a place not really worth trying out at all. I will however try out the the end of Bald Point and try wading out there. Thanks for the help!
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great winter and spring fishing.
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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Chaires Creek can be tough to get into/out of on a low tide - but I've had a couple of nice trips in there via boat and there are fish in there.
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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There are great stories of giant trout and enormous reds that go up in chaires creek. but nobody has ever actually seen it happen. But I did see 36 year old man push a 70 year old man 200 yards in an aluminum boat up chaires creek. and i have seen a full size bay boat come out of chaires creek wide open cussing the entire way and screaming that they would never go back
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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Roadtrip and sosprey your photo and comment gave me a shimmer of hope. All Ive got is a bass raider with a freshwater trolling motor, so taking my boat in there is a fading dream. Ill at least fish the mouth of the creek first. Grasscarp your comments are going to humble me one day when I get stuck in the mud there. Ive never caught a redfish or trout before so there is going to be a point when I get desperate!
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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I've tried to get up to Tucker's Lake a couple of times by water but there was no way too shallow. There is an Incredible Indian Mound Island there - I would love to see it. Before the state park I drove in with a friend, the deer flies were thick thick thick.
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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I took my disabled buddy fishing from the bridge to nowhere there on 4th of July weekend. It was a beautiful day with a 12 Knot NE wind. We caught half a dozen ladyfish and he was very happy. However, I watched hundreds of jelly fish with tentacles, they looked like Nettles Jellies (not man o wars) swimming around in there, I dont think I would wade it now. I have caught many a trout and flounder at the mouth in the fall on that mudflat.

At Bald point, cross over the flow and wade back past the dock, then set out across the mouth towards the white pvc sticking up. That second bar usually holds Reds and flounder usually on the rising tide.

Just remember the sharks are only curious, if they wanted you they would have had you before you knew they were there. LOL! FISH ON!
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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plenty of locals swear by the place. Chaires might be Talltails secret honeyhole. He wins every tournament but you want find him fishing the usual haunts.
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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Watch out for sting rays on muddy bottom at Bald Point - they are there.
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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Have caught trout, reds, flounder during fall. But never been very far up the creek.
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Re: Tucker Lake/Chaires Creek

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I have seen people coming out of chaires creek that looked like they were never going fishing agian. :smt011 :smt009 Fishing in chaires creek is a myth. I have fished it time and time again. It jsut looks so good, you can get out of the wind, it is like a fisherman magnet (sort of like a mirrolure, looks good, catches grass :smt009 ). Then you get close and knock the foot off the boat at the little bar out front. then you run aground on that sand bar then you start pushing. Or you make it up to tucker and you sleep with the sand gnats till morning

Just my 2 cents on chaires creek
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