Doorman pond

Anybody fish Doorman pond?
Thinking about Hocking it for an afternoon but have not fished it before.
Any information welcome and I will update if/when I go.

Very shallow, you can cast from one side to the other. Not sure I'd bother to haul a boat and launch it. If you get there within a few days of stocking, you can haul in pellet heads to your heart's content.

I mean, it isn't even a nice boat ride for the effort.

Careful to step around the used condoms as you walk the bank, and check your tires for hypodermic needle punctures before you get back on the highway.

I fished it once (from the bank) with my son when he was still in cub scout and a group fishing trip to Dorman was that week's activity. Very shallow indeed and by the time summer comes weeds have overtaken the entire lake.

I did not see any of the items on the bank that Pinstriper described but this was 15 years ago:-)

Dorman is a lake for youngsters in my opinion. If you are looking for a small but fun lake to launch a kayak on I can recommend Lost Lake (the one near the Neahalem). It is quite deep (20 ft) and full of biting trout after they stock it in spring. Bring a fly rod. 

It's very shallow but also very productive for put and take trout.  How you fish it depends on how the thick the hydrilla has gotten.  When it's thick, hover fishing an unweighted bait on small hooks over gaps and holes in the weeds is deadly.  If there are open pockets, small spoons and spinners work well also.
It's been a few years since I've gone out there but it was always fun putting on clinic just outside of casting range of the shore fishermen.

-Mark-

I fished it twice.  Both times in the summer, looking for Bass.  Both times I left with nothing... not even a used condom