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Tom's Guide Service - Fishing Reports

Lake Monroe - August 30th, 2010
Monday, August 30,2010

Mike of Michigan City began fishing about 6 am and caught several bass early.  When the sun came out, we started catching crappie and had 21 nice slab crappie caught on Nothead jigs, Berkley powerbaits, and Blakemore roadrunners.



Lake Monroe - August 23rd, 2010
Monday, August 23,2010

We caught 24 slab crappie on the main lake using Berkley powergrubs and Nothead jigs.

 



White River - August
Tuesday, August 03,2010

Andrew, age 5, won a day's fishing guide trip with Tom's Guide Service at the Fishing Kids Day sponsored by the Bedford Boat Club.  Andrew, shown below with Ashley and David, enjoyed a day of fishing on the White River.  They caught 7 white perch on crawfish, with one being about 5 pounds.  They also caught a flathead catfish weighing about 3 pounds and a channel catfish about 2 pounds.  The weather was extremely hot and we spent some time boating up and down the river, seeing lots of birds and several eagles.



Patoka Lake - August 2nd, 2010
Monday, August 02,2010

Jan Fisher caught this huge bass, measuring over 26 inches long and more than 10 pounds.  Pictures were taken and the bass was released.



Patoka Lake - July 28th, 2010
Wednesday, July 28,2010

Timm, Nancy, Tori, Audrey, Cole, Ruth and I left at 9 am from Patoka Lake Marina and caught 20 keeper crappie and one channel catfish on minnows with standout hooks in 21 feet of water on a channel break.



White River - July 24th, 2010
Saturday, July 24,2010

Pictured is Thairon, age 4, with some of the white perch he caught on a hot day at the White River.



Patoka Lake - July 2nd, 2010
Friday, July 02,2010

Tom and Jack, pictured here with 2 largemouth, caught 5 keepers and 2 non-keepers on a tough day of fishing.  The fish were caught using worms on the main lake.



Patoka Lake - June 26th, 2010
Saturday, June 26,2010

I picked Traci and Jimmie up at Patoka Station at 6:30.  We went to a deep break where they caught their limit of crappie on Nothead jigs, Roadrunners and powergrubs.  The water temperature was 90 degrees when we left the lake around 3:00 in the afternoon.



Patoka Lake - June 21st, 2010
Monday, June 21,2010

We got on the water at daylight and it was hot and steamy.  Lyn, Tim, and Charlie caught an assortment of fish on Roadrunners and Nothead jigs.  Lots of the fish were schooling and we caught white bass, largemouth bass, crappie, bluegills and yellow bass.



Patoka Lake - June 6th, 2010
Sunday, June 06,2010

Peyton, Robbie, and Paul caught lots of bluegill and several nice crappie.  All together, they had over 150 crappie and bluegill for the day.  The bluegills were caught on Nothead squirrel tail jigs and the crappie were caught on white/chartreuse Nothead jigs.

 



Lake Monroe - June 4th, 2010
Friday, June 04,2010

Nile and Marsha caught 75 nice bluegills on Nothead squirrel tail jigs and little skunks.



Patoka Lake - May 29th, 2010
Saturday, May 29,2010

Dave, Phil, and Miles caught 25 to 30 crappie on Nothead jigs and power grubs.  Miles also caught a nice keeper bass on the last cast of the day.



Lake Monroe - May 27th, 2010
Thursday, May 27,2010

Larry and Bob started the morning with calm water, not a ripple anywhere and ended the afternoon with lightning and storms.  They caught lots of small crappie and several nice ones, caught on Berkley power grubs and Nothead jigs.



Lake Monroe - May 26th, 2010
Wednesday, May 26,2010

The boys caught 16 nice crappie on grubs and Nothead jigs.  The smallest boy caught the biggest fish, a crappie about 14 1/2 inches.



Patoka Lake - May 22nd, 2010
Saturday, May 22,2010

The lake was murky with rainwater still coming in.  The crappie were slow and had dropped down to 3 to 12 feet.  Tom and Sue from Chicago managed to catch 12 keeper crappie, even with the current conditions.



Patoka Lake - May 7th, 2010
Friday, May 07,2010

I met Joe Alexander, Mike Pugsley, Charlie Pugsley, Ken Snyder, Heath Snyder, Josh Bricker, and and Dennis Biele at the Floating Cabins at Patoka Lake Marina and we fished for crappie on a pontoon boat on the main lake.  We caught over 100 crappie, a catfish, and a bass.  All the fish except 2 were caught on Nothead jigs.

 



Patoka Lake - April 30th, 2010
Friday, April 30,2010

Winds were out of the south at 25 to 30 mph.  Jane and Tom caught crappie on power grubs and Nothead jigs east of Hwy 145.



Lake Monroe - April 28th and 29th, 2010
Wednesday, April 28,2010

Dick Miller and Jack Johnson caught a total of 28 keeper crappie along with numerous small crappie on grubs and Nothead feather jigs on the main lake.



Patoka Lake - April 27th, 2010
Tuesday, April 27,2010

The morning was windy and rainy.  We caught crappie on grubs and Nothead jigs, as well as a 3-pound channel catfish and a 2-pound white bass.  Darrell McElravy is pictured with the 2 largest crappie.



Patoka Lake - April 24th, 2010
Saturday, April 24,2010

Drew, Joe, and Donna fished again for crappie and caught 50 fish.  They had 11 crappie ranging from 12 to 14 inches, caught on Nothead jigs and grubs.



Patoka Lake - April 23rd, 2010
Friday, April 23,2010

Drew, Joe, and Donna fished for crappie in the rain and caught 17 keepers on grubs and Nothead jigs as well as lots of smaller fish.  The largest crappie was 12 inches.



Patoka Lake - April 16th, 2010
Friday, April 16,2010

Tom Maibenco and I fished the main lake and Tom caught 2 small stripers, a white bass and a few crappie on Bomber crankbaits.  Tom also caught 1 keeper bass on a Senko, pictured below:



Patoka Lake - April 15th, 2010
Thursday, April 15,2010

Dale and Greg Justis assaulted the crappie on Patoka.  They had their 50 fish limit before 11 am.  The crappie ranged from 11 to 13 inches caught on chartreuse/white Nothead jigs in the Lickfork area.



Patoka Lake - April 12th, 2010
Monday, April 12,2010

Two of us caught 30 crappie between 10 and 14 inches on chartreuse/white Nothead jigs in colored water in Little Patoka.



Patoka Lake - April 9th and 11th
Sunday, April 11,2010

We fished the main lake around timber and the fishing was slow.  The fish we're catching are small and are mostly black crappie, caught on minnows and blue/white Nothead jigs.  With the nights getting warmer this week, the crappie fishing should really pick up on numbers and size!



Patoka Lake - April 7th, 2010
Wednesday, April 07,2010

I fished for crappie with Jason and Dan Yoder from Madison, Indiana.  We had high winds and cloudy skies.  We caught several small fish, but took home 12 nice crappie, including the real nice slab pictured below.  All our fish were caught on Nothead jigs.



Patoka Lake - March 31st, 2010
Wednesday, March 31,2010

The water temperature was in the low 50s about 9 in the morning and was in the middle 50s in the afternoon.  Water was dirty to stained up the river.  We took home 19 crappie between 12 and 15 inches caught on chartreuse/white Nothead jigs and red/chartreuse Roadrunner Turbo Tails.  We also caught a lot of little fish.



Lake Monroe - March 27th, 2010
Saturday, March 27,2010

We fished the main lake for crappie, which were slower than the day before.  We caught 12 keepers, with the largest being over 14 inches on Nothead jigs and blue/white Roadrunner Turbo Tails.  The fish were close to the bottom of the lake in 14 feet of water.



Lake Monroe - March 26th, 2010
Friday, March 26,2010

Water temperature was 47 degrees.  We fished the main lake for crappie and caught lots of small ones and brought home 14 fish measuring between 11 and 13 inches.  The crappie were suspended in 12 to 15 feet of water and were caught on Nothead jigs and Roadrunner Turbo Tails.



Lake Monroe - March 24th, 2010
Wednesday, March 24,2010

Water temperature was 50 degrees.  The fish were biting good late in the afternoon.  Two of us caught 27 crappie over 10 inches, with the largest being 13 inches.  Our crappie were caught on blue/white and chartreuse/white Nothead jigs.



Patoka Lake - March 22nd and 23rd, 2010
Monday, March 22,2010

We fished in cold front conditions, so we struggled to catch fish and the crappie we did catch were small.



Patoka Lake - March 18th, 2010
Thursday, March 18,2010

Rodger Weihe of Louisville, KY and I went up the river and, even though the fishing was tough, Rodger caught several small and 2 nice crappie as pictured below.  One was caught on a red/chartreuse Blakemore turbo tail and the other on a Berkley 2" twister tail power bait.



Patoka Lake - March 17th, 2010
Wednesday, March 17,2010

The water temperature reached 50 degrees.  We fished the main lake and the crappie really started biting when the sun came out about 3:00 in the afternoon.  We caught several small crappie and 16 keepers on Blakemore chartreuse/red turbo tails and blue/white Nothead feather jigs.



Patoka Lake - March 15th, 2010
Monday, March 15,2010

The water temperature at daylight was 43 degrees and at 7 pm it was 49 degrees.  We fished the Little Patoka area and brought home 19 crappie, with the largest being 15 inches, caught on Nothead white/chartreuse jigs and red/chartreuse Roadrunner Turbo Tails.



Lake Monroe - March 11th, 2010
Thursday, March 11,2010

Water temperature was 42 degrees at noon.  We fished the main lake in deep water for about 2 hours and only caught 2 small crappie.  We then moved into shallower water and caught several small crappie and one about 14 inches on chartreuse/white Nothead jigs.



Patoka Lake - March 9th, 2010
Tuesday, March 09,2010

Water temperature was 39 degrees at 9:00 am and at 3:00 pm it was 42 degrees.  We fished the Little Patoka area and caught a few crappie off the creek channel with the largest being about 11 1/2 inches on blue and white Nothead jigs.



Patoka Lake - March 8th, 2010
Monday, March 08,2010

Water temperature at daylight was 34 degrees and at 5:00 pm it was 41 degrees.  There was dense fog in the early morning that lifted about 11:00 am.  We fished the main lake on drops and channels.  We brought home 20 crappie caught on Nothead jigs.  We caught 2 bass - one was a non-keeper and the other weighed approximately 5 pounds.  We also caught 1 white bass weighing about 1 1/2 pounds.



Patoka Lake - March 5th, 2010
Friday, March 05,2010

Water temperature this morning at 9:00 was 34 degrees and at 4:30 pm was 38 degrees.   There are still lot of ramps closed - North Lickfork, South Lickfork, and Little Patoka are open.  Three of us caught 25 crappie; 20 were nice keepers 10 to 12 inches long in about 17 feet of water in the Lickfork area.  They were caught on Nothead jigs and Blakemore Roadrunner Turbo Tails.  The fish were just hanging on the baits and not really biting.



Patoka Lake - March 1st, 2010
Monday, March 01,2010

We launched at the Lickfork area where there was a lot of ice.  The water temperature was 32 degrees in the morning and warmed up to 34 degrees by afternoon.  We caught 18 crappie using white/chartreuse Nothead jigs and red/white Roadrunner Turbotails on stumps next to the creek channel in 22 to 30 feet of water.  The fish were real sluggish and the bites felt mushy like weeds.



Ohio River - February 19th, 2010
Friday, February 19,2010

The water was fairly dirty on the main river at Cannelton Pool and the creeks were iced over.  We were fishing for sauger but we ended up catching1 striper weighing about 1/2 pound and 2 paddlefish, 1 about 5 pounds and the other about 15 to 20 pounds, which were immediately released as it is illegal to take paddlefish from Indiana waters on a sport fishing license.



Patoka Lake - February 4th, 2010
Thursday, February 04,2010

Water temperature was 33 degrees with about 80% of the lake coated with a thin layer of ice 1/2" thick.  We fished the Lick Fork area and brought 20 crappie home, caught on Nothead jigs and Blakemore Slabdaddies, both in chartreuse and white.  The fish were in 25 to 27 feet of water.



Patoka Lake - January 27th, 2010
Wednesday, January 27,2010

Water temperature was 34 degrees and water was clear with some murky spots.  We fished in the Lake Fork area in 34 feet of water.  We caught 17 crappie with the biggest being 12 inches and 2 small white bass.  The crappie and white bass were caught on Nothead jigs and Blakemore roadrunners.



Patoka Lake - December 31st, 2009
Thursday, December 31,2009

Water was 39 degrees and clear.  We fished in the Lick Fork area and caught 35 crappie in 25 to 30 feet of water on Nothead jigs and Blakemore Slab Daddies.  Happy New Year!



Patoka Lake - December 22nd, 2009
Tuesday, December 22,2009

Water was 41 degrees and clear on the main lake.  We caught 40 crappie with the biggest being 12 inches on Nothead jigs and Blakemore roadrunners in 18 feet of water.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!



Lake Monroe - December 19th, 2009
Saturday, December 19,2009

We caught 30 yellow bass on Nothead jigs in 21 feet of water.  The water temperature was 42 degrees on the main lake.



Lake Monroe - November 28th, 2009
Saturday, November 28,2009

Water temperature was 49 degrees on the main lake.  Two of us caught 30 crappie that we brought home, with the biggest being 15 1/2 inches and the smallest being 10 1/2 inches.  The fish were caught on Nothead jigs and Roadrunners in about 14 feet of water.  If you can take the cold, the crappie are really biting!



Lake Monroe - November 24th, 2009
Tuesday, November 24,2009

Water temperature was 53 degrees.  The crappie are still biting on the main lake.  We caught 20 crappie between 10 and 13 inches on Nothead jigs and Roadrunners.



Lake Monroe - November 20th, 2009
Friday, November 20,2009

Water temperature was 53 degrees and dingy.  We fished the main lake and caught 30 crappie between 10 and 14 inches long on Nothead feather jigs and 1/16th ounce Roadrunners with tubes.  The crappie were in 8 to 20 feet of water.



Lake Monroe - November 13th, 2009
Friday, November 13,2009

Water temperature was 55 degrees.  Dennis Inman and his wife caught lots of small crappie, bringing home 25 bigger ones with the largest being 14 inches.  The fish were caught on minnows, Nothead jigs, and slab daddies on the main lake in about 18 feet of water.

 



Lake Monroe - November 12th, 2009
Thursday, November 12,2009

Water temperature was 55 degrees.   Water visibility was 10 inches.  Danny Fortner and I fished the main lake and caught 34 crappie ranging from 10 to 14 inches on Nothead jigs and Roadrunners.



Patoka Lake - November 7th, 2009
Saturday, November 07,2009

Water temperature was 59 degrees, with 25 MPH winds out of the south.  Ron Emmons from Corydon, Indiana caught several crappie on the main lake using minnows and jigs.



Patoka Lake - November 5th, 2009
Thursday, November 05,2009

Water temperature was 58 degrees.  We fished the main lake and caught 35 crappie, a lot of which were small ones.  The crappie were caught on Nothead jigs and Roadrunners.  Some of the jigs were tipped with minnows.



Lake Monroe - November 3rd, 2009
Tuesday, November 03,2009

Water temperature was 56 degrees.  We fished the main lake and caught 25 crappie on Nothead jigs and 1 wiper weighing 10 pounds on Roadrunner.



Lake Monroe - October 20th, 2009
Tuesday, October 20,2009

Water temperature was 59 degrees.  The crappie were biting early; the wind picked up and the crappie slowed down.  We caught 10 nice crappie between 11 and 13 inches on Nothead jigs on the main lake.



Patoka Lake - October 19th, 2009
Monday, October 19,2009

Water temperature was 58 degrees.  The crappie were real slow and the bass were only slightly better.  Loren Cramer of Lima, Ohio, and I  caught 2 keeper bass and 2 short bass on Dr Lures spinnerbaits on the main lake. 



Lake Patoka - October 14th, 2009
Wednesday, October 14,2009

Water temperature was 60 degrees and it was a cold blustery day.  Tom Richardson, Dan Garrison, Chad Massie, Kevin Rock, Chuck Daniels, and Bryan Schorr caught 7 largemouth bass - 3 were 18 inches, 10 crappie, and 25 bluegills on the main lake.  The bass were caught on spinnerbaits, the crappie were caught on minnows, and the bluegills were caught on Nothead jigs.



Patoka Lake - October 11th, 2009
Sunday, October 11,2009

The water temperature was 64 degrees on the main lake.  We caught 9 to 11 inch black crappie in 12 to 18 feet of water on Nothead jigs.  We caught 40 crappie and brought home 20.



Patoka Lake - October 10th, 2009
Saturday, October 10,2009

The water temperature was 63 degrees up to Walls ramp; past Walls ramp the temperature was 58 degrees.  Jack Wilkins and Tom Campbell caught the 2 keepers pictured below and a few smaller largemouth bass on worms the day following rain on what proved to be a tough fishing day.  We were fishing on the Patoka River in four to five feet of water.



Monroe Lake - October 6th, 2009
Tuesday, October 06,2009

The water temperature was 68 degrees.  It rained all day.  We caught 50 crappie; we kept 15 that ranged from 12 to 14 inches, on the main lake near the dam.



Patoka Lake - October 1st, 2009
Thursday, October 01,2009

The water was 69 degrees and the lake was turning over.  We caught 7 bass total, 4 were keepers, on powerworms in the Lick Fork area.

 



Patoka Lake - September 30th, 2009
Wednesday, September 30,2009

The lake was 67 degrees and the water was clear.  We caught bass in the grass on the main lake in the Painter Creek area.  We caught 9 bass total, 5 were keepers, on powerworms.



Patoka Lake - September 21th, 2009
Monday, September 21,2009

The water in the back end of the coves was muddy from the weekend rain and the main lake where we were fishing was clear.  Fishing was still tough for bass; we caught 8 short largemouth bass and 3 keepers that were about 3 pounds each.  We caught our fish on jigs and worms in about 12 feet of water.



Patoka Lake - September 18th, 2009
Friday, September 18,2009

Water on the main lake was clear and temperature was 76 degrees.  There was an east wind at 7 MPH.  We caught 7 largemouth bass using powerworms on the main lake - one was a keeper and weighed about 3 pounds. 



Lake Monroe - September 10th, 2009
Thursday, September 10,2009

Water temperature was 77 degrees under overcast skies with light breezes approximately 8 to 10 MPH.  We caught 30 crappie ranging from 10 to 16 inches on Nothead jigs.



White River - September 5th, 2009
Saturday, September 05,2009

Water conditions and weather were the same as the day before.  We caught and released several smallmouth between 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 pounds.



White River - September 4th, 2009
Friday, September 04,2009

The weather was bright and sunny at 80 degrees.  We caught several smallmouths, with the largest pictured below weighing in at a little over 3 pounds.  We also caught several spotted bass.



White River - August 31st, 2009
Monday, August 31,2009

Fred Willis caught about 200 pounds of perch - one was over 10 pounds.  River conditions were the same as the day before. 



White River - August 30th, 2009
Sunday, August 30,2009

The river was about a foot high and the current was normal.  The water color was clearing up and the water temperature was in the high 70s.  Calib and Fred Willis fished for 4 hours Sunday evening and caught a 10 lb 4 oz white perch in addition to numerous perch from 3 to 6 pounds. 



Patoka Lake - August 27th, 2009
Thursday, August 27,2009

The lake was approximately 1 1/2 feet high; a lot of the grass was dying out.  The water temperature was 82 degrees.  We caught 8 bass on 10 inch power worms and Dr. Lures jigs.  Four of the bass were short, caught on the power worms.  Four keepers were caught on the jigs.  Our largest bass was 5 pounds.  We were fishing the main lake; the keepers were in 12 to 14 feet of water.



Patoka Lake - August 13th, 2009
Thursday, August 13,2009

The lake was still about 2 1/2 feet high and the water temperature was 83 degrees.  We caught a few bass on Berkley powerworms and Dr. Lures spinner baits with the biggest being a little over 4 pounds.  We were fishing up the river in the grass and the skies were high.



Patoka Lake - August 12th, 2009
Wednesday, August 12,2009

The lake was up about 2 1/2 feet.  Water temperature was 82 degrees.  The sky was bright blue with no clouds.  We were bass fishing and there was no top water bite early in the morning.  We caught a few on worms in the grass on the main lake in the afternoon - the biggest was 3 pounds - the bite was real tough.



Lake Monroe - August 9th, 2009
Sunday, August 09,2009

The water temperature was 83 degrees.  The morning started off foggy and then cleared with bright sunshine.  We caught 24 crappie on Nothead feather jigs in 3 to 9 feet of water on the main lake between daylight and 12 noon.



Patoka Lake - August 7th, 2009
Friday, August 07,2009

The day was sunny with a light breeze and the water temperature was 81 degrees.  We caught crappie in 7 to 9 feet of dingy water in the back end of pockets on Nothead feather jigs.  We caught 30 crappie ranging from 8 to 11 inches long in the Patoka River area.



Patoka Lake - August 6th, 2009
Thursday, August 06,2009

The day was bright and sunny with a water temperature of 81 degrees.  We caught crappie in 7 to 9 feet of dingy water in the back end of pockets on Nothead feather jigs.  We caught 20 crappie ranging from 10 to 12 inches long.



Patoka Lake - July 30th, 2009
Thursday, July 30,2009

Water temperature was 79 degrees.  The crappie were in 8 to 12 feet of water on wood and were caught on Nothead feather jigs.



Lake Monroe - July 24th, 2009
Friday, July 24,2009

The water color was dingy on the main lake and the surface temperature was 79 degrees.  We caught crappie in 12 to 14 feet of water on blue/white and pink/white Nothead jigs.  We also caught a few nice yellow bass, also on Nothead jigs.



White River - July 16th, 2009
Thursday, July 16,2009

We fished the White River between Shoals and Hindostan Falls, and caught a variety of fish.  Our best bait was a Dr. Lures football jig.  We caught several nice smallmouth bass, several nice spotted bass, and one nice largemouth in the rocks.  The river was 79 degrees and was running real fast.



Patoka Lake - July 9th, 2009
Thursday, July 09,2009

The day started out cool and dry; when the sun came up, we had high skies.  Tom Campbell and Jack Wilkins fished persistently for largemouth bass and caught 2 keepers and 10 short ones.  Water temperature reached the mid-80s by the afternoon.



Patoka Lake - July 9th, 2009
Thursday, July 09,2009

Water temperature was 81 degrees and it was sunny and bright.  Our biggest bass weighed 5 1/2 pounds and was caught on 10-inch Powerworms around grass beds in 8 to 10 feet of water.



Patoka Lake - July 6th, 2009
Monday, July 06,2009

It was a bright, sunshiny day - we caught a few nice bluegills and a few crappie on Nothead jigs.  Water temperature was in the 80's.  Still a lot of grass floating from the weekend.



Lake Monroe - July 4th, 2009
Saturday, July 04,2009

Avery Murrah of Spring, Texas, and Stephen Murrah of San Antonio, Texas, caught lots of crappie suspended in 10 to 12 feet of water.  They caught a few on Nothead jigs and some on minnows.  Avery and Stephen worked hard on a rainy soggy day and caught a good stringer of fish.  They also had 3 channel catfish, in addition to the crappie.



Lake Monroe - June 25th, 2009
Thursday, June 25,2009

The water was clear and hot.  We caught bluegills off the bed on Nothead 1/80 oz squirrel-tail jigs.  Katie Wecht is pictured with the morning's catch.  The fish are starting to get flighty because it's toward the end of the bedding season.  If you want to catch bluegills, get to the lake soon!



Lake Monroe - June 24th, 2009
Wednesday, June 24,2009

We caught lots of bluegills on the bed, on Nothead jigs.  We kept about 30 that were close to 8 inches.  The water was 85 degrees and clear.



Lake Monroe - June 23rd, 2009
Tuesday, June 23,2009

We caught lots of crappie up to 12 inches long (most were smaller) in 18 feet of water on Nothead jigs.  We also caught lots of bluegill that were on the bed, on Nothead jigs.  The water was 84 degrees and clear.



Boggs Lake - June 19th, 2009
Friday, June 19,2009

Bernard Ma caught 3 keeper bass and 3 non-keeper bass on buzz baits and crank baits.  The one pictured above was 3 pounds.   Another of his bass was 3 pounds.  The last cast of the day hooked a big bass that weighed 5 1/2 to 6 pounds - we lost it right at the boat when we went to lip it.  The skies were high, the weather was hot, and Bernard did a fine job of fishing!

 



Patoka Lake - June 18th, 2009
Thursday, June 18,2009

We got on the water at daylight and dodged storms all morning.  The water was clear and there was lots of wind.  We caught 7 largemouth bass keepers and 7 non-keepers.  The fish quit biting in the afternoon after the storms went through.  Our largest bass was just over 4 pounds.  The blue gills are bedding now.



Patoka Lake - May 29th, 2009
Friday, May 29,2009

The crappie are scattered and most are in 10 to 12 feet of water.  We caught a few keeper-sized fish.  The bluegills are on the bed.



Lake Monroe - May 28th, 2009
Thursday, May 28,2009

We caught crappie all day long.  We had 35 big slab crappie on Nothead jigs and spinners.  All the males and the females with eggs were released.



Lake Monroe - May 27th, 2009
Wednesday, May 27,2009

The water is dropping and the big female crappie are spawning.  Today we caught 30 big crappie on Nothead jigs.  The biggest was 2 lb 2 oz.  All fish were returned to the lake.



Lake Monroe - May 26th, 2009
Tuesday, May 26,2009

The big crappie were biting all day - we caught lots that were 13 to 15 inches on Nothead jigs.  The spawn is almost over - better hurry and good luck!



Lake Monroe - May 23rd, 2009
Saturday, May 23,2009

We caught 18 slab crappie on Nothead jigs - most were 14 to 16 inches long.  It was a slow bite, but when you caught one, it was a good one.  We're on the tail end of the spawn; not many days left.



Lake Monroe - May 22nd, 2009
Friday, May 22,2009

We fished from 2:00 to 5:30 in the afternoon and caught 17 big slab crappie.  A lot of the females still have eggs, and are ready to lay at any time and the males are colored up.  The crappie fishing is great right now and won't last too much longer!



Lake Monroe - May 21st, 2009
Thursday, May 21,2009

Water temperature in the morning was 65 degrees and in the afternoon it was 78 degrees surface temperature.  We caught 18 big crappie measuring 13 to 16 inches.  Most were females - caught on Nothead jigs and Power Baits.  The next week should be good for crappie fishing, then it will start downhill.



Patoka Lake - May 16th, 2009
Saturday, May 16,2009
The water temperature was 68 degrees and the crappie were in 9 to 12 feet of water.  We caught 4 big crappie 12 to 16 inches on Nothead jigs and several small crappie.


Patoka Lake - May 13th, 2009
Wednesday, May 13,2009

Crappie were located from 1 1/2 feet to 16 feet of water.  The water temperature was 68 degrees.  We spent all day on the main lake and caught lots and lots of crappie -  the biggest was 12 1/2 inches.  We also caught one walleye about 7 inches long.  Can't wait for the walleye to grow up!  Most of the crappie still had eggs and the males were in full color.  This weekend and next should be a great time to catch crappie!



Lake Monroe - May 11th, 2009
Monday, May 11,2009

Skyy Shake caught a 2 pound crappie and an 8 pound wiper on Nothead jigs.  He caught the crappie in 12 feet of water and the wiper in 18 feet of water.  We also had 3 other nice crappie and lots of small ones.



Patoka Lake - May 9th, 2009
Saturday, May 09,2009

Fished today with Barney Ball and Ann Grainger of Greenfield, Indiana.  Barney is pictured with crappie caught on Nothead jigs.  The strong winds made fishing tough but we had a good time.



Patoka Lake - May 7th, 2009
Thursday, May 07,2009

Water temperature was 68 degrees.  Crappie are on the beds.  We caught lots of keeper crappie between 10 and 13 inches on Nothead jigs and Southern Pro jigs.



Lake Monroe - May 6th, 2009
Wednesday, May 06,2009

Water level was falling .  The big crappie were hard to come by.  We had 6 crappie between 12 and 14 inches caught on Nothead jigs and lots of small crappie.  We also caught 5 keeper bass with the biggest being 3 pounds on Zoom baits.



Lake Monroe - May 2nd, 2009
Saturday, May 02,2009

Water temperature was 71 degrees.  We caught 15 crappie that were 12 to 15 inches on Southern Pro and Nothead jigs in 6 to 8 feet of water.



Patoka Lake - May 1st, 2009
Friday, May 01,2009

Water temperature was 69 degrees.  We caught 17 crappie that were 12 to 15 inches on Southern Pro and Nothead jigs in 8 to 10 feet of water.



Lake Monroe - April 24th, 2009
Friday, April 24,2009

Water temperature was 59 degrees.  We caught 9 slab crappie, with one weighing 2 lb 2 oz.  We weren't able to fish some areas we wanted to fish because we had 30 mph winds.  It's really heating up for the big crappie!



Lake Monroe - April 23rd, 2009
Thursday, April 23,2009

Hello!  The turkeys are gobblin', the mushrooms are poppin', and the crappie are bitin'!  Water temperature was 59 degrees.  We caught 10 crappie that were 13 to 14 inches long on Southern Pro jigs.  We also had several more crappie that were 10 to 12 inches on Nothead feather jigs.  Better hurry, the crappie bite's on!



Lake Monroe - April 11th, 2009
Saturday, April 11,2009

Water temperature was 53 degrees.  The upper end was colored up and the lower side was in good shape.  Fish were in 7 to 14 feet of water.  We caught 14 crappie on Southern Pro jigs and Nothead feather jigs.



Lake Monroe - April 4th, 2009
Saturday, April 04,2009

Water temperature was 58 degrees.  We caught 19 big crappie from 12 to 15 inches on Southern Pro jigs and Blakemore roadrunners.  The biggest was a black crappie weighing 1 lb 12 oz.



Lake Monroe - March 30th, 2009
Monday, March 30,2009

Water temperature was 55 degrees.  We caught 11 nice crappie ranging from 11 to 13 inches on Southern Pro jigs.  The fish were in 14 feet of water.



Lake Monroe - March 28th, 2009
Saturday, March 28,2009

Water temperature was 54 degrees.  Most crappie were in 5 to 6 feet of water.  We caught 9 crappie that were 14 inches and a few small fish on Southern Pro jigs.



Patoka Lake - March 27th, 2009
Friday, March 27,2009

Water temperature was 53 degrees.  East wind.  The crappie were moved out into 10 to 12 feet of water.  We caught 8 that were 12 inches and a few small ones on Southern Pro jigs.



Lake Monroe - March 25th, 2009
Wednesday, March 25,2009

Water temperature was 55 degrees and is colored up from the wind.  We caught 10 crappie that were 12 to 14 inches.  We also caught one 5-pound wiper, a 3-pound channel catfish, and a 4 1/2-pound largemouth bass on Blakemore roadrunners and Southern Pro jigs.



Lake Monroe - March 24th, 2009
Tuesday, March 24,2009

Water temperature was 55 degrees.  High winds.  We caught 6 crappie that were 14 inches and 1 walleye that was 3 pounds on Southern Pro baits.



Lake Monroe - March 23rd, 2009
Monday, March 23,2009

Water temperature was 52 to 55 degrees.  East wind at 10 to 15 MPH at daybreak.  John-Paul Isom and Dennis Inman caught 30 slab crappie on Southern Pro jigs and Blakemore roadrunners at various depths during the day.



Lake Monroe - March 21st, 2009
Saturday, March 21,2009

Water temperature was 52 to 55 degrees on the main lake.  We caught several crappie suspended at 3 feet on Southern Pro jigs.  We caught 5 slabs.



Patoka Lake - March 19th, 2009
Thursday, March 19,2009

Water temperature was 55 to 57 degrees.  We caught 23 crappie between 10 and 14 inches and several smaller ones on Southern Pro jigs and Blakemore roadrunners.  Fish were moving into fairly shallow water.  If you're ready to start catching crappie, give me a call!



Patoka Lake - March 17th, 2009
Tuesday, March 17,2009

Water temperature was 50 to 55 degrees.  We caught a lot of crappie using Southern Pro jigs and Blakemore roadrunners, but most were small.  We had 15 over 10 inches and almost all were black crappies.



Lake Monroe - March 16th, 2009
Monday, March 16,2009

Water temperature started at 48 degrees and when we left the lake it was 56 degrees.  I was fishing with Fred Willis, who is a crappie pro in Indiana.  We caught crappie early in the day on Blakemore roadrunners and in the afternoon on Southern Pro jigs.  We brought 18 crappie home ranging from 1 lb to 1 1/2 lbs and we released lots of little crappie.  The crappie fishing is really taking off!



Lake Monroe - March 10th, 2009
Tuesday, March 10,2009

Water was 48 to 52 degrees and dirty.  We fished on the slow side and caught 30 mostly small crappie on Southern Pro jigs.  Two crappie were 15 inches.



Patoka Lake - March 9th, 2009
Monday, March 09,2009

Water temperature was 47 to 52 degrees.  Fishing was slow in the morning, but picked up in the afternoon.  Crappie were 3 to 10 feet deep.  Biggest fish was 14 inches and was caught on a Southern Pro jig.



Lake Monroe - March 6th, 2009
Friday, March 06,2009

Windy.  Water temperature was 41 degrees.  Fishing was slow - caught a few small crappie.  Good luck fishing and I'll see you on the lake!



Patoka Lake - March 5th, 2009
Thursday, March 05,2009

Water temperature is 41 degrees.  Fish were at 26 to 30 feet deep.  We caught 12 crappie and 1 channel catfish weighing 9 pounds 6 ounces on Southern Pro jigs.  Winds of 36 MPH blew us off the lake at noon.



Patoka Lake - February 26th, 2009
Thursday, February 26,2009

Water temperature 39 to 41 degrees.  Rain with no wind.  Crappie biting good early in the day on channel edges in 26 to 32 feet of water.  Crappie were caught on Southern Pro tubes.



Patoka Lake - February 25th, 2009
Wednesday, February 25,2009

Water temperature is 39 to 40 degrees.  Crappie were caught in 26 feet of water on Southern Pro jigs.  Crappie were all under 10 inches.



Lake Monroe - February 17th, 2009
Wednesday, February 18,2009

Water temperature is 37 to 39 degrees.  Crappie, bass, and wipers - there are some fish biting deep, but fairly slow.



White River - February 18th, 2009
Wednesday, February 18,2009

Water is high and muddy in main body of river.  Water in creeks has cleared.