Originally Posted by
Moveon
Thousands of people fish these lakes. When the price of gas jumped up to $4/gal many guys started fishing these local Fish and Wildllife area instead of driving all the way to KY lake and Canada. I started fishing these pits (26 of them) back around 2003. Back then it was trolling motor only and my boat is perfect for that type of environment. And there is a lot of wildlife that frequents the area. Beavers, Deer, Coyote, and Bald Eagles fly over the area. Thousands of people in this area frequent this Fish and Wildlife Area from the Evansville and other surrounding areas.
Also these lakes have huge black bass in them as well as Muskie. They have a good population of white crappie. many bass over 18" long are being caught and released in these water.
And the time I launched at the South end of Loon Pit was my first time launching in that poor launch area. It's basically a shallow launch area with gravel on top but no real concrete launch ramp or facilities. But it's closer to the fishing area at this pit. You see this pit is 210 acres in size and has the most diverse structure of all the 26 different bodies of water in Blue Grass Fish and Wildlife Area. When I launched at the South end I was not aware of the black goo in the lake bottom and how shallow it was at the launch ramp. It's not really a launch ramp per se. But I was able to get my boat to float off the trailer without having to back down into the water very far. So it had a drop off that would allow the boat to float off the trailer before the back wheels of my two wheel drive truck got into the water. As I said it was closer to the areas I wanted to fish. And the lake or pit is a very long strip pit. It's over a mile from one end to the other. And back then it was trolling motor only so it took a long time to launch from the North end and troll all the way down to the South end to fish. Then I had to troll all the way back with the electric trolling motor. Which took up valuable fishing time for me. So I tried to launch from the South end instead so that I would be closer to the actually fishing area. The south end has submerged trees in the water and better fishing than the North End. But the North end has the concrete ramp. And today that concrete ramp at the North end is block off (CLOSED) by IDNR as it's too dangerous to launch from right now. IDNR doesn't have the money to fix it in a timely manner evidently as it's been closed for a week or more now.
I fished it a total of about 6 times over the last ten years. I fish the other pits in this area more as they have better facilities and launch ramps.
And I fished this area because it was only about 10 minutes from my house. I could spend more time fishing and less time and money traveling to and from the lake.
And why do you even care where I fished? Do you fish this area? Do you ever intend to fish down here? You never fished nor will you ever fish these area. So what's your interest in this pit? Seriously GEO. Why do you care where I fish at? And I normally don't fish this pit anymore for various reasons including the poor launch ramp conditions on both ends of the lake. The South end is too shallow and undeveloped and the North end ramp is washed out at the end of the concrete which can cause trailer wheels to fall off the end of the concrete into big hole in the dirt.