Lake Shelby

[drew91872]

Has anybody fished this lake in Shelbyville. Looked interesting and thought about going.

[first2fish]

I have fished there about 3 times and do feel like its worth fishing. I like the islands out in the upper part of the lake but have not caught any bass over 3 lbs. But there are a lot bigger ones in there according to other people. I dont know about the bluegill or crappie fishing there because i always bass fished when there. Good luck jc

[LMBC_WeighMaster]

Fished there several times and always hear tale of larger bass. However, these fish are generally caught further up the creek, not on the primary lake. Or so I am told...I have never caught much bigger than 12-15"...

[Dizzle]

http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showthread.php?t=88141

thread from earlier this year.. there are nice fish in there.. no doubt..

[eddie_m]

I've fished this lake many, many times. There are a bunch of bass up to 12" in it. In at least 10 trips, I've probably only caught one or two keepers (15" at Shelby). My biggest keeper was a little over 2lbs. I've heard tales and seen one pic (the previous link) of nice bass caught out of there, but I haven't caught 'em. The most productive pattern is green plastics pitched next to wood.

I haven't been out there in a number of weeks because the lake gets a bunch of string algae floating on the surface making it hard to fish in the summer. Also, the lake has tons of floating and submerged wood. I broke a shear pin once and never saw the submerged stump. It's just a 5hp motor, so I certainly wasn't going fast!