Anyone been to Patoka lately?

Going one day this week. Are they in the backs of the creeks yet or is it still to early?

Jerry Cole

ha...good luck

I think Embrey wants them to drain the lake and move the fish to a different lake…

I have had a great year on Patoka this year which includes a 8#LM and 3 SM from 5-6#.

lol, no i ve had a good year. just the last month has sucked terrible

Jerry, u have a pm

i was up there this past weekend and worked the backs of creeks and pockets the entire time. i didn't even think about the main lake. the bite was slow for me but i managed a decent limit (around 10 lbs). i found a big school of crappie and bass feeding on shad that were working their way to the back of a cove, which salvaged my day. been rough for me the past 2 weeks up there. surely with this cooler weather they will be heading up to those pockets quickly to gorge.

What were the water temps? I still want to stripers up there.

surface temps were 74-75

My 1ST day ever on Patoka was yesterday...not bad....but not great. 11-12 LMB total with three keepers going maybe 8 1/2 lbs. Water temps started out at 69 ish and moved to about 73 ish at the end of the day. Anyone else doing better with the cold weather moving in recently???

id consider that great actually,lol