Back from Dogwood......

Well we did fish Dogwood today..............it was OK......we caught 20 by noon, and then it shut down...........

No size...............fished the TOP of the lake, and it was quite dirty.........

Water temps started out at 62 and hit 65 by NOON.

Caught fish on jigs, crankbaits, flukes, rattletraps........caught 2 keepers.

I was expecting to HAMMER the bass.

And older guy who looked like he fished the lake a TON said the bass had already spawned out..........the week before..................I doubt that.........I didnt' see any beds, but I also didn't catch any females full of eggs............

HM.

Later,

Geo

I've been to Dogwood a few times in the last couple weeks. The bass have not moved up into the shallow yet. When the water gets around 68 you should be able to find them up in 5ft of water or less. Some baits to try are.. arkansas shiner colored zoom fluke, firetiger skirt with gold blade spinnerbait, red shad or tequilla sunrise worm, shad colored topwater, bright colored trick worms.. when the bass move up into the shallows you'll want to fish fast. you'll get a lot of reaction bites.. some are big others are just fun!

Thanks................I suspected they were not spawned out.......BUT I also didn't catch any bigger females this trip.........

HM.

Thanks,

Geo

Yeah, i havnt seen any good spawning action in Indiana yet. I'd love to know if anyone has been seein it i just havnt yet. Dogwoods just one of the lakes where you can go and catch 100 12-14in.fish and then find a group of 5+ fish right in a row. Hope you get after the big girls next time geo, thanks for the report.

Geo,
Any signs of the bluegills or redear preparing nests?

HH

stevens have you been to bluegrass this week? i was on loon last week before this warm front came through and I saw bass making their beds, but they weren't sticking to them yet.

No, i havnt been unfortunatley. Been busy busy busy. This week will be all fishing, so ill be sure to report if there up on those beds.

Quite a few bass starting to move on beds here in Central Indiana, smaller waters, rivers and some of the larger reservoirs. Think the big wave is still about 2 weeks off though with the coming full moon.

agreed, at least i hope so. this cooler weather coming in will slow down the water increase and start to penetrate the depths to tell the big girls to come up.

[QUOTE=Hoosier Hunter;365740]Geo,
Any signs of the bluegills or redear preparing nests?

HH[/QUOTE]

I didn't see a SINGLE nest......................no gill nests or bass nests.......BUT I didn't fish the SOUTH end of the lake..........only north.

Later,

Geo

Try fishing in the coves around the campground.. you'll have to leave the main ramp.. go east thru the bouey markers head east the campground will be on your left (north) side.. there's a couple coves there that i've seen a lot of people bluegill/crappie fishing in..

[QUOTE=banjopicker47501;365797]Try fishing in the coves around the campground.. you'll have to leave the main ramp.. go east thru the bouey markers head east the campground will be on your left (north) side.. there's a couple coves there that i've seen a lot of people bluegill/crappie fishing in..[/QUOTE]

That is one of my favorite areas.......I used to fish dogwood 2-3 times a week, but when I purchased my new boat, I didn't get a mount for a 9.9, and I really don't have a way to use a 9.9 on it........

Fortunately, I was able to kind of fish it on the trolling motor........

I wish there was a way to run power from the camp ground down to my boat........but I'd be afraid of electricution or something........

I've even though about a generator, but that is just too much hassle.

Later,

Geo