Patoka or Monroe????

I am going out Sunday....live 10 miles from Monroe......is it worth going to Patoka and driving an extra 100 miles round trip??? Convince me:D Thanks!

doubtful...lol

[QUOTE=lroberts;386854]I am going out Sunday....live 10 miles from Monroe......is it worth going to Patoka and driving an extra 100 miles round trip??? Convince me:D Thanks![/QUOTE]
I'd head south

I love Patoka, and fished it probably 20 times this year, but I'm in Evansville. If I were 10 miles from Monroe, I might not even know Patoka was there.

Patoka is 5 feet high so that might help with your decision.

fished patoka on Monday. I didn't have a single bite. I did find a 6lber floating on the surface back in party cove. It was still alive but it's tail was stiff as if it was in a livewell all day and then released. It's skin was pretty beat up. I Tried to revive it but it was a lost cause.
I need to add that I went deer hunting for the first two hours of daylight but after I jumped some deer walking in I decided to give up on that early and just go fishing.
There was some fish hitting the surface as I was driving my boat back in the pocket to go deer hunting. I made a few cast at them but nothing hit.
I would just stay up at Monroe or better yet spend the day in the woods.

USA Bassin tournament on Saturday (0800-4:00PM-Painters Creek), so we are going to beat it up a little......

I have fished Patoka since it opened. [B]The lake is nothing like it once was.[/B] Tournaments and the amount of boat traffic has taken it's toll. About the only decent fishing now-a-days is blue gill. Even Blue Gill size and quanity has fallen quite a bit.

I have fished Monroe a lot but not as much. I will say that Monroe still produces nice size bass. If I were 10 miles from Monroe, I would see how fast I could drive 10 miles. Good Luck

So I guess I'll head to Monroe....save some $$$...some time....and see what happens. I fished it a lot this summer and never had a great day, maybe its time for one!!! Anyone know the water temps???

[QUOTE=persingerxc;386925]USA Bassin tournament on Saturday (0800-4:00PM-Painters Creek), so we are going to beat it up a little......[/QUOTE]great

Oh, they'll only be a few boats anyway....and Persinger can't catch em' so they won't be that beat up....heheheheheh!!!!!!!!

[QUOTE=Sore thumb;387148]I have fished Patoka since it opened. [B]The lake is nothing like it once was.[/B] Tournaments and the amount of boat traffic has taken it's toll. About the only decent fishing now-a-days is blue gill. Even Blue Gill size and quanity has fallen quite a bit.

I have fished Monroe a lot but not as much. I will say that Monroe still produces nice size bass. If I were 10 miles from Monroe, I would see how fast I could drive 10 miles. Good Luck[/QUOTE]

The bass fishing isn't bad at all. I am impressed every time I go it seems.