Patoka has the same problem all other lakes in Southern Ind. face....they're run on a shoe string budget and apparently suffer from mediocre management practices. I'm tickled I started driving to LBL, that's what world class fishing is supposed to look like!!

Southern Indiana in particular should be managed for top end bluegill/shellcracker/crappie fishing but none of the lakes can claim this. It starts with a lack of vision and funding, it then trickles down to the lousy management practices Indiana seems to cherish.

Indiana won't spend the money to build bigger lakes either, Ky free wheels it with their fisheries and they now claim world class waters not just for bass, but crappie, shellcracker and catfish.