Patoka Report

[EJHick]

Just got in and got unthawed. Practiced for BFL today. My partner and I had only 6 fish, but best 5 at over 19 lbs. A 5,4(smallie),4,3.5,&3. Not alot of bites, but the fish we caught inhaled our baits and they had fat bellies. Just wondering if anyone else fished out there and how you did? Must have been a couple tourney's there... saw a couple flights coming out around Newton. Tight lines..


Eric J. Hickman Jr.
U of L Bass Club
Tournament Director
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[Biggofish]

Eric,
I was there Thursday but didnt catch anything. Air temp was 38 and water was murky and 46. Fished the Fleming Creek area and the mouth of the Patoka River. I am going back on Wednsday and try some different areas.

Nolan Caudill

[EJHick]

Water temp was 45-49 in the places I hit. Water muddy from bridge of little patoka on up river. Everything else was stained with about 2' visibility.


Eric J. Hickman Jr.
U of L Bass Club
Tournament Director
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[Frenzy]

I fished the 24th and 25th at Patoka. Both days were miserably cold. Fished everywhere from up river to lick fork by the marina. Nothing seemed to be working. What did you catch your 19 lbs on? Where were you fishing? I know 8 lbs. won a tournament launched from Newton Stuart South on Satuday. How did the BFL go? Winning weight? Big bass?

[EJHick]

The BFL is next weekend, was just searching for some areas and patterns. I'll reply with what I was catching them on after tourney.(slow) Have a good one!

[Biggofish]

It took 20 plus to win the Hoosier Open this past Sunday.

[Frenzy]

Really!? That's kind of suprising. I guess the slightly warmer/sunnier day on Sunday could have helped out the fishing. Any idea what they were catching them on or where at? What was big bass?

[TI]

As you know, they are catching them on bubble gum colored 1.5 ounce Booyah jigs. Huh Chigger? If you ain't thowin' them, then you ain't bustin' them up. Plus, apparently, if you have a John Deere hat on while you're fishing then your odds of getting bites doubles. Chigger back boated me all day. I think they thought he was a bushy brush pile with that hat on.

http://www.hoosieropen.com/News/news.htm

TI

[Viper201]

Only 1 team out of 170 had a 6 fish limit,check out all the zeroes on the bottom,100+ guys blanked,it was tough.

[Chigger_Brumbalow]

Thats right, we come in there an tore em a new one. I had my John Deere hat on and we just went down the bank and over powered the bass. They think my hat is a tree with catalpaw worms in it.

We went in and just started firin with 1/2oz Yozuri traps and big Lucky Craft CB350 fat crankbaits. Just kept firin long casts and power crankin till we got on em. Once we got on em we stayed on em Kevin VanDamsomofabitch power fishin style.

From a distance if you saw us you would have thought we was the heavy weight fighter Butter Bean in the boat, we just kept firin haymakers. I had to pack my arm in ice when I got back. I can now only fish every 4th day to save my arm. When it gets in the tourney stretch run, I might be able to go on 3 days rest if I go on a cast count.

We was so impressive, the DNR officer was usin his radar gun to clock my rattletrap casts, which was well over 100mph, with accuraxy I might add.

I hope I get to fish with him again, cause he is good shop help let me tell ya. For a guy who only throws senkos, I showed him how to cowboy up for sure.

My new motto on baits is this. If it don't cost 10 bucks or so, it don't get throwed by Chigger Brumbalow. I am now a high dollar crankbait flamethrowin summabitch now so bring it on all you Kevin VD wannabees.

[ndjay]

only 1 out of 170 limited???.......those guys must of been good.

[bassman409]

This last post doesn't even warrant a reply but I will anyway, "1 out of 170, must have been some good fisherman",
Obviousely you have never fished in a competition bass tournament. Before you start bashing people for not catching a limit you need to have an idea on what you are talking about.. I have to stop here..
Kevin B.