Patoka

[chrisk]

i HAVE A CLUB TOURNAMENT ON PATOKA THIS SATURDAY NIGHT MOOSE. WHAT ISLAND ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, IS IT CLOSE TO NEWTON STEWART OR DOWN BY THE DAM. Any NIGHT TIPS OR SPOTS TO TRY AT NIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS

[Moose1am]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jul-19-06 AT 07:12PM (EST)[/font][p]Note: I have not fished these islands at Night only during the daytime in July and that was years ago back in 1978/79/80 when the lake first opened up. Fish may not be in the weeds at night as the weeds are not producing oxygen when the sun's not shining on them. They respire and use oxygen at night and stop producing oxygen at night. Fish may move shallower during the night also. I am just getting into night fishing myself and I mainly have been fishing for crappie at night. I have only fished for bass at night on several occasions. I do better at dusk and dawn when fishing for bass. But then again I don't see so good at night and can't judge distances very well at night. Most of my attempts to cast crank baits at night end up in the tree tops. LOL That and I don't like either mosquitoes or bug spray so I have to really force myself to fish much at night.



The ones 2 miles upstream from the **** out on the main lake. Spot #23 on the Patoka Lake Fishing Hot Spots map. But move over from the dot labeled 23 to the other side of the island where there is an "*" shown on the map. That's labeled a hazard but it's really a fish attractor that the Army Corp of Engineers put in the lake before it was flooded back in 1978. I think it's a rectangular log fish attractor. They took out the trees and lashed them together with big wires and sunk them at the bottom in that area where the river makes a big U turn. The point of land should be a good spot to fish. I have caught large pike and bass on that spot back when the lake was first formed. I have not fished that area for a long time as there are so many water skiers and now jet skies. But you may be able to fish it if you have a larger boat. My small boat rocks way too much in the wakes but it's only 16 ft long and about 48" wide so it's not really made for big water or lots of waves. These days I prefer to fish in the speed limit areas or in protected coves. If I ever do go up to Patoka lake in the middle of the week and troll I would target that spot for sure.

Regards,

Moose1am

[chrisk]

Thanks Moose. Will try it for sure.