Lynnville Lake Questions

[HoosierDon]

I would say that you might as well start making your own map. I've fished Lynnville several years and have never seen the map that you are looking for.

Your information is correct in that the lake is made up of old stripper pits. I think this area was stripped out in the fifties. The main channels are the deepest parts of the lake with the side bays being shallow. Be very careful in the side bays as you will come upon huge rocks that are just under the surface. I have no idea what the makeup of the bottom is in the deep channels but would assume that they are rocky. A few minutes with the carolina rig should give you an idea. In the shallow bays there is an abundance of grass. There is also an abumdance of 10 - 13 inch bass. Now and then you'll catch one larger but not often. I have heard about 5 & 6# fish being caught but have never seen one in the years that I have fished the lake. My best has been about 2.5#. But then I'm not the worlds greatest fisherman. The lake recieves a lot of pressure but it is fun to fish.......good luck.....

[elnutsmalljaws]

Thanks guys for the info. I have a Deep V boat that is very difficult to trailer unless I have a steep ramp. The one at Lynnville is very shallow and I was wondering if I would have trouble. With the slick ramp, I am sure I would. I was thinking of Lynnville due to idle speed. I hate to troll around a new lake trying to learn it but it looks like that is what I am going to do for some local fishing. Any suggestions to where a guy can go that has a ramp and dock suitable for my boat. I know there is the river but hear that is very hard to fish to catch a bucketmouth much less any BIGUNS. I appreciate the info on Lynnville and will try it when I can find someone to go with me to fish and help me launch. I don't know a sole here for just moved to Newburgh in June with my wife and son. Thanks again

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[HoosierDon]

You won't have any trouble launching and loading at Lynnville. The ramp is steeper than in looks. I have an 18 ft Stratos and have no problem at all. And the ramps at Bluegrass are not nearly as slick as Lynville.

[Moose1am]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Sep-13-05 AT 10:46AM (EST)[/font][p]Last year I saw a lot of guys slipping and falling on the concrete ramp at Blue Grass Pit. Loon Pit and Otter Pit's concrete ramps were just as slick. There is a lot of algae that grows on these concrete ramps all summer long and they are very dangerous. I got my truck's back tires stuck on the ramp as they could not get a grip on the concrete surface due to the algae. I had to be pulled out. I drive a long bed Nissan pickup truck that is one of those little ones. I don't have a lot of weight on the back tires.

I saw a guy slip on the concrete last year and tear his hand up when he tried to grab the boat trailer and hit a bolt or something. I had to get my first aid kit out and give him some antibiotic ointment and a bandage. I use to drive over to the ramp and just see how many people were fishing. So I saw a lot of guys trying to lauch and recover boats.

Last time I was there a group of people in Kayaks came to the ramp. They were drunk and they tried to recover the kayaks and kept falling down on the concrete in the shallow water. They eventually ended up going for a 1/2 hr swim around the boat ramp.

I sure wish that the DRN would clean the algae off the ramps once or twice a year to make it less dangerous. They should have put deep grooves in the concrete when they made the ramps at the Blue Grass Fish and Wildlife area.

I have not been to Lynville this year. I guess they should clean that ramp also.

There really is not excuse to have a ramp that is slippery and dangerous to the public.



Regards,

Moose1am

[skee53]

Guys I love to fish Lynnville and I have skied the ramp also. Can you tell me where that other pit is located you mentioned. I live in Georgetown so it's a good drive for me to get to Lynville but I love the solitude there.

[HoosierDon]

Skee, the other pit you refer to I'm sure is the Blue Grass FWA. I believe that Georgetown is right on I-64. Come west on I-64 to the I-164 exit and go South toward Evansville. You'll come to the Boonville/New Harmony Rd. exit. Exit there and at the top of the ramp turn East (left). You'll go between the two big pits in about 1/2 mile. There is a hunter check in station in the parking lot of the North lake and there should be maps of the FWA. There are about seven or so pits with ramps. Some of the ramps are shallow, especially the gravel ramps so you may get your feet wet if you are unloading and loading a boat by yourself. If your going to make that long a drive to fish this area I would recommend that you fish the large South pit. The bass population in that pit seems to be a little larger that some of the others. Be advised that the legal size limit in the North and South pits are 18" and all the pits are trolling motor only. No gas motors except in case of emergency. And the pits are closed to fishing during waterfowl season. I believe it starts Nov. 15. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions I'll be glad to help......

Don

[Moose1am]

There is a campground (privately owned by Tom Newmaster) right down the road from the two main pits. Blue Grass (north pit) and Loon (South pit). Loon is a wildlife refuge and it's off limits during all the hunting season so that the ducks and geeze have some solitude also. Hunting can occur on the other pits in this area. There are only three big pits that have concrete launch ramps. BG, Loon and Otter Pit. Otter Pit is south of Loon Pit and it's only 90 acres in size. All three of these pits are connected Hydrologically vias coverts (pipes) that rund under Boonville New Harmony road and under Kansas Road. Blue Grass Pit is about 190 acres and has lots of bays and has good crappie populations. The crappie in general are running small ( slow growth rate) due to overcrowding. Bass are trying to rebound and will reboud if all the fishermen respect the 18" size limit on Blue Grass and Loon Pits. Otter's size limit is 14" or 15". All these pits are typical of strip mined lands. High conductivity and lots of iron in the water. The pH is around 8.5 or so. There are many other walk in pits in this area. Wildlife abounds in this environment. It's full of hawks, owls, coyottes, beavers, muskrates, deer, fox, and rabbits as well as waterfowl in the wintertime.

The campground phone number is (812) 925-7575.

The pits are full of Eurasion Millfoil submergent vegetation. The deeper parts of the pits can run 50 to 60ft. Loon pit has a lot of shallow areas as well. Loon pit is about 200 acres in size and has more submerged brush than the other pits.

You can usually hook into a short bass where the water runs under Boonville Newharmony road from Blue Grass Pit into Loon Pit. There is a small ditch there that channels the water flow into the very NE part of Loon Pit. The bass will hang in that area waiting for food to be washed into the pit by heavy rains.

Lynnville is more secluded that Blue Grass in that it's an older pit and has more full grown trees even if they are mostly pine trees.

I know what you mean about Lynnville. It's reminds me a lot of the canadian lakes I fished when I was in HS years ago. There is nothing like boating 20 miles up or down a small river at night only to come to a lake that is hardly ever fished by anyone. I did that once with some friends and we had a blast. Got to the camp site around midnight and setup the tents and it rained all night long. I ended up loosing one of my contact lenses in the pine needles that next morning and had to wear my glasses for the rest of that week. :(


Regards,

Moose1am

[lov2fish]

**** Moose, let the old threads die a slow death. Quit bringing stuff months old back to the top. You have had 3 months to answer them, yet you wait till November..............


Ray Rigby

[Moose1am]

Sorry Man.

Just was bored today and was reading old posts. Didn't mean to rock anyone's boat.


Regards,

Moose1am

[elnutsmalljaws]

I have been to Lynnville several times in the last few weeks, and lucky that I have a setup that doesn't require me to get my feet wet unloading or loading even by myself. I did see several people that had been 4 wheeling covered in mud running down the ramp to "wash" off and several of them fell on the ramp. The ramp is ok where the grooves are cut, but the part that has no grooves it must be like ice. No first hand falling knowledge but it must be slick.

On a sidenote: I did catch 3 keepers Sunday morning slow rolling a spinnerbait over the top and edge of a pretty big hump. Had 12 feet of water on both sides, long and narrow hump, with 5 feet on top. Pretty distinct drop on both sides. 14 1/2", 15 and 16. Caught 20 or so in all. Had to get some confidence after getting SKUNKED at the river Saturday in my first trip to the river, first club tournament and first tournament of all and I bring in the livewell full of SKUNK. The river is a whole different beast to fish than the lakes I am used to.

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