Monroe

[FWFeecherman]

Thanks so much for the info slowretrieve! Im getting some good info together and it looks like my buddy and I are going to hit the water Thanksgiving weekend if the wives will let us. Thanks again and Tight Lines and Screamin Drags to ya!!!!!

[Slowretrieve]

You're welcome, Feecherman. You should also check with a Nov 7 post on this site from JSY. He gets much bigger fish than I do and has been at it longer. I've only been fishing these brutes for about four years and the largest I can remember catching is a 7.5 pounder. That's nothing considering the state record is over 22 pounds. I would also check on lures. Fishtechoutdoors.com has some nice wiper lures. Any way you cut it, though, big, little or nothing, it is probably worth the trip to Monroe just for the scenery.
Where have you been getting white bass? Those, too, are favorites of mine. I admire the way they hit and the way they always turn their side to you, making them hard to get to the boat. Thus far my favorite white bass spot is Brookville, but it was terrible this past summer. When they bite, it is also a great place for stripers.

[FWFeecherman]

Does anyone know roughly what the water temp is right now on Monroe? Thanks again for any info. Tight Lines and Scramin Drags to Ya!!!

[jsy]

Low 50's. Boys, it is over for the year at Monroe for the hybrids. I promise you, you will have little to no success, I highly advise you to wait until next spring.



Does anyone know roughly what the
>water temp is right now
>on Monroe? Thanks again
>for any info. Tight
>Lines and Scramin Drags to
>Ya!!!

[FWFeecherman]

Hey Slowretrieve. I've only fished for white bass at one place near me and that is Huntington Resevoir near Markle IN. The white bass run up the Wabash River that runs into the resevoir in the spring beginning around mid April into May. We wade the small river and throw jigs for them. We have lots of days where we catch up to 30 - 40. Not too many big ones though. I usually get a couple each year pushung 14 inches. I hear lots of stories of people cathing much bigger, but I haven't seen them. I would say they average about 11-12". The only bad part is the small water can become really flooded quickly if it rains. The year before last I only got to fish for white bass one day, the rest of the spring the resevoir was flooded and you couldn't even get to the river. Thats happened a couple of times in the last five years or so. Its a lot of fun though. Its pretty easy fishing. Usually if their in the river they'll hit just about anything. Raod Runners, twister tails, anything that they can see they'll usually hit hard. The water is always a little stained coming form the Wabash so chatruese, white, and yellow seem to produce well for me. A lot of guys throw nightcrawlers undr floats for them also. I have so much fun catching them because of the hit and how hard they fight. Thats why I am so hyped about catching a wiper. Tight Lines and Screamin Drags to Ya!!!!