Quote Originally Posted by daniel240 View Post
Ive already got my deer for the season so I think I may go over there this weekend. I have never been to this pit before is there a sign for it? Did you just fish off the bank? It won't be anything like my 11lb steelhead I got a few weeks ago but it will give me something to do that is close to home.
Dan ,
There is a sign for it , it is just past Catfish Pit in area 6 . Heres a link to the map of Sugar Ridge .

http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/publications/sugar.pdf

There are many pits in the area but I havent fished most of them . I got a trout stamp back in the spring before heading to Greene-Sullivan to fish Airline Pit { another trout stocked pit } so I want get my $11.00 worth . The trout up there tend run a little bigger and there is lots of camping available . Bethel has a boat ramp and shore line trails around it so you can bank fish or use a boat . If your bank fishing I would go down the trail on the right of the ramp to where the pit opens up , it has a nice spot to fish from there . I would take a couple of cans of cheap kernal corn , put it in something you can seal or with a screw on lid { so it wont spill if you drop it } and a 5 gallon bucket to sit on . I will also throw some handfulls of corn in the pit to "chum" the trout into the area . This works because the ones I clean when I get home have a belly full of it .I fish close to the bottom { its about 20ft deep } but have caught them at 6ft . I have caught them on Berkley trout nuggets { yellow } , Rooster Tails , and white crappie jigs but the corn produces the best . I also throw what I have left in the pit to feed the poor things . I cleaned one last year that had a a sprig of old pine needles in its belly . Man that fish was hungry ! I have never been checked by the IDNR but still be sure to get a trout stamp { you can get it online } before you go . Oh , watch out for beagles running out in the road on the way there , its rabbit season .