Southern IN INTERLAKE area

[Moose1am]

There was an article today in the Evansville Courier and Press about this new DNR area. DNR has been slowly buying up old coal mine lands North East of Lynville, IN in the area between Warrick and Pike Counties.

I know that this has been discussed in the past in here by a few.

The area of discussion deal with what type of multiple recreational uses the area should have allowed.

[Moose1am]

http://www.courierpress.com/news/200.../hot-property/

Link to the article

[bassmanic1]

Moose ,
Here is the DNR link for the Interlake area ,

http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/interlake/index.htm

I fished it earlier in the year and wasnt to impressed , you cant use a boat and its very hard to bank fish stripper pits . Basically you had to fish by the road . I never saw the parking area they mention in the paper , just a gravel road that had a gate half-way back so you couldnt really go anywhere but the one pit by the road . The web site says the DNR allowed deer hunting and I did see several does the time I fished but you would have walk many miles to get to some trees to hunt . As for fishing I only tried the big pit by Hwy 68 & I only caught some 12" bass on a Power worm . Tried crawlers for gill with no luck . Same with minnows for crappie . I would love to get my jon boat in there and fish the high wall .

[fishNnut]

The lake by HWY. 68 has some good crappie in it. As does the pit right over the road from it. When the water is high the two pits join. At least that is the way it used to be 15 years ago when we used to water ski in there.

There is some good deer, turkey and small game hunting on the property also. You don't have to be in a tree to kill deer. I don't mind the "multi-use" idea, but the DNR thinks you can give it to atv's up until the day deer season opens and still have quality hunting. I have some buddies that deer hunt it and I have made a trip or two up there myself. Good property, but like all Indiana public ground, too many people for too small of an area.

[bassmanic1]

The pit on the other side of the gravel road is private , or so I was told by a gentleman who had stopped to see how I was doing . He said it belonged to the Beagle club . It would be nice if the DNR had a property map on the web site for the area so you can tell which pits you can fish . Personally I dont get into carrying several rods & reels plus a basket and tackle box on foot all the way back to the other pits . I wonder if anyone can open the gate and drive back some more to avoid this ? The rules on the site are a little fuzzy about that . Anyway , the other thing about bank fishing is the ticks & the chance of catching Lyme Disease or Rocky Mo. Spotted fever . I dont know why they wont let boats in there besides the fact they dont have a launch ramp . They could make it hand load only , no trailers and electric only like a lot of state lakes .

[NFC]

I did fish the above mentioned lake a couple times late last spring, first time by the road bu the second time I had a little 8 ft jon boat with me and took the gravel road, I didn't see any signs stating a person couldn't launch at least a jon boat so I launched it. My wife and I fished it for about 3 hrs and caught a few, the largest bass I caught was about 3 - 4 lbs off a steep rocky bank. if I had to guess how deep it was, I'd say no less than 20 ft almost straight down. I was using an old red plastic Bass Assassin. I guess if it's posted now I guess I won't launch next year, in fact I agree you bassmanic1, the ticks are most likely heavy and full of illnesses I want no part of so I may not fish there next year.

Just givin my 2 cents worth, take it for what it's worth.
God first, Family second, everyone else, get in line.
Charlie

[raporter]

I always fished these kind of places with a float tube.