Well, how did everyone do?

[FishinPhil]

Went to Patoka and headed way way way up the creek (thats a job on patoka with the timber) found unseasonably warm water 54 degrees, caught 4 bass only 1 a keeper, 1 crappie and 1 wiper. All fish were 4ft or less, all on spinnerbait. Heavy winds all day, little to no rain, and the afternoon the sun was out, awesome weather, felt good to be out.

Wow thats amazing that you found water that warm this time of yr. I figured mid 40s tops for any of the indiana lakes. anybody on here know what brookville lake in indiana is doing? Temps, clarity?

[SteveM4A1]

Wow thats amazing that you found water that warm this time of yr. I figured mid 40s tops for any of the indiana lakes. anybody on here know what brookville lake in indiana is doing? Temps, clarity?

can't say much for the lakes, but the ohio and creeks are running warm. fished saturday and surface temps were around 54 up in the creeks. main river was only around 52

[mhall]

Absolutely destroyed them twice, it was in two ponds though. Didn't hit the big lakes had to work around the house Saturday.

[smljaw]

I'm ducking out of the office early today to go (around 2:00). It's a little bit cooler today but the winds are gone. Will report back tomorrow!

[offdtop]

Fished KY Lake Saturday from noon til dark caught about 15 short fish and missed 2 good ones, the wind on the East side was unbelievable the waves weren't rollers they were like water mountains you had to climb. Sunday we fished from 2pm til 7pm had rain coming in sideways yet we caught about 24/25 fish with 3 keepers that went close to 13lbs combined, there was a 20# sack weighed in all caught south of the Kenlake area, we had decided to stay North and found a bank on fire! We caught 'em before the rain - during the rain and after the rain it was a good time - once we dried out.

[bigwormy]

fished grayson on saturday. water temps 44 with it being 47 in clifty. no fish and no bites. two other boats had blanked and one guy caught two small ones. the wind was incredible as spinnerbait and cranks about all you could throw.

went to a small lake on sunday walking bank for about an hour and caught my first two fish of the year. loved it!!!!!!

[tglass]

Hit Dale Hollow this weekend Sat. 2 smallies both on float-n-fly. 3 1/4 and 3 3/4#. Sunday had 5 fish by 1pm and left to come home. 2 spots on shiners and 3 smallies 2 fnf and 1 on a shiner. Smallies went 3lb 10oz, 3lb 8oz, and 2lb 12oz. Wind was horrible and water temps were anywhere from 44 to 49 up in some creeks. All fish released to play again later!

[slowride]

Are yo sure that was a wiper............I though there were only stripers in Patoka, and not wipers.........

BTW............good job on the fish.

Which creek...........

Later,

Geo

You now I assumed it was a wiper, didn't look to far into it, may have been a stripe about 15inch fish. I was way up the patoka river, anyway ready to get back out, sounds like you still haf a good time on ken lake.

[slippedcork]

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[kc]

Fished KY Friday, Barkley Saturday/Sunday and in the process took my daily wind beatings. I love the big lakes but they can be painful to fish in wind like that.

Friday fished KY caught 10 - 12 short fish one keeper on jerk baits with one bonus 10 lb drum on a tube. Fish were on rocky / gravel points near deeper water. Temp was 43 - 47 on my graph and water was in good shape slightly murky (for KY).

Sat at Barkley caught 30 - 35 short fish 2 keepers with one 4 lbs. Most came on 4" bass grub with some on jerk/crank bait. Water temp was 47 - 50 and Barkley was a good color slightly murkier than KY. Fish were in the bays mostly outer points and creek channel banks and many came off wood.

Sunday at Barkley fished about 4 hours caught 20 or so with 4 keepers with best 5.5 lbs. Jerk baits and grub again and saw water up to 52. Also fiddled around and caught 8 or 10 crappie on jigs that were on the small side in a bay where there was a decent sheltered channel bank. Found some bass a littler further back in the bays on Sunday.

The wind was really rough all three days but there is nothing more fun than launching solo in 2 - 3 foot swells. I need to do a better job of picking ramps next time!

kc

[smljaw]

Got out yesterday and fished 2:15 til dark. Fished Ellerslie here in Lexington. Water temps were anywhere from 57-61. My buddy stuck and broke off a 5 pounder on his first pitch with a jig. Ouch!!! He was ticked that he broke off a toad on his first cast of the day. Anyway, we tried a number of things and managed 2 LM. One about 3 and one about 12". Both came from the same laydown about 30 seconds apart.