Fished 1/2 day at Patoka today.......

[GeoFisher]

Geo, A few years ago (6-7) I was deer hunting near a shore line with a weed bed. I could see some really large fish so got the binoculars out and they were pike. When I quit hunting I took the boat over there but could not get a hit. I have not seen any since that day.
I have caught more smallies the last couple of years than all the rest of the time I have fished the lake. Think we have a good thing starting up. Walleyes and smallies, got to learn some new techniques.

Are they stocking smallies.

Later,

Geo

[raporter]

Don't think so. There has always been some in the lake and while I do not claim any expertise at all my thoughts are that the lake is changing and becoming more favorable for them. I have caught them near the dam and near King's so they are well distributed.

[JustinM]

Man, I remeber being really young and my parents had a fishing camp on patoka. My dad and I would sit on the bank and catch pike all day long off of minnows. I'll never forget that. One of my best memories of being really young and fishing with my dad. One thing I have always wondered what exactly happened to the pike in that lake?