Elecrofishing only shows us the number of bass in the shallow waters along the edge of the waters. It does not sample any fish in the deeper waters. The deeper waters would include most of the lake. Points and underwater ledges are not really sampled for the most part when doing the electroshocking.

I did some electro shocking in the Walbash River which is a much different environment than a lake. I also have watched the IDNR doing electro shocking on Bluegrass Pit and a few of the other smaller pits in the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area.

As far as the number and size of the fish that JustinM claims to have caught I too would like to see a photograph of all those big bass. Justin did you do a fishing survey with the IDNR guy "KEN"?

I personally know of one guys that caught several fish that were under 18" but were measured by IDNR Conservation Officers at 16" or so.

I have seen one 6# bass come out of Otter Pit. I have also seen some other nice bass come out of otter pit.

Most guys fish the shallows or along the edge and only a few actually fish the deeper waters.

When you think of the amount of pressure that Bluegrass gets it's hard to believe that any fish would be left in those waters but they do exist.

Now I have heard many stories about Bluegrass pits early days before the general public was allowed on those waters. Tails of big fish were common in the Warrick County Area.

I guess that JustinM knows were the fish hang out better than all the other guys that fish the lake. Most guys don't fish the lake 3 or 4 times a week like Justin does.

It's been my experience that the more I have fished and learned a lake the better I am at finding the fish. I have also found over the past 6 years that fishing on Bluegrass Pit can be hot and cold at the same spot though out the same day. I know this because I have fished the same spot for hours at a time and seen the fish just turn on. And guess what? The solunar tables have often predicted the time that the fish turn on. I personally have caught over 50 crappie in just under an hour on bluegrass in the same spot.

Justin just upload some of your fish pictures to photo-bucket. Once you get a photo-bucket album you can easily copy those pictures into your fishin.com post in here.





Quote Originally Posted by fishNnut View Post
In April of last year, the DNR conducted a creel survey on Bluegrass. They did so on two separate days for a total of 3.27 hours. Although the results were better for larger fish than the 2004 survey (18"/2 fish limit enacted in 2003) and electrofishing is "spotty" in my opinion, they failed to bring a fish up larger than 20"(4.1 lb.) and 4.6 lb.(19.5"). This was out of a total 292 bass with the majority being 8-13".