Any Patoka Walleye Stories........

[panfish]

Fishnut and Redear,

What you don't understand is that at somepoint in time a walleye or some other non black bass species might influence a black bass. That is not acceptable to some in our public waters. I agree that the walleye should help the panfishing in a major way. The drop in shad will help the bluegill fishing and crappie fishing and create a great walleye fishery. That is a threat to some black bass people.

What I don't understand is that bass tourneys are a relative scale. You don't win on how many pounds you catch. You win by catching more fish than the other guys in the tourney. It shouldn't matter if the winning bag is 22 lbs or 17 lbs. If you catch the most pounds you win.

These are public lakes. If these groups want to manage tourneys on private waters, then they can pool their money and do so.

[nitro82]

Fished in the USA Bassin Regional at Patoka last weekend and there were lots of healthy bass weighed in. So I dont feel the walleye being in the lake has hurt the bass fishing in anyway at this time. As far as the shad population goes head to the backs of the creeks right now and you will see tons of shad so if the walleyes are going to cut into the shad population they have a little work left to do.

[Embrey]

i didnt catch a fish sat or sunday. i guess the walleye ate em all!

[avidbasser]

We ended doing pretty well on Sunday on Patoka. No walleyes were sighted, but the bass couldn't resist the shad in the coves.

[Embrey]

We ended doing pretty well on Sunday on Patoka. No walleyes were sighted, but the bass couldn't resist the shad in the coves.

we were way off somewhere...not even a bite. i gave up shallow

[nitro82]

We got 17th all our bass came in under 2 feet of water

[NFC]

i didnt catch a fish sat or sunday. i guess the walleye ate em all!

I've been to Patoka several times and finally caught my fish bass on my last trip. I can catch them all day long on a stripper pit or Blue Grass FW but Patoka has always been a tough one for me. Love the challenge though.

[idbefishing]

i didnt catch a fish sat or sunday. i guess the walleye ate em all!

Dang embrey! are you ever going to catch a bass on patoka or what?

Seriously, I think if the bluegill and crappie population increased the the shad decreased? the bass fishing will be easier. Since they're structure/cover related species as opposed to the nomadic open water shad. That's the reason they had to stock open water fish, walleye, striper, wiper, white, etc...stocking more bass won't do any good. Oh yeah, the marks and sores on those bass are probably due to improper handling of the fish.

You guys that said you can't catch panfish at patoka. Have you look in the stump fields? I marked a tons of fish among the trees and they won't touch any of my bass lures. Gonna take an Aquaview next time to see what the hel..they are.

[Embrey]

Dang embrey! are you ever going to catch a bass on patoka or what?

Seriously, I think if the bluegill and crappie population increased the the shad decreased? the bass fishing will be easier. Since they're structure/cover related species as opposed to the nomadic open water shad. That's the reason they had to stock open water fish, walleye, striper, wiper, white, etc...stocking more bass won't do any good. Oh yeah, the marks and sores on those bass are probably due to improper handling of the fish.

You guys that said you can't catch panfish at patoka. Have you look in the stump fields? I marked a tons of fish among the trees and they won't touch any of my bass lures. Gonna take an Aquaview next time to see what the hel..they are.

ive done awesome all year...but when a tourney comes around,,,0...