Bass lake 5/1

[JustinM]

Fished up at bass lake today. We ended up with about a dozen dinks. Nothing to speak of. Only bright point of the day was a very nice Muskie. 31" and a hair under 9#. Rare and good fish here in the southern parts!

[jsnfltn]

Justin. Haven't heard of bass lake, where is it? And any info on it, like best fish to fish for, bass ( hence the name) crappie, blugill, can u run a big engine?
Thanks

[JustinM]

It's up by Linton Indiana. Great little lake. There are really nice bass in there and it's prolly the only lake in the southern end of the state that the Muskie have done okay in. It's tm only which is good because of the stumps and grass. For some reason my mind is blank on the name of the f&w area it's in up there.

[fishassasin]

its up in greene sullivan f&w.

[JustinM]

There we go. Thanks. I can post pics in a sec

[JustinM]

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[Moveon]

Holly Cow that'sa nice Muskee for Southern IN. I still have some of my dad's old muskee baits. They are bigger than some of the small bass I catch. I also still have several of his big rods and reels that he bought for muskie fishing or for shark fishing. They are huge reels with lead core line and rollers for the line guides. The rollers are at least 1/4" in diameter and made out of steel.

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[LJP]

That is a nice muskie Justin. Last week some one caught a 46 or 48 incher out of bass lake. There is a picture of it in Spurlin's Bass and Bucks bait shop in Linton.
You need a better guide than Heath on bass lake.LOL

[JustinM]

Yeah I know larry. Next time I'm leaving him at home and calling Donnie!

[bassmanic1]

Love that area around there , a guy could spend years fishing all the pits . Bass Lake is in the " Dugger Unit " of Greene-Sullivan State Forest . I usually head up there on vacation to trout fish but with gas $4 a gal. and all this rain Im staying close to home . Got a really nice Russell Outdoors APXg2™ L5 Cyclone Waterproof Breathable Jacket , had some Gander Guide rain pants but pants dont really cut it sitting in the rain all day so today I picked up some Wohali Men's Nylon Fishing Rain Bibs on sale for $90 .

[ElectricSLT]

Nice fish! That's a great area - first time a buddy & I fished there we it took us an hour after we got there to decide which pit to fish . . .

[raporter]

Thought you was talking about Bass pit in Sugar Ridge. I was getting ready to head that way if so. Mouth fell open and I wondered when they put musky in there. Nice catch.