Best Part of Patoka Lake

[bkbobbit]

I am posting this to see what everyone thinks the best area of Patoka Lake is. I used to fish for crappie all of the time until this year when I thought I would become a bass guy. For me, the best area on the lake is in the South Lick Fork area past the overpass. It has always been really excellent for crappie fishing. There are so many areas there it's really hard to leave the area to fish for anything else. Does anyone like the Patoka River area up by Wall's Lake? I really think that might hold some fish, but have yet to really fish it. I could use some info on that area.

[nitro90]

I too agree, south lick area is hard to leave. Only traffic is other fishermen not the pleasure boaters. I do like Jackson too.

[King31]

can't say i have been too many other places on patoka but i agree south lick fork is a great crappie place.. in the few times ive been up there this year caught a bunch of crappie, not much size but its fun to be fishing all the same.

[Moveon]

The water up by walls has more nutrients in the water and thus grows the food chain faster. But I also fish lick fork and enjoy catching lots of crappie there as well.

I think that the upriver part of the lake has more fertile farmland upsteam and thus has more fertile water. But both area hold big crappie. You just have to be in the right spot at the right time.

I know some areas where I can catch loads of 8" and 9" fish with an occasional 10 or 11" crappie.

Only one area of the lake that I know of have I seen big crappie caugth and that's upriver. But that's just been my limited experience at Patoka. I have fished it since it opened but not that heavily each year. In the past I may have gone up there and fished four or five times a year. Only fished it more than one day a few times when I went and camped up there. But most of my camping trips to patoka were for summer water sking trips not fishing. Now days I fish Patoka for Crappie only and have been up there a few more time each year than I went in the past.

Little Patoka River can also hold fish. There no really bad fishing area at Patoka. All sections of the lake hold crappie.

I am posting this to see what everyone thinks the best area of Patoka Lake is. I used to fish for crappie all of the time until this year when I thought I would become a bass guy. For me, the best area on the lake is in the South Lick Fork area past the overpass. It has always been really excellent for crappie fishing. There are so many areas there it's really hard to leave the area to fish for anything else. Does anyone like the Patoka River area up by Wall's Lake? I really think that might hold some fish, but have yet to really fish it. I could use some info on that area.