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  1. 11-10-2017, 08:42 PM #1
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    Patoka Lake

    What's the bass bite like on Patoka now?
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    #2 11-10-2017, 10:22 PM
    Fished for 4 hours Thursday and had 1 keeper and 1 short. Never saw any shad or bird activity. I hear the walleye are biting, so maybe I can figure out a way to convert my power poles into downriggers.
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    #3 11-11-2017, 06:28 AM
    I’ve fished it off and on all week , four keepers and a handful of short fish.....I’ve only found one area that remotely shows signs of shad balls with bass around them....
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    #4 11-11-2017, 03:50 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Thermodude View Post
    I’ve fished it off and on all week , four keepers and a handful of short fish.....I’ve only found one area that remotely shows signs of shad balls with bass around them....
    How deep were the shad?
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    #5 11-11-2017, 04:38 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Greenwtriton View Post
    How deep were the shad?
    It varied but during the days I fished mostly 5-6 feet......
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    #6 11-13-2017, 12:09 PM
    Water temps in the LOW 50's on Sunday, saw some bait fish. Caught a couple (3.7 Large mouth & 3.0 Smally) One on top water. Walking a stick type bait. Caught a few on plastics (dinks). Everything was tight on the wood. Be it a lone stump off shore or single lay down.
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    #7 11-13-2017, 04:35 PM
    I got into the hybrids today, on spinning gear......had a ball!
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    #8 12-02-2017, 01:06 PM
    Has anyone recently done any good on Patoka? I’m planning on going out tomorrow.....
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    #9 12-03-2017, 01:20 PM
    BOB, you are so lucky to have that lake in your backyard. Let us know how you did
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    #10 12-04-2017, 05:52 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by brushsjigs View Post
    BOB, you are so lucky to have that lake in your backyard. Let us know how you did

    Oh yes..........Im a lucky man
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    #11 12-04-2017, 07:23 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Thermodude View Post
    Oh yes..........Im a lucky man
    Maybe he means the river
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    #12 12-04-2017, 03:34 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ss View Post
    Maybe he means the river
    The river is a special place...
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    #13 12-05-2017, 05:03 PM
    I'd personally love living by it. Know it is tough, but I enjoy fishing it. Salamonie and mississewa are both harder to catch fish on, and I still fish them.
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    #14 12-06-2017, 06:13 AM
    I agree Joe, I'd like to live down there too.
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    #15 12-07-2017, 06:16 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by billius View Post
    I agree Joe, I'd like to live down there too.
    I can appreciate what y'all are saying Bill and dont get me wrong, I love to fish and living close to a lake makes that much easier............but Patoka lake, at least for me becomes for frustrating every year!
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    #16 12-07-2017, 08:58 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Thermodude View Post
    I can appreciate what y'all are saying Bill and dont get me wrong, I love to fish and living close to a lake makes that much easier............but Patoka lake, at least for me becomes for frustrating every year!
    I understand what you mean Robert. I live 30 minutes from Brookville Lake. Many times it gets very frustrating too. I have fished it since 1978. You'd think I could go out there and find fish regularly by now, but it sure doesn't pan out that way. I do catch fish there but surely not on a regular basis.
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    #17 12-11-2017, 08:30 AM
    Missy and Salamonie are same way for tournaments.. One week everyone has limits, the next maybe 2 limits. Hell some take two fish to win.

    Between shad moving and fishing pressure they get tough. All I know is I catch better fish at patoka, and can't remember the last time I didn't catch some on a trip there. Sure I wouldn't win many tournaments, but catch fish. And weekend pressure is less because it is bigger.

    Come on up here for a week and you'll miss patoka.
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