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Fished BFL at Patoka 9-8, caught 2 shorts early on buzzbait, 2 shorts late on jig, had one nice one hooked but got off. Pretty tough fishing for me this week. 15 lbs. was leading Sat. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/embarassed.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/eek.gif
fished Patoka 9/15/07
from 7:15 am till approx 2:00 pm
cold and windy! air temp 47 when we put on
tried top water first thing, to windy
ended up throwing spinnerbaits over the top of weeds off main lake bays.
Had 3- keepers, 1- was 3lb smallie! and 1- short
all in all a tough day.
Nice report Chad and a very nice smallie!! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/bows.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/bows.gif
thanks John, I'm fishing Patoka fri evening, all of saturday, and sunday morning!! I'll give a full report when I get back. Hopefully one w/ lots of fish!
Good Luck Chad...hopefully you load the boat! http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif
Fished Patoka Fri 9/28 4:30- 7:30
I had one keeper on a buzz bait and another blow up on a buzz bait
Saturday 9/29 7:45-1
I had one keeper on a spinnerbait, off main lake point... Only bite of the day, the fishing was so slow we decided to put in at south lick fork a troll for crappie in the evening. Caught 25 crappie, but only 5- keepers.
Didn't fish at all Sunday, just got up and went home! Very bad weekend.. Hopefully better next time.
Well, off to barkley for thurs fri sat, fishing has to better down there!
fished 2 day club clssic tourney 9-29&30.had 2 keepers saturday@ 4.60lbs was 3 1/2 lbs down came back sunday with 4 keepers @ 10.25lbs to win clssic with 14.85lbs with a 3.12 largemouth and a 3.02 smallie.it was tough to say the least. cold front blue bird skies put them tight to cover.we put together a pattern that was good enough to get-r-done and put $1100in our pockets. that makes 3 club wins in a row 4 in a row all together.it seems potoka is becoming quite good for smallies this year. ive seen more weighed in than ever.won a club tourney a couple weeks ago and had a 3.75pound smallie.ive heard guys catchin limits of them and then cullin with bigger largemouths.i guess the shad is really helpin them too.surface temp was in low to mid seventies morning warming to upper seventies by weigh in.with the warming top water oughta be on this week!
anybody been down to patoka lately? headin down tomorrow and hopin to lay in to a few smallies...i guess i have a better chance of nailing a few 20 plus stripers! anybody got an update though? http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/USA1.gif
Let us know how ya did!!! http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthdown.gif
the lake is way up.you can touch the bridges.there was a beat the heat tourney saturday anybody know results?i got a club touney next saturday and the hoosier open is sunday.
lake is as high as ive ever seen it. the 145 bridge at main channel is almost to the point of takin winsheids off to get under.with more heavy rain comin it will be impossible to get under by this weekend.last 2 weekends has taken 24+ to win. with warm weather all week it is gonna be on in the brush!im goin up tomarrow late mornin ill post results.its been takin lots of weight to win t's but its also been tough fishin.
fished from noon till about 330 had 2 one was 4 1/2 other was a dink. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/ohwell.gif and could not get under 145 bridge.
Fished Patoka today man is it ever high. I have never saw it this high.
Put in at south Lick Fork the water is up at the turnaround part of the ramp
They have a new dock I liked that
3 very small bass 8-10" that was it http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/ohwell.gif
Fished Saturday 5/31/08 from 8- 3. Water temp at 3 was 71.5 and clear. The lake is still 7' up. We fished in the backs of main lake bays, pitched soft plastics, had 4- keepers 13 lbs and 2- short fish.
Nice sack at 13 pounds and 4 fish! http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif
Patoka Lake: Saturday 6-22-08
Fished a small club tourney from 6 AM to 3 PM
Beautiful clear and cool morning with air temps hoovering around 60 as we launched. Warmed to low 80's by afternoon and was occasionally somewhat cloudy. Winds were relatively calm until late when a storm blew up.
I have never been on Patoka and saw so few bass boats! Fished our first spot for around 2 hours off of main lake and saw 2 other boats...period!
Water temp was 79 to 81 in the areas we fished.
Water clarity: Clear to very clear.
Water level is VERY high at 6.5 feet over summer pool. You can get under the 145 bridge, but don't try it standing up!
Although we tried hard, we couldn't manage an early morning top water bite. So we then went to main lake points and drug soft plastics off of points. We caught fish on these points when there was grass. The fish would bite on the outside edge of the grass in 10 to 15 feet of water. We didn't have a great day but had 12 pounds on 4 keepers which got us 2nd place in our club tourney. I believe that 1st place had almost 15 pounds including a 6.51.
From what I could tell the people in our club who relied on the shallow bite didn't fair nearly as well.
Tight Lines!! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif
Anyone been to Patoka lately ????????? http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/popcorn.gif
Went Friday the 5th had a great day cloud cover and spiting rain. Best 5 would go 20 LBS easy. Just find the grass which was the hardest part.
Is the boat ramps frozen at Patoka?
they are bite'n big time!