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    Mill Creek

    I haven't been to Mill Creak in many, many years. When I did fish it, the fishing was very good. How is Mill Creek these days? Thanks!

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    It's fine. Our club usually hits it in the spring. We'll be there in April. Launch fee went up a lot, it's $30 now out of county. They've got a 4 under 15" and 1 over 15" limit. There's usually a couple of 4's or 5's brought in. We catch the snot out of shorts. It's fun.

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    I’m 20 minutes away. Been fishing there for 30 years. It got pretty crappy for several years but now it’s coming back and it’s actually pretty awesome. Lots and lots of 3-6 lb fish and my father and I always catch a few over 7 every year. I caught a 7.98 last February. They have a slot limit. If you’re in a team tournament you can have 2 over 15 and 3 in the slot. It’s pretty stupid really in my opinion. There’s a lot of days that if you could just do the normal 5 fish limit with 5 over 15 inches there would be several 20+ lb bags weighed in. I was just there Saturday2/25 and caught 5 in the 14-15 inch range and one about 4 lbs. The water was dirty around the ramp and clear on down the lake with water temps 41-43 degrees.

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    #4
    That's how we do our club tournaments...unless we have someone by themselves, in that case we do 4 under and 1 over for everyone.

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    #5
    Pretty healthy lake. One of my clubs will be fishing it twice this year, once April 2nd, once later. Slot limit can make it tricky to get a good limit. But some big ones to be had out there.

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    #6
    Is that the lake just north of Newsom Lake or are you talking about Newsom?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MaverickPro201 View Post
    Is that the lake just north of Newsom Lake or are you talking about Newsom?
    In between Charleston and Terre Haute