patoka, southern indiana

lucky me gets the last week of may on lake patoka. i'd love to hear
location/technique/color suggestions.

thanks,
calvin.

lucky me gets the last week of may on lake patoka

You sound a little sarcastic. Patoka isn't that bad.

i'd love to hear
location/technique/color suggestions.

Patoka has LOTS of grassbeds and lots of wood in the coves and up the rivers.
Fish should be post spawn and about everywhere in the lake, so the grassbeds
near spawning areas should hold some fish. There are several places in the
lake where grassbeds come up against deep drops.

Topwaters, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, super flukes and supershallow cranks in
shad patterns should do well.

Plastics work well in watermelons, purple/green flake and pumpkin/green flake.


Brad Coovert
2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com

quite the contrary brad, i love patoka! i say lucky, cause i have to
live up here in michigan.

thanks for the advice, i'll be in heaven if i get to see a few hit
topwater lures. and i'll have my usual ton of 6" lizards.

thanks.


Brad Coovert wrote:
lucky me gets the last week of may on lake patoka


You sound a little sarcastic. Patoka isn't that bad.


i'd love to hear
location/technique/color suggestions.


Patoka has LOTS of grassbeds and lots of wood in the coves and up the rivers.
Fish should be post spawn and about everywhere in the lake, so the grassbeds
near spawning areas should hold some fish. There are several places in the
lake where grassbeds come up against deep drops.

Topwaters, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, super flukes and supershallow cranks in
shad patterns should do well.

Plastics work well in watermelons, purple/green flake and pumpkin/green flake.


Brad Coovert
2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com

quite the contrary brad, i love patoka! i say lucky, cause i have to
live up here in michigan.

What brings you down to Patoka from Michigan? Our club will be there in August
for a tourney this year.

thanks for the advice, i'll be in heaven if i get to see a few hit
topwater lures. and i'll have my usual ton of 6" lizards.

If the topwater bite is on, you will have fun. We had a tourney there two
years ago and all I fished for two days was a Skitter Pop around shoreline
grass.

Other baits I have faired well with on top were Super Spook Jr., Sammys,
Splash-Its, Super Flukes and High Rider Double Buzzbaits. Baby and Mid minus
cranks do well over submerged grass. Spinnerbaits also.

As for plastics, 6" lizards, Baby Brush Hogs, Texas rigged worms and 5" Senkos
always get some bites.

If the grass is matted in some of the coves and bays, a frog may get some
action also dragged over the grass.


Brad Coovert
2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com

Brad Coovert wrote:
What brings you down to Patoka from Michigan? Our club will be there in August
for a tourney this year.

my wife is from down there. she had a condo on monroe when we married,
we kept it until recently. her grandkids are still there, so we go often.

her son-in-law was a big-time local tourney guy till he got a wife and
two kids. that helped me luck into a nice ranger

calvin.

her son-in-law was a big-time local tourney guy till he got a wife and
two kids. that helped me luck into a nice ranger

At least the boat went to a person who will use it. :-)

I've got the wife and kids as well, but the boat ain't goin' nowhere. In fact,
it lives in the garage. I'll clean the snow off the wife's car for her.


Brad Coovert
2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com

Average Bass is 16.5 inches.

Used to be there was no shad as baitfish in the lake. Apparently there has
been a recent introduction of shad to the lake and crappie are supposed to
be really growing because of it, but the sunfish population is also
exploding. I do not know if it was intentional or an illegal shad
introduction.

Lake used to have some very clear water in certain areas. An old gravel pit
or stone quarry was crystal clear.

Enjoy,
Carlos