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INDIANA PAY LAKES. PAY LAKE TOURNAMENTS / Re: Ace Pay lake
« Last post by Reelin' em in on Yesterday at 10:10:05 AM »I went last weekend and caught 27 channels. About 8 of them were over 5 lbs. If u paylake I recomend going.
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BANK FISHING. SHORELINE FISHING / Re: 6-17-13 Worms is all I could get a hit on
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 08:21:34 PM »Congrats!
Very Nice!
Very Nice!
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BANK FISHING. SHORELINE FISHING / 6-17-13 Worms is all I could get a hit on
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 08:08:19 PM »After work I set out to catch a big ole bass like always. Well I tried spinnerbaits and jigs and topwater but the fishing was still kinda slow but I got me a 16" bass and my best this year a 20" hawg all on 10" texas rigged worms. I did not weigh the 20" I will let you speculate but I know it was over 4lbs. Awesome fight that fish did not want to give up.
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INDIANA DNR FISHING REPORTS / Summit Lake fishing report
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 06:49:22 PM »This page was last updated on JUN 17 2013 11:47 A.M.
Summit Lake fishing report
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
Located in Summit Lake State Park, Summit Lake is approximately four miles north of New Castle. Bluegill, perch and largemouth bass provide the best angling opportunities at Summit Lake. Other opportunities also exist for perch, bluegill, crappie, redear and channel catfish.
Fish
Black crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The Black crappie has seven to eight dorsal spines, as well as some random blotches on it's sides.
Bait: small jigs tipped with wax worms, or minnows
Depth: 8-45 feet
Comments about fish:
Crappie may at times suspend in deeper water during the warm months. Fishing at night with lights can be productive for crappie in the heat of summer.
Bluegill
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.
Bait: small ice jigs tipped with maggots, wax worms, mousies on small jigs, artificial flies
Depth: 6-20 feet
Comments about fish:
The larger bluegill move deeper after spawning.
Channel catfish
Description:
The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.
Bait: nightcrawlers, liver, crayfish
Depth: 4-20 feet
Comments about fish:
Channels start feeding heavily when the water warms in late spring. They can even be caught using bass lures during this time.
Largemouth bass
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. On the largemouth bass, the upper jaw extends beyond back of eye, differentiating the fish from the smallmouth bass. The largemouth bass commonly reached six pounds.
Bait: slowly fished plastic worms on the bottom, jig and pigs, rattling crankbaits
Depth: 5-20 feet
Comments about fish:
When the heat of the summer sets in, bass fishing is usually more productive at night or in low light conditions.
Redear sunfish
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The redear sunfish has an opercle flap (ear) that is tipped with a red or orange margin.
Bait: maggots, wax worms, redworms, nightcrawlers
Depth: 4-20
Comments about fish:
The population is low.
Walleye
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The walleye has no spots on its dorsal fin and a dusky spot at the rear of its spiny dorsal fin, lower tip of tail and anal fin are white.
Bait: jigs with twister tails, jerk baits, rattling lures
Depth: 8-40 feet
Comments about fish:
Walleye can be caught in the shallows in the spring but move into deep water when the water warms in the summer. Low light conditions are best.
White bass
Description:
These bass belong to the temperate bass family. Temperate basses include the true fresh water basses, white and yellow bass, and the striped bass, which originally lived in the Atlantic Ocean but can live its entire life in fresh water. Temperate basses often school far from shore and feed on schooling fish. Hybrid striped bass are a cross of white and striped bass. The white bass has a single tooth patch on back of tongue, first stripe below lateral line not complete to tail.
Bait: small light colored lures and jigs
Depth: 2-20 feet
Comments about fish:
In summer white bass school in open water. They are now active in the evening and good numbers can be caught. If you see several fish breaking water in one spot it is probably a white bass school.
Yellow perch
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The yellow perch ranges from 6 to 12 inches long and up to one or two pounds.
Bait: small minnows and small lures and jigs
Depth: 5-30 feet
Comments about fish:
A few have been caught.
Comments about body of water:
Fishing has been good for bass, bluegill, white bass and crappie. Although we've had a lot of rain, the water clarity is good. All three boat ramps are useable. Reservations can be made for camping at www.camp.in.gov or 1-866-622-6746. The office is open 8a-4p, phone: 765-766-5873. Please practice catch and release; remember, you can only eat them once.
Summit Lake fishing report
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
Located in Summit Lake State Park, Summit Lake is approximately four miles north of New Castle. Bluegill, perch and largemouth bass provide the best angling opportunities at Summit Lake. Other opportunities also exist for perch, bluegill, crappie, redear and channel catfish.
Fish
Black crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The Black crappie has seven to eight dorsal spines, as well as some random blotches on it's sides.
Bait: small jigs tipped with wax worms, or minnows
Depth: 8-45 feet
Comments about fish:
Crappie may at times suspend in deeper water during the warm months. Fishing at night with lights can be productive for crappie in the heat of summer.
Bluegill
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.
Bait: small ice jigs tipped with maggots, wax worms, mousies on small jigs, artificial flies
Depth: 6-20 feet
Comments about fish:
The larger bluegill move deeper after spawning.
Channel catfish
Description:
The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.
Bait: nightcrawlers, liver, crayfish
Depth: 4-20 feet
Comments about fish:
Channels start feeding heavily when the water warms in late spring. They can even be caught using bass lures during this time.
Largemouth bass
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. On the largemouth bass, the upper jaw extends beyond back of eye, differentiating the fish from the smallmouth bass. The largemouth bass commonly reached six pounds.
Bait: slowly fished plastic worms on the bottom, jig and pigs, rattling crankbaits
Depth: 5-20 feet
Comments about fish:
When the heat of the summer sets in, bass fishing is usually more productive at night or in low light conditions.
Redear sunfish
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The redear sunfish has an opercle flap (ear) that is tipped with a red or orange margin.
Bait: maggots, wax worms, redworms, nightcrawlers
Depth: 4-20
Comments about fish:
The population is low.
Walleye
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The walleye has no spots on its dorsal fin and a dusky spot at the rear of its spiny dorsal fin, lower tip of tail and anal fin are white.
Bait: jigs with twister tails, jerk baits, rattling lures
Depth: 8-40 feet
Comments about fish:
Walleye can be caught in the shallows in the spring but move into deep water when the water warms in the summer. Low light conditions are best.
White bass
Description:
These bass belong to the temperate bass family. Temperate basses include the true fresh water basses, white and yellow bass, and the striped bass, which originally lived in the Atlantic Ocean but can live its entire life in fresh water. Temperate basses often school far from shore and feed on schooling fish. Hybrid striped bass are a cross of white and striped bass. The white bass has a single tooth patch on back of tongue, first stripe below lateral line not complete to tail.
Bait: small light colored lures and jigs
Depth: 2-20 feet
Comments about fish:
In summer white bass school in open water. They are now active in the evening and good numbers can be caught. If you see several fish breaking water in one spot it is probably a white bass school.
Yellow perch
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The yellow perch ranges from 6 to 12 inches long and up to one or two pounds.
Bait: small minnows and small lures and jigs
Depth: 5-30 feet
Comments about fish:
A few have been caught.
Comments about body of water:
Fishing has been good for bass, bluegill, white bass and crappie. Although we've had a lot of rain, the water clarity is good. All three boat ramps are useable. Reservations can be made for camping at www.camp.in.gov or 1-866-622-6746. The office is open 8a-4p, phone: 765-766-5873. Please practice catch and release; remember, you can only eat them once.
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INDIANA DNR FISHING REPORTS / Salamonie Reservoir
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 06:41:53 PM »This page was last updated on JUN 16 2013 10:46 A.M.
Salamonie Reservoir
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
Salamonie Reservoir is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) flood control project on the Salamonie River to control flood waters in the Wabash River. During summer months, the reservoir is maintained at about 2,665 acres. A majority of anglers target white crappie on the Salamonie Reservoir. However, anglers will find channel catfish and white bass are quite abundant. The tailwaters downstream of the dam provide excellent walleye fishing, especially during spring. These fish most likely come from the reservoir during fall drawdown.
Fish
Bluegill
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.
Bait: bee moths, wigglers
Depth: 8-15 feet deep below surface
Comments about fish:
Public property ponds on Salamonie Reservoir property provide good fishing opportunity for panfish such as bluegill, redear sunfish, and largemouth bass. Hominy Ridge Lake in the Salamonie River State Forest provides good opportunity for bluegill, redear sunfish, and largemouth bass. Bluegill and largemouth bass can also be caught infrequently in the Salamonie Reservoir. Anglers will need to obtain a motorized or non-motorized lake permit to fish from a boat on the Salamonie public property ponds and Hominy Ridge Lake. Special fishing regulations apply and are posted at sign-in stations throughout the property. Fishing action for blue gill is good at this time as of June 16.
Channel catfish
Description:
The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.
Bait: Frozen chubs, night crawlers, chicken livers, and cut shad
Depth: In reservoir on bottom (10-20 feet), holes in river
Comments about fish:
When the Salamonie Reservoir is at summer pool, good fishing for catfish can be found near the shoreline near the Pirates Cove Marina during summer. During fall draw down, anglers have had success for blue and channel catfish in deeper water off of the Lost Bridge Campground point. Many anglers walk down the Lost Bridge West Boat Ramp and along the shoreline to their fishing spots. Catfish anglers can also be successful in other coves and fingers of the lake. The Salamonie River upstream of the lake is a good fishery for channel catfish. Anglers are more successful in stretches of the river that are slow and deep. Fishing action for catfish is good at this time as of June 16. The water level is 4ft above summer pool. Condition of the water is muddy.
Walleye
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The walleye has no spots on its dorsal fin and a dusky spot at the rear of its spiny dorsal fin, lower tip of tail and anal fin are white.
Bait: Jigs with night crawler or minnow, shad rap and medium sized spinners.
Depth: Deeper holes in the tailwater
Comments about fish:
Walleye can be caught in the tailwater all year long. Walleye are rarely caught in Salamonie Reservoir. Walleye fishing is especially good in the tailwaters during the fall and spring. In the spring, anglers like to fish right downstream of the dame in the deeper holes. This area is difficult to fish when the discharge is above 900 CFS due to fast current and high water. There are many snags near the outflow pipe if the water is high. Current tailwater flows can be obtained from the US Army Corps of Engineers website. The confluence of the Salamonie River and the Wasbash River, along the deep holes in the River. The Salamonie River State Forest offers good walleye fishing as well. Water level is 4ft above summer pool. Condition of water is muddy.
White bass
Description:
These bass belong to the temperate bass family. Temperate basses include the true fresh water basses, white and yellow bass, and the striped bass, which originally lived in the Atlantic Ocean but can live its entire life in fresh water. Temperate basses often school far from shore and feed on schooling fish. Hybrid striped bass are a cross of white and striped bass. The white bass has a single tooth patch on back of tongue, first stripe below lateral line not complete to tail.
Bait: Jigs with minnows (most effective), bee moths
Depth: Throughout
Comments about fish:
White bass fishing is sporadic in the lake. Fishing for white bass can be good at certain times. Populations often fluctuate due to flood events and cyclic shad populations. White bass fishing is good in the tailwater throughout the warmer months. The water level is 4ft above summer pool. Condition of the water is muddy.
White crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The white crappie has six dorsal spines, black side markings forming vertical bars rather than random spots and anal fin rays.
Bait: Tube jigs of your choice, crappie minnies, bee moths, wigglers
Depth: around 8 feet
Comments about fish:
Salamonie Reservoir offers excellent crappie fishing throughout the year. Good fishing success is found throughout the lake for boat anglers. Anglers in boats will find good crappie fishing throughout the lake near fish attractors, off points, and wooded inlets. The marina cove, the SR105 causeway, Majenica Creek bridge, county road 750 east, the Dora cul-de-sac, and CR 680 east are all good bank-fishing spots on the reservoir. There are several fish attractors installed for fishermen at various locations throughout the lake (map available at the Visitor Center). Crappie are biting slow; small in size. Better lake activity near Majenica Creeek and Salamonie River. The water level is 4ft above summer pool. Condidtion of the water is muddy due to steady rains.
Comments about body of water:
The lake level is currently 4ft above summer pool. Lake level can be obtained daily at www.lrl.usace.army.mil/ Condition of the water surface is muddy due to steady rains. All ramps are now open and courtesy docks are set.
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INDIANA DNR FISHING REPORTS / Mississinewa Lake
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 06:37:44 PM »This page was last updated on JUN 16 2013 03:23 P.M.
Mississinewa Lake
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
Located in Miami, Wabash and Grant counties, Mississinewa Lake is a 3,210-acre ake with fishing, boating, ramps, waterskiing, fishing piers and cleaning stations, and a swimming beach. The facilities also has a basketball and volleyball court, camping with reservations, a cultural arts program, dumping station, frisbee golf course, hiking, hunting, interpretive programs, picnicking, shelterhouses, playgrounds and a radio-control flying field.
Fish
Black crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The Black crappie has seven to eight dorsal spines, as well as some random blotches on it's sides.
Bait: minnow and jigs
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair at this time. small population.
Bluegill
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.
Bait: worms and bee moths
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fish around exposed wood and next to rocky ledges. Fishing fair.
Channel catfish
Description:
The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.
Bait: night crawlers/cut bait/prepared bait
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair. Good population in lake.
Largemouth bass
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. On the largemouth bass, the upper jaw extends beyond back of eye, differentiating the fish from the smallmouth bass. The largemouth bass commonly reached six pounds.
Bait: spinner baits/suspended crank baits
Depth: Varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair. Reports of large populations of bass in lake.
Smallmouth bass
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The last rays on the dorsal fin of the smallmouth bass are separated from the rest of the fin. Also, the upper jaw does not extend beyond back of eye, as it does with the largemouth bass. The smallmouth bass commonly reaches 3-4 pounds.
Bait: spinner and crank baits, jigs
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair.
Walleye
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The walleye has no spots on its dorsal fin and a dusky spot at the rear of its spiny dorsal fin, lower tip of tail and anal fin are white.
Bait: minnows, shad imitations
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
best late evening and night in lake. Released small walleye into lake in June.
White bass
Description:
These bass belong to the temperate bass family. Temperate basses include the true fresh water basses, white and yellow bass, and the striped bass, which originally lived in the Atlantic Ocean but can live its entire life in fresh water. Temperate basses often school far from shore and feed on schooling fish. Hybrid striped bass are a cross of white and striped bass. The white bass has a single tooth patch on back of tongue, first stripe below lateral line not complete to tail.
Bait: jigs and small spinners / minnows
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
In lake points and breaks. River best after water clears. Most stripers are caught by trolling edges. Fishing fair at this time.
White crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The white crappie has six dorsal spines, black side markings forming vertical bars rather than random spots and anal fin rays.
Bait: minnows and small jigs
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
fishing fair.
Comments about body of water:
Lake FLOODED as of this date. Lake 6 ft above summer pool elevation. Rains may cause lake to fluctuate daily or weekly. Miami, Red Bridge, and Frances Slocum ramps available to launch boats. Pearson Mill ramp full of debris at this time. Courtesy dock in at Miami ramp only. Restrooms open at all ramps. Beach swimming area CLOSED. Unsafe conditions. CALL OFFICE FOR LAKE CONDITIONS!!! Water on in campground and comfort stations open. "IMPORTANT NEW INFO":Motorized Lake Permit stickers now $22.00 / permit. Call 765-473-6528 for additional information on lake conditions.
Mississinewa Lake
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
Located in Miami, Wabash and Grant counties, Mississinewa Lake is a 3,210-acre ake with fishing, boating, ramps, waterskiing, fishing piers and cleaning stations, and a swimming beach. The facilities also has a basketball and volleyball court, camping with reservations, a cultural arts program, dumping station, frisbee golf course, hiking, hunting, interpretive programs, picnicking, shelterhouses, playgrounds and a radio-control flying field.
Fish
Black crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The Black crappie has seven to eight dorsal spines, as well as some random blotches on it's sides.
Bait: minnow and jigs
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair at this time. small population.
Bluegill
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.
Bait: worms and bee moths
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fish around exposed wood and next to rocky ledges. Fishing fair.
Channel catfish
Description:
The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.
Bait: night crawlers/cut bait/prepared bait
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair. Good population in lake.
Largemouth bass
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. On the largemouth bass, the upper jaw extends beyond back of eye, differentiating the fish from the smallmouth bass. The largemouth bass commonly reached six pounds.
Bait: spinner baits/suspended crank baits
Depth: Varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair. Reports of large populations of bass in lake.
Smallmouth bass
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The last rays on the dorsal fin of the smallmouth bass are separated from the rest of the fin. Also, the upper jaw does not extend beyond back of eye, as it does with the largemouth bass. The smallmouth bass commonly reaches 3-4 pounds.
Bait: spinner and crank baits, jigs
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
Fishing fair.
Walleye
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The walleye has no spots on its dorsal fin and a dusky spot at the rear of its spiny dorsal fin, lower tip of tail and anal fin are white.
Bait: minnows, shad imitations
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
best late evening and night in lake. Released small walleye into lake in June.
White bass
Description:
These bass belong to the temperate bass family. Temperate basses include the true fresh water basses, white and yellow bass, and the striped bass, which originally lived in the Atlantic Ocean but can live its entire life in fresh water. Temperate basses often school far from shore and feed on schooling fish. Hybrid striped bass are a cross of white and striped bass. The white bass has a single tooth patch on back of tongue, first stripe below lateral line not complete to tail.
Bait: jigs and small spinners / minnows
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
In lake points and breaks. River best after water clears. Most stripers are caught by trolling edges. Fishing fair at this time.
White crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The white crappie has six dorsal spines, black side markings forming vertical bars rather than random spots and anal fin rays.
Bait: minnows and small jigs
Depth: varies
Comments about fish:
fishing fair.
Comments about body of water:
Lake FLOODED as of this date. Lake 6 ft above summer pool elevation. Rains may cause lake to fluctuate daily or weekly. Miami, Red Bridge, and Frances Slocum ramps available to launch boats. Pearson Mill ramp full of debris at this time. Courtesy dock in at Miami ramp only. Restrooms open at all ramps. Beach swimming area CLOSED. Unsafe conditions. CALL OFFICE FOR LAKE CONDITIONS!!! Water on in campground and comfort stations open. "IMPORTANT NEW INFO":Motorized Lake Permit stickers now $22.00 / permit. Call 765-473-6528 for additional information on lake conditions.
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INDIANA DNR NEWS, IDEM AND EPA EVENTS / Summit Lake SP is Paddler’s Paradise, June 22
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 06:33:39 PM »Summit Lake SP is Paddler’s Paradise, June 22
Summit Lake State Park will showcase what it has to offer canoeists and kayakers during Paddler’s Paradise on Saturday, June 22.
The event starts at 6:30 a.m. with different non-motorized boating activities taking place throughout the day, including a birding paddle, a plants-and-animals paddle and a sunset paddle.
Conservation Officer Matt Garringer will talk around the campfire that night about boating regulations and safety.
Kayak and rowboat rentals are available at the Summit Lake boat rental building for $5.35 per hour or $21.40 per day. Boaters who bring their own watercraft must have a life jacket on board and a DNR non-motorized boat permit to participate. Permits can be purchased at the park gate or office for $5.
Boaters participating in the sunset paddle need a light. Flashlights are acceptable.
The event is free after the standard park entrance fee of $5 per in-state vehicle and $7 per out-of-state vehicle.
For more information, call naturalist Amber Parrish-Hook at (765) 766-5873.
Summit Lake State Park is at 5993 N. Messick Road, New Castle, 47362.
Contact Information:
Name: Amber Parrish-Hook
Phone: (765) 766-5873
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
Summit Lake State Park will showcase what it has to offer canoeists and kayakers during Paddler’s Paradise on Saturday, June 22.
The event starts at 6:30 a.m. with different non-motorized boating activities taking place throughout the day, including a birding paddle, a plants-and-animals paddle and a sunset paddle.
Conservation Officer Matt Garringer will talk around the campfire that night about boating regulations and safety.
Kayak and rowboat rentals are available at the Summit Lake boat rental building for $5.35 per hour or $21.40 per day. Boaters who bring their own watercraft must have a life jacket on board and a DNR non-motorized boat permit to participate. Permits can be purchased at the park gate or office for $5.
Boaters participating in the sunset paddle need a light. Flashlights are acceptable.
The event is free after the standard park entrance fee of $5 per in-state vehicle and $7 per out-of-state vehicle.
For more information, call naturalist Amber Parrish-Hook at (765) 766-5873.
Summit Lake State Park is at 5993 N. Messick Road, New Castle, 47362.
Contact Information:
Name: Amber Parrish-Hook
Phone: (765) 766-5873
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
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INDIANA DNR NEWS, IDEM AND EPA EVENTS / Play honoring Lincoln’s Indiana years runs through June
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 06:30:55 PM »Play honoring Lincoln’s Indiana years runs through June
A musical play about President Lincoln’s Indiana boyhood offers a chance for the public to learn about the country’s 16th president and experience Lincoln State Park at the same time.
“A. Lincoln: A Pioneer Tale” runs Wednesday to Saturdays evenings at 7:30 p.m. CDT with a matinee on Wednesday, June 26, at 2 p.m. CDT, at Lincoln Amphitheatre in the park.
The outdoor drama tells President Lincoln’s Indiana boyhood stories on the grounds where he grew up nearly 200 years ago. It was in Indiana where Lincoln studied by candlelight, received his one year of formal education, took two flatboat trips to New Orleans, and suffered the deaths of both his beloved mother and sister.
The play was written and is directed by Ken Jones, the resident playwright for Northern Kentucky University. The two-act musical has an original score of 10 songs.
In addition to the play, visitors to Lincoln State Park can enjoy the many outdoor recreation opportunities the nearly 1,800-acre property offers, including more than 12 miles of hiking trails, a lake for boating, fishing and swimming, a nature center with exhibits and programs and camping. Guests can top off their trip with a visit to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Plaza inside the park, dedicated in 2009 as part of the commemoration Lincoln’s 200th birthday, and drive across the road to explore Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, operated by the National Park Service.
Overnight accommodations at Lincoln include campsites, cottages and cabins. Reservations can be made at Camp.IN.Gov or 1-866-6CAMPIN (1-866-622-6746).
For more information about tickets and Lincoln Amphitheatre’s 2013 season, visit LincolnAmphitheatre.org or call 1-800-264-4223.
Lincoln State Park is on State Road 162, Lincoln City, 47552.
Contact Information:
Name: Michael Crews
Phone: (812) 937-4710
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
A musical play about President Lincoln’s Indiana boyhood offers a chance for the public to learn about the country’s 16th president and experience Lincoln State Park at the same time.
“A. Lincoln: A Pioneer Tale” runs Wednesday to Saturdays evenings at 7:30 p.m. CDT with a matinee on Wednesday, June 26, at 2 p.m. CDT, at Lincoln Amphitheatre in the park.
The outdoor drama tells President Lincoln’s Indiana boyhood stories on the grounds where he grew up nearly 200 years ago. It was in Indiana where Lincoln studied by candlelight, received his one year of formal education, took two flatboat trips to New Orleans, and suffered the deaths of both his beloved mother and sister.
The play was written and is directed by Ken Jones, the resident playwright for Northern Kentucky University. The two-act musical has an original score of 10 songs.
In addition to the play, visitors to Lincoln State Park can enjoy the many outdoor recreation opportunities the nearly 1,800-acre property offers, including more than 12 miles of hiking trails, a lake for boating, fishing and swimming, a nature center with exhibits and programs and camping. Guests can top off their trip with a visit to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Plaza inside the park, dedicated in 2009 as part of the commemoration Lincoln’s 200th birthday, and drive across the road to explore Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, operated by the National Park Service.
Overnight accommodations at Lincoln include campsites, cottages and cabins. Reservations can be made at Camp.IN.Gov or 1-866-6CAMPIN (1-866-622-6746).
For more information about tickets and Lincoln Amphitheatre’s 2013 season, visit LincolnAmphitheatre.org or call 1-800-264-4223.
Lincoln State Park is on State Road 162, Lincoln City, 47552.
Contact Information:
Name: Michael Crews
Phone: (812) 937-4710
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
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INDIANA DNR NEWS, IDEM AND EPA EVENTS / “Talk” to geocaching expert on Facebook, June 19
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 06:27:55 PM »“Talk” to geocaching expert on Facebook, June 19
Facebook followers of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources can “talk” online about geocaching with interpretive naturalist Brad Bumgardner on Wednesday, June 19, from 2 to 3 p.m. EST on the DNR Facebook wall.
Bumgardner will explain how to geocache and DNR policy for finding and placing caches on DNR properties. Participants are invited to join the conversation and ask questions.
Future topics, instructions on how to join a conversation on Facebook, and commenting guidelines are posted at dnr.IN.gov/7315.htm.
To join a chat, go to the DNR Facebook wall, facebook.com/INdnr, and click “like” (if you are not already a “friend”).
You may begin typing in questions during the time slot. The DNR experts will answer questions as time allows.
Contact Information:
Name: Marty Benson
Phone: (317) 233-3853
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
Facebook followers of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources can “talk” online about geocaching with interpretive naturalist Brad Bumgardner on Wednesday, June 19, from 2 to 3 p.m. EST on the DNR Facebook wall.
Bumgardner will explain how to geocache and DNR policy for finding and placing caches on DNR properties. Participants are invited to join the conversation and ask questions.
Future topics, instructions on how to join a conversation on Facebook, and commenting guidelines are posted at dnr.IN.gov/7315.htm.
To join a chat, go to the DNR Facebook wall, facebook.com/INdnr, and click “like” (if you are not already a “friend”).
You may begin typing in questions during the time slot. The DNR experts will answer questions as time allows.
Contact Information:
Name: Marty Benson
Phone: (317) 233-3853
Email: dnrnews@dnr.in.gov
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INDIANA FISHING FORUMS / Re: Yellowwood and Griffy Lake.
« Last post by Reelin' em in on June 17, 2013, 06:05:49 PM » Thank You !!