This page was last updated on MAY 25 2012 01:07 P.M.
Glendale FWA lakes and ponds
For more information about the lake please click on the lake name above.
Description:
Glendale FWA is dedicated to providing quality hunting and fishing opportunities while maintaining 8,060 acres of land and over 1,400 acres of lakes and impoundments. Located in Daviess County, Glendale FWA has fishing in Dogwood lake and other ponds. The area also has hunting, wildlife watching, camping, wetland trapping, and dog training areas and blackberries, persimmon, hickory nuts, morels and walnut gathering.
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: Jigs w/black-silver curley tails, chartreuse jigs & some w/trailing minnows or beemoth
Depth: Deep water to 16 ft.
Comments about fish:
Crappie had gone into deeper water and are not biting very well. Very limited success on jigs w/beemoth or trailing minnow.
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: Crickets, & Jigs, redworms
Depth: Deep water to 18 ft.
Comments about fish:
Bluegill are scattered again with a few still on beds. Are in medium depth water 5-8ft, in weed beds.
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: Live bait. Worms
Depth: 4' to 10' of water
Comments about fish:
There have been very few anglers fishing for catfish specifically, but some have been taken on live bait and worms. Limb-line and trot-line fishermen are having fair to good success. Trot-Line & Limb-line season on Dogwood Lake started on the first Thursday in April, 2012. 15 permits will be issued per week on a first/come, first/serve basis. Some nice flatheads have been taken on limb-lines using small 'gills as bait. Just remember Live Shad and Carp are NOT legal as bait! DISPOSE OF ANY UNUSED LIVE BAIT ON THE BANK - NOT IN THE WATER!
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: Artificial worms and worm harness
Depth: In 3 to 10 ft. of water
Comments about fish:
Talked to some successful bass fishermen. They are still fishing with artificial worms. Fishing from boats sitting in the channels and casting toward the shoreline just to the edge of the weed beds. Bass are moving into shallow water to feed.
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: Jigs , jigs w/trailing beemoth , redworms, nightcrawlers
Depth: Deep (6-12ft)
Comments about fish:
Redear are in deeper water on edges of weed beds. Redworms on the bottom seems to be a good bait at this time.
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: Redworm, nightcrawlers
Depth: Deep Water
Comments about fish:
Not really anything to report on perch since most fishermen are concentrating on bluegills and redear.
Comments about body of water:
Dogwood Lake water level is at summer pool. The water is clear and the temperature is ranging in the upper 70's. Temperatures are to be in the 90's for the foreseeable future with minimal chances of rain for Memorial Day weekend. This change in temperature will most likely make for tough fishing, with fish going deep in the afternoon most likely. NOTE: The HORSEPOWER LIMIT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM DOGWOOD LAKE. There is a MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF 10 MPH IMPOSED on the lake REGARDLESS of motor size!
