Thread: Patoka water conditions

Originally Posted by cevans

Lake has come up about a half a foot with todays rain so far and probably going to come up more this week with the additional rains we get thru Sat. morning. Cubswim....how did you do fishing? thx.

I was bass fishing, and struggled. Biggest was about 4 3/4 lbs, but was late monday before I figured out what I could get bites on. Was going to fish tuesday morning, and then the rains came about 6:30. Was pouring, and I don't like to fish in the pouring rain, so called it a day.

Originally Posted by cubswin

I was bass fishing, and struggled. Biggest was about 4 3/4 lbs

Wish I could struggle like that! lol

Originally Posted by cubswin

I was bass fishing, and struggled. Biggest was about 4 3/4 lbs, but was late monday before I figured out what I could get bites on. Was going to fish tuesday morning, and then the rains came about 6:30. Was pouring, and I don't like to fish in the pouring rain, so called it a day.

Been catching a lot of bass on Patoka myself just by picking up a extra rod while crappie fishing as I see them feeding in the flooded brush and timber with a buzz bait or spinner bait. lol Try flo green and white skirts, or black and white and even put a 3" trailer on like a 3" curely tail on them. . Bass are going nuts in the high water right now. I carry about 8-10 diff rods and 50 lbs of diff tackle with me. Way too much,,but ready for anything.

Originally Posted by Bouncer

Wish I could struggle like that! lol

Was a tough day, hot a humid. Started about 3 on monday, and fished until about 8:45. Caught 1 pretty quick flipping jigs up in the flooded trees, and then didn't have a bite until 8:15. Had one about 5lbs try to grab my jig off of a bush limb about 4 pm, kept me fishing shallow. Well I was actually getting bites before 8:15, just little dinks. Moved out to deeper water, fishing submerged weeds that normally would be 1-2ft of water, and now were in 10-12ft of water. Caught two good ones off one spot, the other spot I wanted to fish had a boat sitting on it. Thought I'd get out in the morning and hit some more of the same types of areas, and it was windy and pouring rain 1/2 hour after I launched.

Wouldn't mind if I lived down there, but it was a 3 1/2 hour drive, and the weather forecast was fine at 12:30 am when I went to bed. Said I'd have 4-5 hours of fishing time tuesday.

Trust me, you did better than you think. I know a lot of semi-pro anglers with sponsors who fish down there regularly and never have that much action in a day. Last time I was been on the lake when a bass tourney was going on, everyone had either caught nothing or or they were too short. I have fished Patoka for 30 years and have yet to catch a 4 pounder.

I just sight fish them when the occasion arrises.

Drove over to Lick Fork ramp to check it out. The dock is in good shape and you wont have to get wet to get on it. Was going to hook up the boat but by the time I got home (4+ miles)it was pouring again.

I talked with a guy on July 4 that was having boat troeble by 145 hope that wasn't you Cubswin. Also saw someone pull a nice bass in the boat when I was going back under the bridge to Osborne.