Amoore9900 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 We went back out for 3 hours and got 4 bass and for a 5 pounder they were stil 3 to 6 feet deep the wind really picked up this evening.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tstraub Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 27 minutes ago, Team9nine said: They were chewing today. Had to have caught 75 or more in just over 3.5 hours. Cold front doesn't seem to be bothering them at all. May even try and tempt fate and go again tomorrow -T9 Where are you fishing? Â I came up empty again today at Mississenewa. Â Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianMRetter Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Where are you fishing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 3 hours ago, Team9nine said: What They were chewing today. Had to have caught 75 or more in just over 3.5 hours. Cold front doesn't seem to be bothering them at all. May even try and tempt fate and go again tomorrow -T9 Sorry to flood you with questions, but what were you using, and what kind of depths were they holding at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted March 20, 2016 Super User Share Posted March 20, 2016 2 hours ago, tstraub said: Where are you fishing?  I came up empty again today at Mississenewa.    2 hours ago, BrianMRetter said: Where are you fishing?  Fishing one of the smaller reservoirs in central IN west of Indy...  6 minutes ago, Centralinfinnesse said: Sorry to flood you with questions, but what were you using, and what kind of depths were they holding at?  Jerkbaits and jigs. Jerkbait fish were adjacent to deeper water (10'-20'), and jig fish were up shallower, mostly 6' and less. -T9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Smith Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 What count were you using with the jerkbait? I'm trying to get better with them. Josh Jerkbaits and jigs. Jerkbait fish were adjacent to deeper water (10'-20'), and jig fish were up shallower, mostly 6' and less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tstraub Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Well maybe I'll have to try a jig. Â IÂ have never fished a jerk bait and don't even own any. Â I guess I do have some flukes so I do have soft jerk baits. Â I just don't know if I can throw one weightless in the wind we have been getting here lately, something to try I guess. Â Yesterday I spent most of my time throwing a Meeps inline spinner hoping to increase the types of fish that might take the bait. Â I'm getting to the point where I don't care if it's big or even a bass. Â I just need a fish. Â Â Â Tyler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zell_pop1 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Mississinewa and Salamonie bass like lipless crankbaits. Ive caught em on brown/green pumpkin jigs on wood or hollow belly swimbaits at times too. I catch more on Sally though, maybe the bass are dumber there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tstraub Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 5 minutes ago, zell_pop1 said: Mississinewa and Salamonie bass like lipless crankbaits. Ive caught em on brown/green pumpkin jigs on wood or hollow belly swimbaits at times too. I catch more on Sally though, maybe the bass are dumber there. Thanks I might have to get a few and try that.  The ones I had on hand are currently decorating trees and the river bed at the Wabash.  Anyway today's efforts were fruitless again.  I did see a guy and his son bring in a stringer full of channel cats today.  Nothing huge but some good 2-4 pound eaters.  Of course I didn't bring anything to offer the cats today.  Tomorrow I might target the cats or at least throw my Abu 5500 out on bottom and listen for the clicker to go off while I throw for bass. Tyler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amoore9900 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Strike King Red Eye Shads have been working good here .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Went fishing this afternoon for a little less than four hours, but didn't do any where near as well as T-9. The total fish count was three pumpkin seeds, three white bass, and seven largemouth. The white bass were on steep riprap banks in two to seven feet of water on the roostertails. The bass were on steep riprap shorelines near shallow water in three to ten feet of water, all of them on the jerkbait.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted March 21, 2016 Super User Share Posted March 21, 2016 20 hours ago, Josh Smith said: What count were you using with the jerkbait? I'm trying to get better with them. Josh   Water temps are holding in the low 50s still where I'm at, so not having to pause very long, about 2-4 seconds on average.  1 hour ago, Centralinfinnesse said: Went fishing this afternoon for a little less than four hours, but didn't do any where near as well as T-9. The total fish count was three pumpkin seeds, three white bass, and seven largemouth. The white bass were on steep riprap banks in two to seven feet of water on the roostertails. The bass were on steep riprap shorelines near shallow water in three to ten feet of water, all of them on the jerkbait.   There was nobody in the parking lot today except me, and the only boat I saw on the water was a little white V-bottom. Were you one of the guys in that boat? Don't think I saw another fisherman on the lake today. Fished just a hair over 2 hours today and put 25 more in the boat, plus 1 random white bass. Jigs and jerkbaits. -T9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 15 minutes ago, Team9nine said:  Water temps are holding in the low 50s still where I'm at, so not having to pause very long, about 2-4 seconds on average.   There was nobody in the parking lot today except me, and the only boat I saw on the water was a little white V-bottom. Were you one of the guys in that boat? Don't think I saw another fisherman on the lake today. Fished just a hair over 2 hours today and put 25 more in the boat, plus 1 random white bass. Jigs and jerkbaits. -T9 Yes, I was one of the people in the 14 foot white aluminum v-bottom boat with the 9.9 evenrue motor. When you were putting your boat in the water, we were fishing next to the ramp in the marina. Before we bought the aluminum I usually fished out of a canoe. We live on the lake so we don't have to put the boat in at the marina, thus no other vehicles there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted March 21, 2016 Super User Share Posted March 21, 2016 Just now, Centralinfinnesse said: Yes, I was one of the people in the white aluminum boat with the 9.9 evenrue motor. When you were putting your boat in the water, we were fishing next to the ramp in the marina. We live on the lake so we don't have to put the boat in at the marina, thus no other vehicles there. Now I know who to look for  Guessing that was you in the front of the boat? Was much colder and windier today. Really restricted where you could easily or comfortably fish. Looked like you guys had minnows, too? Some place local that had them? Marina opens next weekend, so bait should be available soon. -T9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Team9nine said: Now I know who to look for  Guessing that was you in the front of the boat? Was much colder and windier today. Really restricted where you could easily or comfortably fish. Looked like you guys had minnows, too? Some place local that had them? Marina opens next weekend, so bait should be available soon. -T9      Can't remember if I was in the front, I was the one in the green rain/wind jacket with the hood pulled up.  My dad (he is convinced that minnows are the only way to catch his favorite fish, the crappie, on)  got the minnows from Westside bait and tackle in Indianapolis, but didn't catch anything on them.  We just got the boat yesterday, so that would of been the first time you had seen it, I used to fish in a brownish canoe.  I usually go fishing alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 You probably have seen me fishing from a brownish canoe with a black rim since September when we moved here. Â Usually I'm out Saturday, Sunday, and one ore two afternoons during the week. Â Today my dad wanted to crappie fish and I wanted to bass fish, so we crappie fished at and by the opening of the marina for the first half of the trip, and bass fished the second, and made a few casts for white bass in between spots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Smith Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Speaking of canoes, how do you guys transport yours? I've been wanting one but don't want to plate and insure a trailer. Also, with inflatable boats, do you have to carry DNR numbers on the bow? If so, how the heck is that done? Figure I'll ask these here as they're somewhat state-specific. Thanks! Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyerbassman Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Without a trailer, you'd have to put a canoe on top of your vehicle. As for numbers on an inflatable boat, put the numbers on a plastic board and hang it on the bow when in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Smith Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 What does that entail, carting it on top of a vehicle? I have a S-Blazer with a luggage rack, but have no idea what I'd need. Thanks! Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016     Don't bring the canoe anywhere else, I only used it on the home lake. I don't own any inflatable boats either, but I imagine you would put the stickers where they normally go.    Anyway, I fished for about three hours today, but it was some pretty slow fishing. I ended up with three bass total, all three were between three and four and a half pounds on the RSTX jerkbait in four to twelve feet of water. Probably should have switched to the ned rig, but I was really wanting some quality fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016      I decided to go out again today, even though there was 20-30 mph winds. Completely different fishing from yesterday, the fish were eight to fourteen feet glued to the bottom underneath docks instead of shallower on the steep shorelines and closer to the top. The final tally was one 1.5 pounder, two 3's, a 3.7, one 4.1, two 4.5's, a 5.2, and an egg-laden 5.8 pound bass. All bass were weighed on a portable scale, so the weights aren't just gueses.        The wind made boat control extremely difficult, but the fishing more than made up for it. Every one of the bass caught today was on the ned rig fished with a slow drag and dead-stick retrieve, once again disproving the theory that small baits only catch small fish.    I also found out that there is a dock at the lake that the owners tied a thin rope between the supports three feet beneath the water ( witch I hooked twice before figuring it out), probably placed there to annoy fisherman trying to skip there dock. But anyway, with todays awesome fishing I should have another report to share here tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted March 23, 2016 Super User Share Posted March 23, 2016 36 minutes ago, Centralinfinnesse said:      I decided to go out again today, even though there was 20-30 mph winds. Completely different fishing from yesterday, the fish were eight to fourteen feet glued to the bottom underneath docks instead of shallower on the steep shorelines and closer to the top. The final tally was one 1.5 pounder, two 3's, a 3.7, one 4.1, two 4.5's, a 5.2, and an egg-laden 5.8 pound bass. All bass were weighed on a portable scale, so the weights aren't just gueses.        The wind made boat control extremely difficult, but the fishing more than made up for it. Every one of the bass caught today was on the ned rig fished with a slow drag and dead-stick retrieve, once again disproving the theory that small baits only catch small fish.    I also found out that there is a dock at the lake that the owners tied a thin rope between the supports three feet beneath the water ( witch I hooked twice before figuring it out), probably placed there to annoy fisherman trying to skip there dock. But anyway, with todays awesome fishing I should have another report to share here tomorrow. Great job! You just caught more big bass in one day on that lake than I'll catch out there all year -T9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaFinesse Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 4 minutes ago, Team9nine said: Great job! You just caught more big bass in one day on that lake than I'll catch out there all year -T9 Says the man who caught 1500 bass and over three thousand total fish last year. And just so you don't snag the "skip guard" like I did, it's underneath the gray double decked dock with a water slide across from and to one side of the mini statue of liberty point, although you probably already knew that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted March 23, 2016 Super User Share Posted March 23, 2016 23 minutes ago, Centralinfinnesse said: Says the man who caught 1500 bass and over three thousand total fish last year. And just so you don't snag the "skip guard" like I did, it's underneath the gray double decked dock with a water slide across from and to one side of the mini statue of liberty point, although you probably already knew that. LOL, I snagged a rope last weekend, but now can't remember if it was that dock or not. Edit: now I know which dock you mean, and it wasn't that one Seriously, I bet I've caught in excess of 7,500 bass in the last 5 years out there, and none have been bigger than that 5.8, and maybe 7 or 8 (or 9?) have been legitimate 5's. If I get two 5's in a year out there, that is a good year...but I've always been a numbers guy and not a "big fish" person. -T9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midwest Fisherman Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Went out yesterday late morning for an hour, caught a nice 3 pounder. Wind was more than I could stand so I wrapped it up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.