(Un)official Hoosiers Thread

[bassienewb]

Anyone been out to Cataract recently?  When I was out there a month ago it was 10+' over pool.  Might be able to get out on Sunday but will choose a different lake in the area if it's still well over normal.  

[Team9nine]

2 hours ago, bassienewb said:

Anyone been out to Cataract recently?  When I was out there a month ago it was 10+' over pool.  Might be able to get out on Sunday but will choose a different lake in the area if it's still well over normal.  

Only 2.5 inches over summer pool and in good shape - I'd say "go."

-T9

[dsqui]

whats happening on the hoosier home front fellas?  anyone doin any good?  itld be great to see some hoosier fish porn.  i havnt made it out in the past few weeks but am hoping to make it out in the morning for a few hours before the rain.

[frosty]

26 minutes ago, dsqui said:

whats happening on the hoosier home front fellas?  anyone doin any good?  itld be great to see some hoosier fish porn.  i havnt made it out in the past few weeks but am hoping to make it out in the morning for a few hours before the rain.

My daughter and I took a Friday off a couple weeks ago to enjoy some beautiful weather and had a great time in the woods. 

[dsqui]

heres a nice preggo belly from about 3 weeks ago not to bad she went about 4 lbs

thats awesome frosty nothing better then takin the kids out.  here is one of the boy on "his" new boat

 

after he got done riding it for about 2 hours he took out his fishing pole on it and caught a few.  at the end of the day his exact words were im living the dream man that was so much fun.

[OddChase]

Crappie bite is on fire lately. 4-10 ft of water  in both spawn and post spawn in different lakes. Managed to catch about 30 to 40 bass last weekend, mostly 13 to 16 inches in size with a big 19, all on either a ned rig or Z-Man chatterbait. 

7 hours ago, dsqui said:

 

after he got done riding it for about 2 hours he took out his fishing pole on it and caught a few.  at the end of the day his exact words were im living the dream man that was so much fun.

This thing looks awesome! Homemade I'm guessing? 

[Amoore9900]

Its been slow around here we got a couple of 3 pounders on Barbee while musky fishing last weekend. We went out for about a hour last night and got 4 nothing big...a friend got a 4 pounder here last week while crappie fishing...

[dsqui]

19 hours ago, OddChase said:

Crappie bite is on fire lately. 4-10 ft of water  in both spawn and post spawn in different lakes. Managed to catch about 30 to 40 bass last weekend, mostly 13 to 16 inches in size with a big 19, all on either a ned rig or Z-Man chatterbait. 

This thing looks awesome! Homemade I'm guessing? 

no actually that paddle bike was manufactured in the early 70s in south bend by don f snyder corp cant find nothing else out about the darn thing though lol

 

5 hours ago, Amoore9900 said:

Its been slow around here we got a couple of 3 pounders on Barbee while musky fishing last weekend. We went out for about a hour last night and got 4 nothing big...a friend got a 4 pounder here last week while crappie fishing...

ahhhh the stupid green carp lol or atleast thats what i call em when im out fishin for skis lol noone hold that against me here usually when i get a bass on top water they just suck those big ol ski baits down gets that heart pumpin for about 3 seconds then u realize its a bass most the time really good ones too usually in that 3-5lbs but  man on that ski gear they dont stand a chance.

[IndianaFinesse]

Just got back from a trip to the u.p.  The answer to oddchase's question about if fishing is much better in other states, is definitely yes.  The bass are just starting to spawn up there, and the average size bass we caught was just over three pounds.  I caught more three plus pound bass in less than one week than I usually do in a month, with the largest 4.9 pounds!  Most were caught on a pop-r fished through bulrushes from a kayak, witch makes it even more fun seeing the big bass blow up on the surface and then tow you around.  And I know people complain about all of the pike, but personally I love having some mean old pike mixed in.  Most of the pike were just little snot rockets, but a couple were good sized fish.  I also booked a charter trip for walleyes, and in less than a half a day we caught 25, and for the last hour trolled for pike.  We didn't catch pike, but three tiny~15 inch muskie nailed our spoons.  It was nice to just get away from people and enjoy nature, plus catch some really nice fish.

[Team9nine]

57 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

Just got back from a trip to the u.p.  The answer to oddchase's question about if fishing is much better in other states, is definitely yes.  The bass are just starting to spawn up there, and the average size bass we caught was just over three pounds.  I caught more three plus pound bass in less than one week than I usually do in a month, with the largest 4.9 pounds!  Most were caught on a pop-r fished through bulrushes from a kayak, witch makes it even more fun seeing the big bass blow up on the surface and then tow you around.  And I know people complain about all of the pike, but personally I love having some mean old pike mixed in.  Most of the pike were just little snot rockets, but a couple were good sized fish.  I also booked a charter trip for walleyes, and in less than a half a day we caught 25, and for the last hour trolled for pike.  We didn't catch pike, but three tiny~15 inch muskie nailed our spoons.  It was nice to just get away from people and enjoy nature, plus catch some really nice fish.

...And here I thought you just got fed up with all of us and quit posting    Welcome back to our Indiana fishing reality  

-T9

[IndianaFinesse]

Fished for about two hours today.  It was kind of disappointing catching a bunch of little dinks and only a couple over fifteen inches after getting used to Michigan's good fishing.  I caught eighteen bass with only three good ones and the biggest measured twenty inches.  All fish came in the trd fished with a swim glide and shake retrieve in four to eight feet of water. Most were on steep rip rap shorelines near and on points, with some underneath docks when the sun was high.  Water temperature is up to 76 degrees here, so the bass should be moving to there summer areas soon.

[Crutch]

Ended up going out to North Twin Lake, couldn't hardly find the area to launch my canoe. Got out on the water and the first thing I noticed was that there was hardly any grass growing and the bottom was incredibly sandy. Great for swimming, didn't seem to be too great for fishing. I ended up catching two little dinks on a bone colored rapala shadow rap in around 8-10' of water right off of some dropoffs. 

[neocrunch]

I spent about nine hours kayak fishing Summit Lake yesterday. It was cool and very windy. By the end of the day I was exhausted and sea sick. I could barely get out of bed this morning. LOL

I caught a few bass on a whopper plopper early in the morning before switching to the Ned rig. Several times throughout the day I had large bass hooked on the Ned but they tossed the hook when jumping out of the water. It seemed to be more frequent when using a mushroom jig with weed guard wires so I switched back to a 1/15 without the wire guards. 

On another note, I feel like I'm suffering from tunnel vision. I've gotten so hooked on the Ned rig that I'm not fishing with my other tackle as much. Like I've learned how to use a hammer and now everything is a nail. I really need to force myself to develop more skills/confidence using jigs, swimbaits, jerkbaits, texas-rigged plastics, etc. 

[dsqui]

crutch how do you get on north twin??

[FastVette]

Hey guys, anyone have any luck on Chain Of Lakes or anywhere near Fort Wayne?  I'll probably end up at CoL on Monday or Tuesday next week, not sure about anywhere else local though.  

[IndianaFinesse]

4 hours ago, neocrunch said:

On another note, I feel like I'm suffering from tunnel vision. I've gotten so hooked on the Ned rig that I'm not fishing with my other tackle as much. Like I've learned how to use a hammer and now everything is a nail. I really need to force myself to develop more skills/confidence using jigs, swimbaits, jerkbaits, texas-rigged plastics, etc. 

Same here, it works so welI that I just can't put the Ned rig down.

[frosty]

9 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

Same here, it works so welI that I just can't put the Ned rig down.

My stuff for the Ned rig will be here tomorrow. I plan on hitting the strip pits about 6 Saturday morning for a little too water action, then switching to the bed rig after it starts heating up. I hope you guys aren't building up me expectations 

[IndianaFinesse]

3 hours ago, frosty said:

My stuff for the Ned rig will be here tomorrow. I plan on hitting the strip pits about 6 Saturday morning for a little too water action, then switching to the bed rig after it starts heating up. I hope you guys aren't building up me expectations 

You will be blown away by how many fish it catches.  I know I sure was the first time I tried it two years ago, and I expected it to be just a gimmick.  If you have any questions on how to use the Ned rig, just ask us.

Got out this afternoon for about four hours.  I tried a Ned rig modification called the "zeach-z" recommended by bluebasser.  It's basically a little over half a zinkerz that has the tail cut length wise through the middle up to just behind the hook so that it has more action.  I caught 43 bass, all of them on the zeach-z skipped underneath docks on or near points with rip rap shorelines in two to ten feet of water.  I also hooked a monster something that broke my line, my guess would be a big walleye because the line broke an inch above the bait and not at the leader knot like it usually does.  The line didn't have any frays in it, and I didn't feel it rub the line on anything so I think that it's teeth cut it.

[dsqui]

9 hours ago, FastVette said:

Hey guys, anyone have any luck on Chain Of Lakes or anywhere near Fort Wayne?  I'll probably end up at CoL on Monday or Tuesday next week, not sure about anywhere else local though.  

a buddy of mine has been gettin good results in a river down there by a dam not sure exactly where though.  i know he does decent in a pond over by zoo also

5 hours ago, IndianaFinesse said:

You will be blown away by how many fish it catches.  I know I sure was the first time I tried it two years ago, and I expected it to be just a gimmick.  If you have any questions on how to use the Ned rig, just ask us.

Got out this afternoon for about four hours.  I tried a Ned rig modification called the "zeach-z" recommended by bluebasser.  It's basically a little over half a zinkerz that has the tail cut length wise through the middle up to just behind the hook so that it has more action.  I caught 43 bass, all of them on the zeach-z skipped underneath docks on or near points with rip rap shorelines in two to ten feet of water.  I also hooked a monster something that broke my line, my guess would be a big walleye because the line broke an inch above the bait and not at the leader knot like it usually does.  The line didn't have any frays in it, and I didn't feel it rub the line on anything so I think that it's teeth cut it.

teeth cut by a walleye i dunno ive never heard of that and we used to fish em with 6lb and jig head n minnow never had any problems.  maybe a baby pike or a dang dog fish but i doubt it was a walleye.  ive seen more dogfish this year then in my intire life dunno why but they have been freakin everywhere

[OddChase]

9 hours ago, IndianaFinesse said:

I tried a Ned rig modification called the "zeach-z" recommended by bluebasser.  It's basically a little over half a zinkerz that has the tail cut length wise through the middle up to just behind the hook so that it has more action.  

I believe Z-man makes a bait similar to the one you're making called the Hula StickZ.

It's not exactly the action your custom made bait would produce, but I imagine it would work almost as well! 

[FastVette]

5 hours ago, dsqui said:

a buddy of mine has been gettin good results in a river down there by a dam not sure exactly where though.  i know he does decent in a pond over by zoo also

Huh......convenient.  That's Schoaff lake in Franke Park by the zoo......about a 2-3 minute drive from my house.  Local reports I'd seen said that it's pretty dry for bass, but they're older too.  The dam he's fishing is probably Rousch Reservoir Dam just south of Huntington, or perhaps a little farther south on Salamonie's dam.  I've fished below both, struck out below the Salamonie dam because I wasn't prepared and had never been, and below the Rousch dam it's mainly drum with the random sport fish tossed in.  I'll be getting out to both for sure once I quit working overtime so much, lol.

[IndianaFinesse]

1 hour ago, OddChase said:

I believe Z-man makes a bait similar to the one you're making called the Hula StickZ.

It's not exactly the action your custom made bait would produce, but I imagine it would work almost as well! 

It's not quite like that, and I have tried the hula stickz.  Picture starting with the scissors at the back of the bait and cutting it length wise up to the hook.  Then cutting one of the halves off, leaving the plastic not on the hook shank cut in half.  The video is on page one of the 2016 icast wish list.

[BigBassLoveSenkos]

On 6/7/2016 at 10:51 PM, IndianaFinesse said:

Fished for about two hours today.  It was kind of disappointing catching a bunch of little dinks and only a couple over fifteen inches after getting used to Michigan's good fishing.  I caught eighteen bass with only three good ones and the biggest measured twenty inches.  All fish came in the trd fished with a swim glide and shake retrieve in four to eight feet of water. Most were on steep rip rap shorelines near and on points, with some underneath docks when the sun was high.  Water temperature is up to 76 degrees here, so the bass should be moving to there summer areas soon.

We had almost identical Tuesdays, except mine was in a tournament.  +-20 bass with 3 keepers.  Most came on a pointer, some on swim jig, some on Ned.  I fished the same lake on Sunday and lost count it was so good.  The largest was a 5.5.  I guess that's the difference between a W wind (Sunday) and a NW wind (Tuesday).  Looking back to Tuesday, I probably should have fished creek mouths instead of the main lake and coves.

[dsqui]

4 hours ago, FastVette said:

Huh......convenient.  That's Schoaff lake in Franke Park by the zoo......about a 2-3 minute drive from my house.  Local reports I'd seen said that it's pretty dry for bass, but they're older too.  The dam he's fishing is probably Rousch Reservoir Dam just south of Huntington, or perhaps a little farther south on Salamonie's dam.  I've fished below both, struck out below the Salamonie dam because I wasn't prepared and had never been, and below the Rousch dam it's mainly drum with the random sport fish tossed in.  I'll be getting out to both for sure once I quit working overtime so much, lol.

im pretty sure he stays right there in fort wayne but dont quote me on that.  the only one i can think of is right there at the old wizards stadium at the appleseed park thing but like i said im not forsure what d**n dam he is fishing.  but the lake im sure thats at the zoo, well right by it anyways

[Kevinator1]

What's up fellers! I'm usually on the other parts of the forum and just now came upon my fellow Indiana brothers on here....how the heck is everybody? Just my background....I fish Geist, Morse, Summitt (the dead sea) West Boggs and a few other lakes around Indiana. Geist is my honey hole though.