Now this is another great lake mainly because of the trout that's stocked there. It holds the state record rainbow and also the state record pike. So when I fish this lake I usually plan on some trolling. Well let me tell ya I had a great day on the water. I caught 2 browns on a hollywood flicker shad,1 walleye (undersized), 1 crappie, 1 largemouth all on a black and white flicker shad, and the biggest pike I've ever seen 20ft jet diver with dodger and fly combo.
When my pole doubled over, I grabbed it and started reeling. The more line I got, the more he peeled off, so I cut the motor and reeled in the other poles with my other hand. I initially thought it was a rainbow but when it didn't jump I didn't know what it was, all I knew is that it was big. After a 10-15 min fight I finally got to see the size of this fish. It was the biggest pike I have ever seen. It was 4-5 feet long and hooked in the corner of his mouth. I started going over how to land him, I knew my net was too small. So I came to the conclusion the only way was to hand land him under the gill plate. After fighting him the aforementioned 10-15 min I thought I could try to land him. I put my pole down and grabbed the line and hand lined him closer to the boat. He apparently didn't like this idea and made another run. I think that's when it happened. I had to drop the line and pick up the pole to continue the fight. Then came the inevitable I got him back to the surface and the hook came out. No pics, no state record, nothing but the memory. I was/am very sad. However it was another great day on the water.
Lake #3: Brookville Reservoir
This lake is 2 1/2 hrs from the house. This was the first time I had ever been on this lake. So I planned on going down Mon and staying overnight and fishing all day Tues. The only supplies I was going to bring was for cooking. I got to the lake and check in around 7pm. After that I had to catch supper, so I put on the kicker and started trolling for some walleye. Now this lake is the lake that all of Indiana gets it's walleye stock from. So I figured it would be a no brainer to catch a couple walleye for supper. WRONG, I started trolling and hooked up with a small crappie that I let go. I trolled for a while longer with no luck. Then all of a sudden the water started boiling with white bass. I had never seen a school of white bass this large it was truly amazing. Well needless to say I cut the trolling motor and started casting and within 5 min I had 5 white bass to clean. I caught my supper at 8pm and stayed in my boat Mon. night. I got up Tues had the rest of my fish made some eggs and went back out fishin'. I did alot of casting for too many white bass to count. The video should tell the story.
I also did some trolling for walleye and striper of which I didn't catch either one. I did however keep catching crappie, nothing really big so I just kept lettin' em go. I was trolling a clown taildancer, a purple and gold glass shad, and a silver and black jointed cotton cordell grappler shad. All three caught crappie and even a decent perch. I didn't catch any walleye or stripers but I will probably go back some time this summer. The white bass were phenomenal, a truly awesome fishery.
