Kids and Bluegill - Where would you go????

**Bouncer** · 03-30-2014, 10:47 AM

For those of us that live in this part of Southern Indiana, I live in Corydon which is about 15 miles from Cford in Greenville. We are very limited on good fishing areas, and even more so without a boat. The state has really let us down, and continues to do so more and more each year. I am 36 now, and when I was growing up there were many public access places I could go to and fish from the bank. The state has not maintained any of the locations over the years, or have closed off the public access sites completely. Land that I used to fish farm ponds on is now subdivisions, and the ponds are no longer there. Those of you who do not live down here in the mountainous part of the state, where ponds/strips/lakes are common in your area are very lucky. Everyone likes to throw up the card "Well, you have Patoka". Yeah, we do. We also got every pleasure boater and their brother/cousin/uncle/friend/etc from the city that comes out there too. You can't get away from them. That's another big reason that lake has gone to heck in a handbasket.

**cford** · 03-31-2014, 10:09 PM

I may give dogwood a try, have tried Deams lake done ok there when they hit the beds. we camp there alot with the horses so its nice. Have tried Monroe done well there but have to rent boats as I spend all my money on horses and big horse trailers lol. Still searchin for a decent farm pond somewhere close, may look for a little jon boat and trollin motor to hit some smaller lakes. Patoka wears me out everytime I go, just has my number I guess but we rent a boat and have a nice time. My girls are 8 and 12 and they love to catch fish and are really into it so I need to find us a decent spot. They love to bring em home to cook too. Nothin better than having the horses out and fryin fresh fish at the camp site, I just gotta catch some fish LOL, or stop by Krogers and throw some in the cooler that way!!!!!!!

**cevans** · 04-02-2014, 02:00 PM

Cford,,you might try the 2 lakes at Brown Co. State Park and the one lake at Spring Mills St. Park for blue gills. They had a pic yesterday in the Bedford Paper of couple of young guys with a basket of looked like nice gills at Spring Mills in Mitchell. fishing from the bank. It woul be great for kids.

**Bouncer** · 04-02-2014, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by cevans

They had a pic yesterday in the Bedford Paper of couple of young guys with a basket of looked like nice gills at Spring Mills in Mitchell. fishing from the bank. It woul be great for kids.

Did they finally go ahead and get the lake dredged then and back in shape? I asked on here last year and someone responded that they said they thought they were going to. Last time I was there about 4 years it was only about 18" deep from all the silt.

**cevans** · 04-02-2014, 02:57 PM

I've never seen the lake except in yesterdays pic in the paper the wife brought from work as she works in Bedford. Pic showed 2 young dudes with wire basket and bottom was full of decient size gills it looked like,,and thought of this posting about Cford wanting to take his kids somewhere.

**Valparaiso_Girl** · 04-03-2014, 06:56 AM

I agree, Spring Mill is an awesome place for kids and fishing!

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