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Would any of you Northern Indiana guys be interested in meeting up at a lake for an evening of fishing. Maybe carry on into the night. If so, we can discuss lakes that would be easy for all of us to get to. Maybe everyone throws in for big fish of the night?
Hmmm, I live in Elkhart county, so it might be worth considering.
I am in St Joseph county.Quote:
Originally Posted by daybreak
I m in whitley county and would consider it.
What is north part of state? Interested am in West Lafayette:dono
Doesn't seem to far away to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by catch fillet
sounds good! allen co., ft wayne area here. maybe shoot for september sometime? havent been to internet fisherman gathering for several years. you thinking around warsaw area as middle ground?
I was actually thinking about that general area. Would anyone like to suggest a lake in the Warsaw area? Plenty to choose from that's for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by river scum
If the date works out for me to be there I would love to join. I'm not real familiar with the Warsaw area lakes. I was on Winona this spring chasing eyes, I have heard there is a good crappie population in there, we didn't catch many that day though. I can't speak from experience on too many of those lakes over there though. I have a feeling River Scum may know a thing or two about the crappie lakes around Warsaw. Where's Rico, that's his stomping grounds. Maybe he could help us out.
i used to fish over there late 80s early 90s, but am out of the loops these days. yes, where is rico?
with these deals you need a large parking lot. one that pops to mind is loon. i dont know how the crappie are there these days though. good fishing should be a factor in location.
Depending on when and where I may be interested in the get together.
I"m assuming you are referring to Loon north of Columbia City off of 109? It's about another 20 minutes east of Warsaw. I typically fish there a couple of times a year. Crappie seem to be good in there, I haven't been there this year yet, except for one time on the ice where I completely struck out. I have night fished there in the late summer and fall a fair amount in the past. I have caught a few big ones, but most of the fish I find there are solid 10-11" fish. A majority of the gills in there are stunted, so it's hard to catch any keeper gills. Also some perch to be had, although I have never caught a lot of them. I also have night fished it quite a bit. It seems to night fish pretty well with lights.
I haven't done well at Loon this year for anything, but maybe that's just me. With all of the rain this year, a lot of the lakes I fish in the area are either no wake or no motorized boats at all this year due to high water levels. Just my two cents worth.
Remember goose season opens in September. Won't hurt if your fishing at night though.
Great point MG. I would not have thought of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by MuskyGary
gun fire helps the bite. they think its gona storm. lol
Might have to jump in w you Tator140 unless you'll have a full boat, then I could drag my boat up that day. Hopefully I can make it but would depend on the new baby that plans on popping in on Sept 1.
Al
I heard through the grapevine that you guys were talking about me over here! LOL
As far as crappie lakes in the Warsaw/Warsaw area...I have never caught that many crappies at Winona nor have I at Pike. The Barbee Chain is good if you can find them. I havent fished Loon in years, but when I did it was always for gills. A dandy of one not to far away from Loon is High, but it is a private ramp you have to pay to access. Silver Lake is a good one but there are access issues there.
To be honest I really dont know what to tell you guys. When it comes to crappie I stick close to the house fishing the private lake just down the road from me. Sorry I cant be of more help.
Know they were catching decent crappie at winona earlier this year, saw some pictures from there of very nice ones. Barbee has good ones, but hard to find most of the time, as does webster lake.
Carr lake used to have some really nice black crappie, but haven't fished it in years. Good luck with the outing, I try and do the same thing with bass fishermen, and it can be tough getting people to show up it seems. We usually get about 10 to actually come, but it is always fun putting faces to the names.
Carr Lake is an interesting one. It is about 8 miles due west of me, but dont fish it much at all and when I do it is through the ice. Cant speak of the crappie there. But I can tell you that it would be a perfect place for an outing. With all the lakes in the area, it gets overlooked quite a bit. Has good parking and is pretty secluded. It sits just south of Warsaw.
I used to fish it a bunch, but haven't been there in a long time. We used to catch some nice black crappie there though. Last time I fished it was for bass, but dad and I used to go there for panfish fairly often.Quote:
Originally Posted by rico
Is one lake where you aren't going to have to worry about the ramp being too crowded for sure.
Manitou would be another lake that would be a good choice for crappie fishing, and with two ramps there is usually parking unless there is more than one tournament going on. Crappie fishing there can be hit or miss, but I caught some last year bass fishing.
I mostly just fish for crappie at missy and salamonie, so I'm not much help on the natural lakes. I know some of the lakes I'd try parking would be the issue.
I looked up the last survey for carr, 2008, and no crappie were caught in sampling. It was a survey of bluegill, so that may be just on where they were doing the sampling more than a decline in population. They did catch some in 2000 survey.
Thanks everyone for all the input. I've researched Carr Lake a bit and it appears to be a really nice bass and Gill fishery. The access looks to be nice with parking along the road to accommodate quite a few folks. I know this is a Crappie board, but would anyone be opposed to catching nice sized Gills. And you never know, someone might find those Crappie. I was thinking September 12th as a date. Feel free to make any suggestions as far as time. I am thinking mid afternoon.
FWIW, I was icefishing it probably 10 years ago......I saw a guy pull out a 13" perch.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlabSlayer77
I am ready to try ANY location
I will probably be fishing the slabmasters tournament at Mississinewa that weekend. If I happen to not fish that tourney then I could be there. I fish for bluegills at night with vexilar and an ice rod a lot. It can be a blast catching 9" gills on 1-2 lb test with a 2' ice rod in open water.