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5/7/993/13/99
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Fished a club tournament at Monroe this weekend. Fishing was pretty tough. It was very windy and the water was stained. I caught 3 short fish & 2 keepers on FireTiger Rattln-Traps. The biggest fish was 4 1/4 lbs the other was 2lbs. These 2 fish won the tourney for me. The Lake was so rough that just about every boat was in Moore's Creek, Sugar Creek, or Ramp Creek. These shorelines were pounded by hundreds of boats in 2 days. All the fish I caught or had on (I missed 2 nice fish on Saturday) were on Firetiger Rattln-Traps and I was fishing in shallow water with some type of wood or brush. Both of the keeper fish were caught in the Paynetown Bay. The water temp here was 62 degrees, the warmest we could find on the lake. I can't complain this was my first time to Monroe & I won the tourney. Good luck & good fishing. ROID MAN
3/31/99
Water Temperature = 54
Water Clarity = 1 foot
I went fishing Monday and have not been able to make report until today..I started fishing at 8:30 and caught first fish (keeper)at 10:30. Limited out at 1:45. All fish about 2lbs, nothing great, but good healthy fish. I caught all my fish on the warm sides of the coves in 1-4 feet of water half way back or better..The water is really dirty for some reason and caught all fish on shallow running firetiger crankbait fished real slow. The water in the idle zone is really colored and not much better down to Ramp Creek, but it is slightly clearer the farther down the lake you go. No other bites. All the fish were on wood and only one fish out of an area then move on. Have heard news that the Corp. of Eng. is not going to let the lake get as high for as long this year because of the farmers crop loss for the last 3 years..This will mean we may have some vegetation to fish this year...Russ
3/31/99
Water Temperature = 49
Water Clarity = 1 foot
Took the boys fishing Sunday and caught a bunch of crappies, talked to a couple of guys bass fishing and they had a couple of them. Really enjoyed the day, all the crappie we caught were small so couldn't have a fish fry that evening.
3/28/99
Water Temperature = 49-50
Water Clarity = ? foot
Weather was great. My friend and I caught 2 largemouths and my friend caught 1 wiper. All fish came on spinnerbait shallow were main creek channel came up to the bank. Marked a lot of fish in channel 30-45 feet deep. The warm weather the next few days should help....Terry
3/20/99
Water Temperature = 44
Water Clarity = 1 foot
Fished a couple of hours today. Cought a 3 pounder on spinnerbait. Got a few bites. Tried worms, jigs, and crankbait with no luck. The bass seem to be moving shallow....Carl
4/26/99
4/16/99Upcoming tournaments on Lake Freeman:
Sat., April 17, 1999 - Lafayette Bassmasters Team Tournament
Sun., April 18, 1999 - Kankakee Valley Bassmasters Team Tournament
Sat., April 24, 1999 - Fishing Has No Boundaries Team Tournament
Current water temperatures range from 54 degrees in main lakes areas to 59 degrees in shallow water areas. Bass are still in pre-spawn mode with some moving up into shallower water areas.
NOTE: Lake Shafer tournament held on April 10, 1999 was won with 19+ lbs. taken from the Big Monon area. Obviously the bass are trying to move up shallow in preparation for spawning if Mother Nature would only cooperate! ..Tess
4/7/99
Water Temperature = 56-61
Water Clarity = 2-3 foot main lake
Fished Freeman on Wed. air temp. 65 to 74, Weather cond.: sunny with wind 15 to 30 mph. Strated the day(11:00 a.m.) cranking and jerkbaiting rocky main lake points, caught lots of short buck bass(large and smallmouth). went out on the next breakline (5'/10'), with no bites. Went back to the bank and started to connecting with the larger fish. Run and gunned from the dam to the river, just hopping points, Quit at 5:00pm and had 14 bass ,4 keepers( 2 largemouth Small keepers)( 2 Smallies, a 2 pounder and a nice 3 pounder). All fish caught on cranks. Good luck, Steve
3/31/99
Water Temperature = 48
Water Clarity = ?
Fished Lake Freeman Sunday from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. Started out on main lake fishing docks. Through jigs, lizards, crankbaits, and rogues, but no takers. Moved out to main lake points with a c-rig, but still no takers. Wind started to raised up a bit so decided to move back into the canal areas. Started throwing tubes, skipping up under the docks, and was finally seeing a little action. My partner lost one real good smallie when it raised completely out of the water, hooked it in about 2 feet of water, off of big chunk rock bank. He then caught a 10 inch largemouth, in about 1 foot of water. I finally got to enjoy a little action when i enticed a 15 inch largemouth from under a dock. Two fish were taken on brown zoom liard with chartruse tail, and one was taken on a chartruse tube. Not a very good day, but nice to be out. Godspeed..David
4/12/994/12/99
Water Temperature = 57
Water Clarity = 1 foot
Fished from 8:00am to 1:00pm. Very windy and cloudy. Caught several fish on deep diving suspending crankbait. My buddy probably caught 12 on a black Berkly power worm. Most bites came off points in deeper water. The fish were all in the 10"-15" range....Randy
4/9/99
Water Temperature = 65
Water Clarity = 1 foot
Fished from 1:00 to 6:00. Caught about 35 bass. 9 were >14 inches. All fish were caught in 0-4 feet of water with chartruese Baby 1-. Positioned boat well off of bank and made long casts right up to the bank. All keepers came from north end of lake along in coves on the east bank. Most came from shallow points and partially submerged bushes. Key on laydowns and bushes, several contained two or three fish apiece. I was using a slow retrieve although the fish seemed very aggressive and may have hit a quicker one. Catch/Release for fun.
3/31/99
Water Temperature = 67
Water Clarity = 1 foot
Friend and I got out for the first time this year(in boat). Fished from about 8:30 to 1:30. Nice out until about noon, then the clouds rolled in and wind picked up. Couldn't get a hit until about 11:30. I caught about a 2 lb largemouth on a pumpkinseed lizard. Got him about 7 feet off the bank way up on the northern part of the lake. Friend got his 2 1/2 lb'er just maybe 2 minutes later just down the bank on a green skirted grub. Got two more hits a little farther down the bank then they shut off. Seen three other fish caught on the day and that was it. Weather is picking up great this week and this weekend could be the start...Jason
Water Temperature = ?
Water Clarity = ?
I spent the majority of the day in sheltered arms of the main lake. Picked up three fish along a stretch of north bank and one off of a main lake point. No body had too much luck from what I heard. Fish: (4) largemouth -- 3lb 10oz, 2lb 6oz, 2lb 3oz, and 1lb 5oz. Lures: Loudmouth III - firetiger and Fat Free Fingerling - pearl...kirk
Water Temperature = 60
Water Clarity = 1 foot
Fished a tournament today and it sucked!!The wind was between 18-22 mph,3-5 ft wakes and whitecaps all over!A lot of boats came in early due to flooded out boats.We had to come in early b/c our boat came damn close to sinking.The first place winner caught one keeper weighing 4 lbs 11 oz,2nd place caught a 4 lbs 10 and a half oz,and thir caught a 3 lbs 10 oz bass,and that was all!We are in another one next weekend there and it is looking a lil more promising!...Eric
3/31/993/21/99
Water Temperature = 48
Water Clarity = 0 feet
I fished the hoosier open on mar 21 99 fishing was tough. water temp. was 48 air about 54 178 boats fished with 52% catching fish. it took 4lb to get a check. we had 2 keepers that went 3.8, wouldn't you know it. lol but we got points toward the classic...Bull
3/20/99
Water Temperature = 48
Water Clarity = 0 feet
Fished a 17 boat club tournament today,only 3 fish caught largest 2.lbs...Lefty
3/9/99
Water Temperature = 46
Water Clarity = 2-3 feet
pre fished for hoosier open team, fished in river. caught 4 fish 2 keepers two short fish, in 1 1/2 hours. very cold in the afternoon. fish were in shallow water holding tight to cover. till next time.....Tim
3/21/993/20/99
Water Temperature = 48
Water Clarity = 0 feet
Fished from 12:00 noon to 5:30 P.M. No action on spinnerbaits, jigs. or worms. Lost a nice one on a jerkbait at 3;55 P.M. Next to a dock. Caught a 14 incher at 4:00 P.M. on a rattle trap 1/4 oz. silver and black.There seems to be some fish shallow....DAN
3/21/993/20/99
Water Temperature = ??
Water Clarity = 6 inches
Went to Brookville today just to wet a line. Needed to get out. Drive over was beautiful. Listened to the Bush Race on the way. Launched at the Fairfield ramp about 2:20. Wind was mild. Fished north up the East bank. Hit a couple of the creeks along the way. No Bites, but who cares, I was fishing. Met up with some guys who were fishing a tourney. They had 2 keepers. He indicated they started their T around 8:00 a.m. and the 2 Keepers were caught by 9:20. Caught on a Jig. Bite was supposedly very light, actually just pressure. No other reports. But, I got to go fishing!!!!!!...Bobo
4/3/994/3/99
Water Temperature = 46-54
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Went to Summit Lake on Thurs. 4/1. Had heard that bass were being caught in shallow water on shallow running crankbaits. Water temp was from 46 degrees down at the dam end to 54 degrees in the back of a cove on the northeast end. Fished from 2:00 to 4:30. Had 2 light hits on a spinnerbait shallow. Couldn't connect. Talked to a couple of guys at the ramp the had caught a couple of small bass on rattle traps. If anyone has any suggestions on this lake let me know. We used to do real well a few years ago but it seems like it has gotten tougher in the last several years...Terry
4/3/99
Water Temperature = 48
Water Clarity = clear
wind was brisk at 10 to 20 mph from the west, located bass from 1 to 5 ft depths close to structure and spread out, mainly in main lake cuts and bays (backside) fish were generaly sluggish, had to hit them on the nose with jigs. Was able to land 2, one 15 inches, another 13 inches....Aaron
