SEP 11 2010 09:50 A.M.
Glendale FWA lakes and ponds

glendalefwa@dnr.in.gov

Description:

Glendale FWA is dedicated to providing quality hunting and fishing opportunities while maintaining 8,060 acres of land and over 1,400 acres of lakes and impoundments. Located in Daviess County, Glendale FWA has fishing in Dogwood lake and other ponds. The area also has hunting, wildlife watching, camping, wetland trapping, and dog training areas and blackberries, persimmon, hickory nuts, morels and walnut gathering.


Fish

Black crappie

Description:

Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The Black crappie has seven to eight dorsal spines, as well as some random blotches on it's sides.

Bait: Jigs and jigs w/beemoth or wax worm
Depth: 12 ft. +

Comments about fish:

Crappie fishing success is improving with the cooling water temperatures.

Bluegill

Description:

Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.

Bait: Redworms and crickets, tube jigs
Depth: 8 ft. to12 ft. +

Comments about fish:

Larger 'gills are still in deeper water along weed beds and near structure. With the cooling of the water temperature bluegills have become more active and success is improving.

Channel catfish

Description:

The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.

Bait: Live bait and worms, chicken liver
Depth: 12 ft. +

Comments about fish:

Catfish are being taken on limb lines. Fishermen are using worms or chicken liver for channels and live bait for flatheads. Some action for the handline fishermen on the lake and the ponds late afternoon through dusk. Trotline/limbline permits will be issued through Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010*. *Please Note: This date may change. Ending date for trotline permits is subject to the beginning date of the October Waterfowl Season dates as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Largemouth bass

Description:

Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. On the largemouth bass, the upper jaw extends beyond back of eye, differentiating the fish from the smallmouth bass. The largemouth bass commonly reached six pounds.

Bait: Artificial worms, crank baits
Depth: 10' to 15' +

Comments about fish:

Cooling water temperatures are making the bass more active. Still in deeper water but are beginning to move into shallower water off the points.

Redear sunfish

Description:

Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The redear sunfish has an opercle flap (ear) that is tipped with a red or orange margin.

Bait: Redworms and crickets, tube jigs
Depth: 8' - 12 ft. +

Comments about fish:

Same as bluegills. In deeper water along weed beds and near structure along old roadbeds just off the bottom.

Yellow perch

Description:

Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The yellow perch ranges from 6 to 12 inches long and up to one or two pounds.

Bait: Redworms, nightcrawlers
Depth: 8' - 12' +

Comments about fish:

A few being taken while fishing for redear.

Comments about body of water:

Dogwood Lake is 9 inches below summer pool and the water is clear. Surface temperatures are ranging from the mid to high 70's. The forecast for the coming week is for rain and T-showers Saturday, clear for Sunday thru Tuesday and a possibility of scattered showers and T-storms moving in mid-week but a little early to tell. Air temps. during this time period range from the mid to high 80's during the day with nighttime lows in the high 50's to low 60's.


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SEP 11 2010 02:04 P.M.
Salamonie Reservoir

bweber@dnr.in.gov

Description:

Salamonie Reservoir is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) flood control project on the Salamonie River to control flood waters in the Wabash River. During summer months, the reservoir is maintained at about 2,665 acres. A majority of anglers target white crappie on the Salamonie Reservoir. However, anglers will find channel catfish and white bass are quite abundant. The tailwaters downstream of the dam provide excellent walleye fishing, especially during spring. These fish most likely come from the reservoir during fall drawdown.


Fish

Bluegill

Description:

Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.

Bait: Marabou jigs, flies, bee moths, worms
Depth: Shallows near the bank <7 feet

Comments about fish:

Public property ponds on Salamonie Reservoir property provide good fishing opportunity for panfish such as bluegill, redear sunfish, and largemouth bass. Hominy Ridge Lake in the Salamonie River State Forest provides good opportunity for bluegill, redear sunfish, and largemouth bass. Bluegill and largemouth bass can also be caught infrequently in the Salamonie Reservoir. Anglers will need to obtain a motorized or non-motorized lake permit to fish from a boat on the Salamonie public property ponds and Hominy Ridge Lake. Special fishing regulations apply and are posted at sign-in stations throughout the property. There have been no reports this week of bluegill being caught by fisherpeople.

Channel catfish

Description:

The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.

Bait: Frozen chubs, night crawlers, chicken livers, and cut shad
Depth: In reservoir on bottom (10-20 feet), holes in river

Comments about fish:

When the Salamonie Reservoir is at summer pool, good fishing for catfish can be found near the shoreline near the Pirates Cove Marina. Many anglers walk down the Lost Bridge West Boat Ramp and along the shoreline to their fishing spots. Catfish anglers can also be successful in other coves and fingers of the lake. The Salamonie River upstream of the lake is a good fishery for channel catfish. Anglers are more successful in stretches of the river that are slow and deep. Fisherpeople have been having good luck catching catfish at Salamonie this week, it will be a good weekend for fishing.

Walleye

Description:

Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The walleye has no spots on its dorsal fin and a dusky spot at the rear of its spiny dorsal fin, lower tip of tail and anal fin are white.

Bait: artificial baits or your secret weapon
Depth: regular body of water in the reservoir

Comments about fish:

Walleye can be caught in the tailwater all year long. Walleye are rarely caught in Salamonie Reservoir.

White bass

Description:

These bass belong to the temperate bass family. Temperate basses include the true fresh water basses, white and yellow bass, and the striped bass, which originally lived in the Atlantic Ocean but can live its entire life in fresh water. Temperate basses often school far from shore and feed on schooling fish. Hybrid striped bass are a cross of white and striped bass. The white bass has a single tooth patch on back of tongue, first stripe below lateral line not complete to tail.

Bait: Jigs with minnows (most effective), bee moths
Depth: Throughout

Comments about fish:

White bass fishing is sporadic in the lake. Fishing for white bass can be good at certain times. Populations often fluctuate due to flood events and cyclic shad populations. White bass fishing is good in the tailwater throughout the warmer months. There have been reports of bass being caught at the fishing pier down by the beach at Salamonie, as well as in the lake.

White crappie

Description:

Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The white crappie has six dorsal spines, black side markings forming vertical bars rather than random spots and anal fin rays.

Bait: Tube jigs tipped w/ minnows
Depth: In 18 ft. of water, fish 6-8 ft. deep

Comments about fish:

Salamonie Reservoir offers excellent crappie fishing throughout the year. There has not been much fishing activity due to extremely high water and muddy lake conditions. Boating conditions poor due to floating debris. Crappie fishing has picked up since lake levels have stabilized. Crappie are being caught between 8 and 12 feet deep and in abundance. Try fishing for crappie at the fishing pier down at the beach. Fisherpeople have been catching many crappies at the pier, especially at night. It will be a great weekend for crappie fishing.

Comments about body of water:

Lake levels tend to fluctuate widely during February, March, and April and water is frequently turbid. Water clarity is the best from July to October. Current tailwater flows and reservoir levels can be obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website (www.lrl.usace.army.mil/sal/). Boaters need to be aware of driftwood floating freely in the lake from Late April through early June. Dora ramp is the deepest ramp and the only ramp that can provide boat access through December when the reservoir is at winter pool. Shallow water markers are taken out of the water during late fall so be aware of shallow areas. Though ice fishing can be hazardous at times due to fluctuating water levels and sloped ice, it usually provides excellent opportunity for white crappie.

http://www.in.gov/apps/dnr/fishing/dnr_fishingreport