I’ve been fishing local smaller lakes here in S. IN. My “home” lake is a smaller lake located in Pike County, called Prides Creek Lake. Its actually considered a “hot spot” in the indiana fishing guide. I went with one of my buddies to their honey hole today…oh my! I prob fished for an hour and a half (we had time constraints) and caught ten bass that all weighed over three, one pushing past five. The large pond is a strip pit that is roughly 30 years old. I was using a yo-yo technique with 3/8 ounce watermelon jig and trailer in 5-15 foot of water and they were smashing it. The pond doesn’t get much pressure at all and I’m wondering if that is why I was able to get some reactions out of them during the afternoon. Prides Creek is pounded heavily by bass fisherman, but not during this time of the year. That is why I think it is critical to capitalize on the low light conditions at my highly pressured lake.
There has been a few guys on here over the past couple years that fish those strip pits down there. From what I hear they produce some solid fish.
Fishing pressure has definately slowed around here (SE Indiana) also. I’ve been wanting to head out a couple more times before its too cold but the wind and rain had caused me to elude that water.
