12/22 Indian Creek-----scratch that-----Dam Site

[Devan S.]

Drove all the way down to Indian Creek only to find the gates locked. Hustled over to Dam site and dropped in. Took off looking for Bass. 

Fished from 10am until 3:30 without even so much as a sniff. 

Fished around the island, fished around dam site, fished way back into Indian creek. Fished bluffs, timber, gravel, chunk rock, long runouts, offshore humps, deep trees. Threw A rig, Ned, jerkbait, and 2.8 keitechs. 

Water temp was 49-51 everywhere I fished. Wind was howling later in the day and it was a long, rough, wet ride from the back of Indian all the way across the open lake to Dam site. Wind was blowing straight down Indian Creek.
 

Guess the striper ate all the bass. 

[Quillback]

That area has been tough all year.  I saw on the COE Facebook page that they had closed Indian to re-pave and it was supposed to be reopened last week, but apparently not.

Did you see any stripers on top?

[Devan S.]

They had a road closed sign at the start of the park but when I got to the gates after the shack they were shut and locked. No signs of continued work just appears to be closed at this point. Maybe time to let the pavement settle?

 

I saw one swirl on the long runout directly between Indian creek and the dam site campground. I was sitting in about 40ft of water fishing toward the bank and the splash happened on the backside of the boat about 30 yards. I grabbed the a-rig and tossed it but I am sure I was late.