Crappie: Fish will be biting in warmer weather. — Indiana Department of Natural Resources Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area ...

Water level is 3 feet above summer pool, with a surface temperature around 58 degrees. The upper end of the lake is very stained and muddy.

Rusty Collier, owner and operator of J&R Guide Service, swears by his Southern Pro Jigs, though. Rusty fishes both Lake Monroe and Lake Patoka regularly, and he’s a crappie-catching machine.

At 8,800 surface acres, Patoka Lake is the second-largest reservoir in Indiana. The lake is an amazing fishery, with deep coves and standing timber scattered throughout. But in my book, it’s the ...