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| Paint Creek Lake Unlimited Horsepower Crappie - Noted for its crappie fishing. Good to excellent numbers of 9 to 12 inch crappies were caught in 2007. Use minnows, twister tails, or small tubes. O.D.N.R. Picked Paint Creek Lake as the hot lake in district 5 for crappie in 2007and it should be just as good in 2008. Bass - According to O.D.N.R. There are excellent numbers of bass in the lake. Use spinner baits or jig-and-pig in the spring. During the summer & fall try crank baits, plastic worms, or tubes. There is a daily limit of 5 and a minimum size of 15". Bluegill - Good to excellent numbers can be caught on wax worms or red worms around the docks, in the back of coves, and on shallow points. White Bass - In the spring look for white bass in the creek arms - Rattlesnake and Paint Creek. Use in-line spinners (rooster tails, mepps, etc.) or twister tails. During the summer & fall look for them on the flats chasing shad - again try in-line spinners or twister tails. Channel Catfish - Catch them on night crawlers, liver, or cut bait on the flats in the lake. Saugeye - Fair to good numbers have been caught the last couple of years in the fall between the beach and the island and around the hazard zone. Cast jig heads with twister tails or troll crank baits ( shad raps ). Paint Creek Lake Tailwaters Fishing in the tail waters of Paint Creek Lake can be good to excellent for saugeye, crappie, and channel catfish. Saugeye - In the winter use twister tails - tipping with a minnow may help. In warmer weather use twister tails, minnows, or small crank baits. There is a daily limit of 6. In May 2007 230,000 saugeye were stocked & should be ready for this year. Crappie - Fish with a minnow below a bobber, with jig heads and twister tails or small tubes. Channel Catfish - Use night crawlers or liver to catch excellent numbers of catfish. Bluegill - Use wax worms. Shovel head (Flathead) Catfish - Use live bait - goldfish, chubs, or large minnows. Remember that Paint Creek Lake was built for flood control. Water levels can vary in the lake as well as in the tail waters - especially after heavy rainfall. Call the Corps of Engineers at (937)365-1167 for a recording with current lake and tail waters conditions. |
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