Arthur Collier from Orleans spent his Birthday catching Monroe Crappie with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . 48 Crappie , 6 Yellow Bass and 5 Bluegill should make for a Birthday Fish Fry . Bait - Grizzly Jigs & Minnows ,  Southern Pro Jigs and Hot Grubs . Fish were caught on the main lake .

Patrick Colins of Kokamo IN .  caught 5 keeper Bass with Joe of J & R Guide Service on 8/25/08 . Largest fish went 4 lbs.     Bait 7" Power Worms . Six smaller Bass were also caught . All fish were released .

Grandpa Tom and Carlos along with Rusty of J & R Guide Service , caught 34 Crappie , 8 Bluegill and two Largemouth Bass on Wed. morning at Monroe Res. bait - Grizzly Jigs and Minnows in 12 feet of water on the main lake . Crappie averaged  8 - 10 inches .

Jim Taylor of Bedford IN. Caught 34 of Monroe`s Crappie on Monday Morning with Rusty of J & R Guide Service .
Also caught were 12 nice Bluegill , 1 smallmouth , 1 largemouth and 1 Wiper . Bait - Grizzly Jigs with Minnows and Fish - N - Spins . Fish were caught in 12 feet of water on the main lake targeting stickups . Total time fished , 3.5 hours  .

Adam and George Comptom , Les Meyers and Dave Durbin joined Joe & Rusty of J & R  on Sat. morning for some Patoka Bluegill Fishing . They keep 64 Gills and released several smaller fish . Bait crickets and Fish - N - Spins .

David Gilbert from Michigan caught 8 Largemouth Bass on the 6th and 9 Largemouth Bass on the 7th with Rusty of  J & R  ,  ripping Rouges and Rapalas over Monroe weedy flats . Jointed minnows seamed to work better than the straight ones . We tried Flukes with some success but the hard baits seamed a little better . All fish were released to fight another day .

Mark Riggins joined Joe of J & R on Wed. morning to catch 60 Bluegill and two White Bass , and some small catfish on the Main Lake at  Patoka . Bait Crickets .

Jason Fisher and friend Joe joined Joe of J & R on Patoka Lake Tuesday morning and took 31 Bluegill , 2 Whitebass and a Channel Catfish in about a three hour period . Bad weather cut the outing a little short . .Bait - Crickets and Roostertails .

Mike , Wayne , Rick and Jimmy from Shephardsville KY caught 93 Crappie and one Channel Cat with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Monday 7/21/08 . Bait - Minnows and Grizzly Jigs in Chartreus , 1/32 oz. Fish were caught on the main lake .

Rick Keeton and Wife from Avon IN. display some nice Channel Cats that they caught  with Joe of J & R Guide Service on Patoka Lake on 7/20/08 . Largest Cat went 7.3 lbs. The Keetons also caught 32 Bluegills . Bait - Crickets .

Kathy and JR Sons of Bedford IN , caught 125+ Crappie on Monroe Reservoir Wed. afternoon with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . 72 went home for the fry and the rest were released . Most were skillet fryers . Bait - minnows around 12 - 18 feet of water on the main lake .

Jim Taylor from Bedford IN caught 150+ Crappie Tuesday morning on Monroe with Rusty of J & R Guide Service .
50 went to the freezer and the rest were released . Fish were caught on Grizzly Jigs and minnows at 18 feet on the main lake. No real slabs were caught but good size for the skillet .
 

Bob Cochran from Lou. and Rick Cochran from Muncie , caught 75 Crappie , 12 Yellow Bass , 10 Bluegill and 7 Channel Cats on Friday morning with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Monroe Reservoir on the Main Lake . Bait - Minnows and Southern Pro Jigs .

JT and Pappap are still chasing Monroe whiskers around. These 4 Cats went 46lbs  .  Caught on 7/10/08 .  Bait - Sunfish . The bite has seemed to change from daytime to mostly after dark .  

Butch from Florida and Art from Indy caught 43 Bluegill and 7 Catfish with Joe of J & R Guide Service on 7/10/08 . Fish were caught on the Main Lake on Crickets . Catfish were 2 - 5 lb. Several smaller fish were released .

Paul Meyer and Rusty of J & R took First Place with 28lbs. during the Bedford Boat and Sportsman Club`s  Summer Catfish Fishing Tournament on 7/5/08 . The Tournament was held on the White River  east of Bedford IN.  Channels were caught on Shad Guts and Cut Bait  , fishing Drifts .

Rex and Tanner Smith took 2nd place with 25lbs. and took Big Cat honors during the Bedford Boat and Sportsman Club summer Catfish Tournament . Tanner is holding up two of his Flathead Catfish that he caught during the Tournament . Largest Flathead went 12.6 lbs.

Rusty could not get anyone out of bed this morning to help check limb lines so he went it alone . A Big Flathead 42lbs. and 53lbs. of Channels went into the Big cooler . Another approx. 25lber was  lost at the dip net . Bait - Sunfish . In three days about 1/3 of the cats were caught on handlines and the rest came on Limb Lines . 

JT Pruett and Rusty of J & R went after some more Monroe Cats on Wed. 7/2/08 during the morning , between 6:30am - 10:00am . All fish this trip were caught  on limb lines using small Bluegills and Sunfish as bait . JT has decided that he like this way of fishing for cats very much .

Lenny and JT joined Rusty of J & R for an evening of limb lining and hand lining for some Monroe Channel Catfish . Toatal weight was 49lbs.  Bait - Sunfish & Shad Guts .  Fish were caught between 4:00pm - 9:30pm . 7/1/08

Paul Meyer from Bedford IN. joined  Rusty of J & R to checked out the Catfish bite at Boggs Lake Thursday night . 11 Channel Cats & 12+ Bullheads fell to shad guts and cut mackeral. Fish were caught between 10:00pm - 1:00pm . Rigging - Slip sinkers and circle hooks .

Get out of the Sun and try our tackle Bustin Catfish Trips at NIGHT .  A 4hr . trip will usually put you into some exciting Cat Action .

Kathy and J.R. Sonns from  Bedford IN. joined Rusty of J & R on Wed. night , 6/25/08 , and landed 5 nice Channel Cats ranging from 14" - 21" . Bait - chicken liver . fished on a slip sinker and circle hook rig . Fish were caught between 9:30pm - 12:30pm . Fishing under the stars , what could be better ? I believe that the Sonns are having Catfish and fried taters tonight for supper .

Bill Grodie and Bill Jenner of Madison IN. joined Rusty of J & R for a good day of Monroe Crappie and Bluegill Fishing . 17 Crappie , 24 Bluegill , 8 Yellow Bass and a 14` Largemouth Bass . Bait - Southern Pro Jig Heads and Hot Grubs in Popcicle color . Fish were caught on the main Lake in 4 - 7 feet of water .

Paul Meyer of Bedford IN , and Rusty from J & R , checked out the night bite for some Patoka Lake Channel Catfish on Wed. night . Eight Channels caught and two released between 9:00pm - 11:30pm . The bite was turning on about the time we had to go . Bait - Shad Guts and Mackerel .  If you would like to get in on some of the night action for Catfish , give J & R a call . We guide on Boggs Lake also for Cats which is usally dynamite action for big Catfish .

Arthur Collier from Orleans IN hooked up with Rusty of J & R Guide Service for some Fish Fry material on Wed. morning at Monroe Res..      33 Bull Head Bluegills , 2 ,  14" Bass ,   1 , 11" Crappie and a 18" ChannelCat  filled the bill . Fish were caught on crickets and FISH - N - SPINNS .  

Bill & Pat Jenner from Madison IN. , holds a 4lb. Bass that was part of their Monday mornings catch with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Monroe Reservoir . . They also took 63 Bluegill off the nest and had 18 nice Crappie . Bait - FISH-N-SPINS , crickets , Southern Pro Jigs . Fish were caught on the main lake in 8 - 4 feet of water .

Patoka fishing is improving greatly in the last few days .
Crappie are being caught just about anywhere you can find weeds in 8 - 12 feet of water . Drifting minnows works as well as traditional jig heads and curly tails . We saw some 12 - 14ers coming in today .
Bass are being caught by swimming jigs over weed beds , jerk baits and large 10" motoroil colored worms , texas rigged .
A few White Bass are being caught on white rooster tails when you are luck enough to catch them working a school of shad on the surface .
Bluegills are nesting and can be caught on crickets , beemoths and beetle spin type lures . Find the nesting sites is the key .
Its about time the fish are starting to cooperate at Patoka Lake . 
Stripers are still asleep .

Gary from Jeffersonville and Dan from Louisville took 43 nice Bluegill and Redear on the nest with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Friday evening . Bait - crickets and red worms . Looks like another fish fry in KY . 

Daniell , Dillion , JT and Gage Pruett with some nice gills that they caught with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . JT also took a mean Channel Cat on and won . Bait - crickets with bobbers and tight lining .

Kevin Patrick and Kathy Darnell from Jeffersontown IN , joined Rusty of J & R Guide Service on 6/7/08 and caught two Channel Cats , several small Crappie , three in the 14 range and some in the 10 range on Southern Pro Jigs Heads and the Popcicle Hot Grub  The surface temp. is nearing 80 degrees and the Crappie spawn is all but over . Some nice Crappie can still be caught  but it takes alot of moving and hard fishing . We believe that some Crappie fishing on the Main Lake would be a good alternative right now especially with all the new flooding and muddy water above the causeway . The catfishing is really warming up so this might be a fun choice for action . Bluegills on the nest would also be a good joice .

We have been with clients on Patoka on the 6th and 7th with some very slow fishing results . With a couple of missed Striper blowups , a few small Crappie and a few small Bluegills we donot have much to report.  I have talked to some Catfishermen and they say that the Catfishing on Patoka is very good right now . Bait has been shad guts and sunfish . Catfishing can be really fun and they fight extra hard . Give it a try . The Strippers have never really turned on this spring . We are preparing to get in on some of these big CATS shortly . 

Paul Myer from Bedford and the local Catfish Club reports that Monroe Channel Cats and Flatheads are hittting well after dark on shad guts and Sunfish in shallow water bays near deep water .  Their sat. night tournament on 6/7/08 produced several nice channels and some Flatheads in the 30 range .

Larry Koerner from Plainfield ILL. displaying some of his 25 Crappie limit with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Monday 6/2/08 . Some  fish are still holding in the spawning areas even though the water temp was around 78 degrees today . Out of 25 fish , only three still were holding eggs . Bait - Scrounger jigs and Southern Pro Hot Grubs .

J.R. Sonns of Bedford IN. and Rusty of J & R Guide Service team up on the nesting Bluegills and Readears on Sun. morning using crickets for bait. J. R. is getting the grease hot right now , gotta go .

Bob & Larry from Louisville KY. holding up some of their 50 Crappie limit that they caught Friday with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . Fish ranged from 8 - 16 inches . Alot of these fish were caught in 2 - 4 feet of water in the middle fork area of Lake Monroe .  Bait - Southern Pro yellow jig heads and popcicle hot grubs .

Steve Ohl along with his fishing buddy , joined Tom Todd of J & R Guide Service on Friday morning to chase some Monroe Bass around and the Bass won. They did stop for a short while to rest and catch 6 Crappie from 12 - 16 inched along with several smaller ones. A bad day after Monroe Bass is still better than a good day at work am told.

Ed , Clark and Edmund from Bloomington IN. displaying some of there catch of 19 Crappie caught in the Moores Creek Area of Lake Monroe on Thursday with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . Fish were caught on Scrounger jigs and Southern Pro Hot Grubs in popcicle color.

J & R Guide Service took some time off to take the family camping and fishing at Paynetown at Monroe Reservoir over the Holiday Weekend . The Crappie fishing is still hot at Monroe and we put  100 + nice Crappie in the Freezer for our efforts. Southern Pro Jigheads and Hot Grubs in the color of walley world , yellow jacket and popcicle did the trick . Following are a few pics of some nice Monroe Crappie .

J & R Guide Service has been at the Dam on Monroe Reservoir the past few evenings , catching Wipers using chicken livers for bait . Average size seems to be about 4 lbs. , some larger , some smaller . If you`ve drove by you probably have noticed that several fisherman know the Wiper Bite is going on . I discovered tonight that you donot have to use chicken livers . A small inline spinner bait will also do the trick with the proper retrieve . There`s nothing like a Wiper on the end of your line.

Woody Hannah & Bob Diedrich of Louisville KY ,  joined Rusty of J & R Guide Service for a wet Monday afternoon of Monroe Slab Crappie fishing . 12 nice Crappie went to KY and about 150 went back into the lake , Fish were caught on Southern Pro Jigs and grubs  & Scrounger Jigs .

Lenny , Gage and JT Pruett from Springville IN , climbed in the boat with Rusty of J & R Guide Service Saturday afternoon for some big Bull Head Bluegill action . The team pulled in 33 nice gills off the nest on Crickets fishing on the bottom ( tight lineing) in 3 feet of water . The full moon will be on the 19th and the next two weeks should be fantastic for Big Monroe Slab Crappie spawning , Bluegills Nesting and those Mean Patoka Stripers are starting to warm up . 

Larry & Nancy Koerner finished their week of fishing on Monroe Res. with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Friday with a nice mess of Crappie . They caught  31  fish from 16" to 10" , 20lbs. total weight .  200+ crappie were released .  Fish were caught on Roadrunners and Southern Pro Jigs . Surface temp. was back up to 63.5 degrees but with muddy water from Thursday`s rain . 

J & R went scouting Wed. afternoon for some new crappie holes from middle fork towards crooked creek . Seams that about all coves with floode willows in the back end held some crappie . I caught est. 150 fish . Several could have been kept but I only took 12 - 15 inch fish home , 12 total . Fish were caught on a black jig head and a green 3" power grub   &  a chartreus roadrunner . A reliable source also reported to me that the Wiper fishing at the Dam is very good right now !!

Larry and Nancy Koerner from ILL. ,  ended up with a mess of Monroe Crappie after a slow day of fishing with Rusty of J & R Guide Service Tuesday afternoon . We caught alot of little fish but finally found a few big ones at the end . Fish were caught on Roadrunners and Southern Pro Jigs .

Larry and Nancy Koerner from Plainfield ILL. experienced some of Monroe Crappie fishing with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Monday afternoon . 32 fish were kept and 75+ were released . Fish were caught on Roadrunners and Southern Pro jigs .

John and Tammy Hoefling from Indy , took 36 Patoka Crappie with Rusty of J & R Guide Service  on Sat. morning 5/10/08 . Fish were caught above Walls Ramp on Roadrunners and Tube Jigs. Several more smaller Crappie were released . These fish were on the channel edges away from the bank.

Outdoorwriter Brandon Butler from Smithville ,  and friends Justin Corey from Bloomington , Rob McGuyre and son Brenden from Colorado ,  hit the payload on Monroe Slab Crappie with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Friday afternoon . Largest 2 fish were 17" , but most were a pound to a pound and a half . Total weight was 38lbs. Surface temp. was 63.5 degrees and most fish came from 7 feet of water on 1/8 oz. Southern Pro Jigs and Scrounger Jigs .

Doug Fowler and friends struggled with the crappie thru the wind and rain on the Patoka main lake area on Wed. with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . Three boats caught (est. ) 45 fish total with mostly small crappie . We still advise to go to the upper end on the lake for larger fish . We did try for Striper on our top water baits and had one good boil but did not connect on the fish. Hopefully the Striper action will be on in about a week . Surface temp. is still cool at 63 degrees on the main lake .

Carl Ross and Daughter joined Joe of J& R G UIDE Guide Service on Monroe on Tuesday morning and caught 25 crappie and bluegill along with a 5lb. walleye . All fish were caught on jig heads and curly tails ,  

Scott Holtsclaw and his wife from Bedford , IN  harvested some nice Monroe Crappie Tuesday 5/6/08 morning with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . They found their fish in 3 - 7 feet of water in the middle fork area of Monroe Res.  Crappie were caught on roadrunners and tube jigs . Total was 38 crappie , 1 walleye , 2 bluegill and 150+ smaller crappie that were released .

Nick and Larry from Indy almost beat the rain on Friday morning , with Rusty of J & R Guide Service to collect 26  Patoka Crappie for the pot .  These Crappie were caught in 7 feet of water on Roadrunners and Scrounger jigs . In the Little Patoka River area . Nick and Larry released 100+ smaller fish .

Ed and Lester from Franklin IN , Joined Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Thursday for a windy afternoon of Monroe Reservoir Crappie fishing . Roadrunners and scroundger jigs  put these fine slabs in the livewell . 17 crappie kept had a total weight of 16.3 lbs.

Bill Jenner and close friends joined Rusty , Joe and Phil , of J & R Guide Service , for some Monroe Crappie fishing on Tuesday morning , The cold front slowed the action down but we finally were able to put together a pattern that produced another nice mess of Crappie . All fish were caught on roadrunners , Southern Pro Jigs and Scrounger Jigs in 7-10 feet of water . Total weight for 24 fish was 23lbs. with the largest fish weighing 2.4 lbs.

Bob Finnegan from Lawrensburg and John Schuring from Madison , got in on some great  Slab Crappie fishing on Monroe Reservoir ahead of the evening storm with Rusty of J & R Guide Service . We found these fish in 7 feet of water and use jigs and roadrunners , fished slow , to nail these bad boys . Total weight for 21 fish was 20.7 lbs.  Here comes another fish fry !!!!!!!!!

Gage and JT Pruett were practicing their Crappie techniques when they hooked into some mean slabs . The Crappie are in trouble .

Doug Fowler , Mike Bowman , Mike McCoy , Steve Zarnow and Dennis McCiver hooked up with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Friday morning for some good old Patoka Crappie Fishing . 41 Crappie were kept from 10 - 16.5 inches . Fish were caught on baby shinners and roadrunners in 7 feet of water . 

Evan Kuehn , Ned Beach , Justin Fink and Brent Beier from Granger IN , hooked into some Patoka Slabs with Rusty of J & R Guide Service on Thursday morning using tube jigs , Roadrunners and curly tails of assorted colors in 4 - 7 feet of water . Water surface temp. was 66 - 68 degrees . Fish were caught in the upper portion of the River . Evans group caught 150+ crappie that were released . Total weight of 22 fisf kept was 16lbs.

Doug Skinner from Martinsville IN took a nice Gobbler with Joe and some slab Crappie with Rusty on the first day of Turkey season on J & R`s  1/2 day hunt and 1/2 day fishing special  at Patoka Lake .