Dogwood Lake

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This page was last updated on SEP 18 2010 01:21 P.M.

Glendale FWA lakes and ponds
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Description:


Glendale FWA is dedicated to providing quality hunting and fishing opportunities while maintaining 8,060 acres of land and over 1,400 acres of lakes and impoundments. Located in Daviess County, Glendale FWA has fishing in Dogwood lake and other ponds. The area also has hunting, wildlife watching, camping, wetland trapping, and dog training areas and blackberries, persimmon, hickory nuts, morels and walnut gathering.




Fish


Black crappie
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The Black crappie has seven to eight dorsal spines, as well as some random blotches on it's sides.

Bait: Jigs and jigs w/minnow, waxworm, beemoth
Depth: 8 ft -12 ft. +


Comments about fish:

Crappie fishing success is improving with the cooling water temperatures. Still in deeper water but slowly shallowing up.
Bluegill
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The bluegill has five to nine vertical bars on its sides, a black opercle flat (ear) with no margin and a dark spot at the rear of it's dorsal fin.

Bait: Redworms and crickets, tube jigs
Depth: 8 ft. to12 ft. +


Comments about fish:

Larger 'gills are still in deeper water along weed beds and near structure. With the cooling of the water temperature bluegills have become more active and success is improving.
Channel catfish
Description:
The channel catfish has a smooth scaleless skin and barbels on its face resembling cat whiskers. The barbels help the channel catfish taste and feel objects and enable it to locate food in dark and turbid water. The channel catfish has 24-29 rays in its rounded anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the fish has dark spots on its sides when young.

Bait: Live bait and worms, chicken liver
Depth: 12 ft. +


Comments about fish:

Catfish are being taken on hand lines,limb lines AND trotlines. Fishermen are using worms or chicken liver for channels and live bait for flatheads. Trotline/limbline permits will be issued through Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010*. *Please Note: This date may change. Ending date for trotline permits is subject to the beginning date of the October Waterfowl Season dates as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Largemouth bass
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. On the largemouth bass, the upper jaw extends beyond back of eye, differentiating the fish from the smallmouth bass. The largemouth bass commonly reached six pounds.

Bait: Artificial worms, crank baits, some spinner baits
Depth: 15' +


Comments about fish:

Cooling water temperatures are making the bass more active. Still in deeper water but are beginning to move into shallower water off the points.
Redear sunfish
Description:
Sunfishes include some of the best-known fish in Indiana. Bluegill, redear sunfish, black and white crappie, largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass are all members of the sunfish family. The redear sunfish has an opercle flap (ear) that is tipped with a red or orange margin.

Bait: Redworms and crickets, tube jigs
Depth: 8' - 12 ft. +


Comments about fish:

Same as bluegills. In deeper water along weed beds and near structure along old roadbeds just off the bottom.
Yellow perch
Description:
Indiana anglers have long since sought perch for their tasty flavor. The yellow perch, walleye and sauger are members of this popular family. The yellow perch ranges from 6 to 12 inches long and up to one or two pounds.

Bait: Redworms, nightcrawlers
Depth: 8' - 12' +


Comments about fish:

A few being taken while fishing for redear.

Comments about body of water:


Dogwood Lake is 11 inches below summer pool and the water is clear. Surface temperatures are ranging in the mid 70's. The forecast for the coming week is for mostly clear to partly cloudy later in the week. Air temps. during this time period range from the mid to high 80's during the day with nighttime lows in the high 50's to mid 60's.