I wanted to post a small lake report for Summit Lake out in Henry county north of New Castle. I went there for the first time this past Sunday (6/9/02). I arrived at the ramp at a little after 6:00Am and there was already a line at the ramps and a 3/4 full parking lot. There are two ramps, but I assume the other was just as full. Summit is a large lake, over 2000 acres (?) and is very weedy with a plethora of prime bass habitat. I found deep areas, shallow areas and everything in between. No real structure to speak of that I found but cover galore mainily weeds and a very rocky dam area with very large aggregate. Fish were very shallow; 2-5’ of water holding deep within the weeds. There is a wide variety of weeds from coon-tail, to reeds, to grass, to moss. Fishing the weeds was tough as they are very thick but if you could get a bait down in it, there were fish to be caught. I did not catch good numbers but the fish were of good quality with 5 keeper+ fish in 7 hours of fishing (one was nearly 3lbs).
Thanks for the report. I’ve never been to Summit but have been considering it. How would you rate the lake? Would you go back?
I would rate it well and yes I will definitely go back. I will definitely take a vacation day next time I go though so I can go during the week. It was very crowded and you could only fish for a short distance without running into another boat. I would say based on first impressions, it is one of the best lakes in Indiana I have been on in a while.
Thanks, I may have to take a vacation day and head out there myself.
Second Report:
Went to summit for the second time on Sat 6/15/02. The weather was cold (54F) ,overcast and windy. The water was stained to stained/muddy depending on where you were at. The bass once again were shallow on the wind blown banks in the weeds. Caught 35 bass in less than 5 hours all of quality. The sun came out at around 10:30a, the bass moved to deeper water. Unfortunately the wind kicked up too when the clouds dispersed and boat control was near impossible. All bass but 3 were 15’+ and one over 5lb.
thats plenty big enough. I have seen monster fish come out of 3 acre ponds.
I live on a 600 acre lake and the fishing is absolutly teriffic.