2011 Fishing Forecast for Green River Lake
| GREEN RIVER LAKE 8,210
acres (Taylor and Adair counties) |
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Bluegill
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Fair/Good
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Large population with occasional 7-8 inch fish. Fish
stump beds and back ends of coves during spring and
deep-water brush and structure during summer. |
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Channel Catfish
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Excellent
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All sizes available. Hook and line fishing best at night or when water levels are on the rise and muddy. Jug
fishing good mid-summer to fall. |
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Largemouth Bass
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Excellent
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Fair number of fish overall. Better than average numbers of larger fish (18-20 inch plus) available from strong
year class/spawn of 2004. |
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White Crappie |
Good/Excellent |
Good numbers of harvestable-size fish (9-inches plus). Lots of sub-legal fish that you may have to wade through
to find keeper fish. |
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Muskellunge
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Excellent
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Legal sized fish (36-inch) abundant. Good numbers of 40-inch plus fish. Fall, late winter and spring excellent
time to catch trophy fish. Population maintained by annual stocking. |
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Smallmouth Bass
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Fair
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All sizes present with opportunity for trophy-sized fish; most abundant in mid-lower sections of Robinson Creek
and Green River arms. |
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Spotted Bass
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Good
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Better than average numbers of 12-inch plus fish. 15-inch plus spots available. |
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Walleye
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Fair
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Overall numbers are fair as are numbers of larger fish (20-inch plus). Fish dam area and headwater areas of
Robinson Creek and Green River arms in late February through mid-to-late March. Concentrate on standing
timber coves, main lake stump beds, humps, and channel drop offs during summer and fall. Population
maintained by annual stocking. |
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White Bass
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Poor |
Overall numbers are very low. Department is in process of stocking the lake to re-establish population. |
