Fishing Report For Lake Maxinkuckee, IN

By Rick Seaman

May 10, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana

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Popular Fish Species Lake Maxinkuckee, IN

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

As the water temperature is in the low 60's, and climbing, bass here will soon be drawn into spawning areas. Currently they are staging outside spawning bays and coves, aggressively feeding. Numerous lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, but many successful anglers are throwing vibrating jigs, crankbaits and jerkbaits. Stick worms, rigged wacky style, are always a go-to bait for finicky bass, and often catches the larger ones.

Walleye

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

Now, and again in Fall are the best season for catching walleye here. Anglers are finding walleye in the shallows, especially rocky areas and catching them with several tactics. Jigs tipped with minnows, leeches or nightcrawlers are catching nice walleye bi casting. Once Spring, and the spawn, are over, they will move to deeper water during the day, but feed shallow early in the morning and again from dusk to long after dark. They primarily feed baitfish and other small fish, most often close to the bottom. Blade baits, jigs, swimbaits and spoons are popular lure choices. Local anglers have reported catching walleye using spoons, deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners while trolling.

Smallmouth Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Like the largemouth here, smallmouth bass have spawning on their mind, and are feeding to bulk up during this pre-spawn period. Fishing for smallies is often good on cold, windy, cloudy and rainy days. Early in the day, topwater is a great way to search, and cover water. Smallmouth are currently being caught in good numbers, especially on poppers. Ned rigs, tube baits, drop shots and jerkbaits are good choices once the sun gets high in the sky, and these bass move out of the shallows.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, walleye, bluegill, redear sunfish, white bass and yellow perch at Lake Maxinkuckee in Indiana.

Lake Maxinkuckee is a 1,860-acrelake with nearly 10 miles of shoreline.An excellent variety of fish species. Walleye and bass are the primary targets, but crappie, perch, white bass and sunfish are here in good numbers as well. .

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".