Penn Lake Fishing Guide, Hendricks County, Indiana

• Overview

  You will find Penn Lake in Hendricks County, Indiana. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. Small at around 17 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It ranks high for size among our Hendricks County listings. Clermont at 2.4 miles is the nearest place to stop. Beyond it, Fairfield Heights at 2.4 miles and Brownsburg at 3 miles. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Penn Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Public occurrence data for Hendricks County names bluegill, green sunfish and longear sunfish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Penn Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 74°F and January at 25°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Winter locks it down, and mid March brings it back. Expect the water usable from around mid March until roughly late December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. At Penn Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. The closest car park is half a mile away, so pack accordingly. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Manor Lake at 1.2 miles is the sensible second choice. Signs at Penn Lake carry more weight than any list.