Hello to all out there. Well it's time for us to let you know all we have been told about the fishin around here. There is a goodly bunch of shad in the lakes this year and at times the fishin is not as it should be.

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Crappie--they are deep and around brush piles but there have been a few nice ones caught. This is at both lakes and the creeks and river and by nice we can say 2 to 21/2 pounds. Minnows and a few jigs are doing the best at putting these in your basket. At times you do have to work at fishin pretty good.

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Walleye--the walleye have been somewhat slow this past week but we have gotten a few reports of some keepers being caught. Most have been taken while drifting or trolling in both lakes. Minnows, night crawlers and some jigs are working well. Most have been either early morning or late evening.

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Bass----about the only bass we have heard much of this week has been an occasional white bass. Minnows and jigs have been used on these fish.

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Catfish--the channels are again the most caught fish in this. They are slow at times and we are sure it has to do with all the shad. But minnows, crawdads, and crawlers have been working good for this fish. Some of the bigger ones have been caught using small perch and gold-fish. We haven't had much in as far as large flatheads but there have been a few smaller ones caught. Perch, goldfish, crawdads, and koi are a good bait for these.

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Channel Catfish fair using shad in the creeks

White Crappie good using minnows or jigs in the weeds 

Walleye good using jigs and crankbaits

Wipers fair to good

White Bass good using crankbaits and jigs in the creeks and along the dam

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1350.50 Temperature: 

Inflow: 5 cfs Outflow: 15 cfs Level: 0.01 feet low

Some with boats are fishing the road beds and humps for Walleye they do find some keepers not many but some.

The best right now is channel catfish. Fishing a lot over the chum holes. Also had been good for the flat head this year. 

Temperature: 

 Channel Catfish fair using shad side or guts at the upper end of the lake (Length limit is 15 inches and creel limit is 2/day) 

Largemouth Bass good in 1 to 5 feet of water using spinner and crank baits 

Black Crappie fair using minnows and jigs  

 Bluegill fair using small baits along the rocky shoreline 

Redear/Sunfish fair using pieces of worms

Walleye fair  

Temperature: 

Channel Catfish fair at the upper end of the lake (Length limit is 15 inches and the daily creel limit is 5) 

Saugeye/Walleye fair using jigs and crankbaits off the rocky shoreline 

White Bass fair  off the main lake points using shad

Largemouth Bass fair using stick baits in the coves (There is a 13 to 18 inch slot limit in effect at this lake)

White Crappie good using minnows and jigs along the shoreline 

Temperature:

Channel Catfish fair using shad sides and worms

Largemouth Bass good using crankbaits in the shallow waters

Bluegill fair using worm pieces in the rocks