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CLINTON RESERVOIR   (7,000 Acres)

Updated 8/28/2010

Lake Map    

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 875.5 Temp: 

Inflow: 15 cfs Outflow: 21 cfs Level: 6.15 feet high

Channel catfish  Good  1-3 lbs  Fishing is good for catfish over baited areas. Some fish are being caught using stink bait, liver, and cut bait. Also drifting shad is producing fish.

 White bass  Fair-Good  0.5-1 lb  Using rattletraps, spinners, spoons and jigs for whites busting shad at surface. At times action can be really good, but it's been spotty, beast action late evening. Fairly good reports coming in off Clinton Point area and other points vertically jigging jigs and spoons.  

Wiper  Fair  2-6 lbs  Using rattletraps, spinners, spoons and jigs for wiper feeding on shad at the surface. Also some being taken vertically fishing points.

 Crappie  Slow-Fair  0.5-1 lb  Using jigs and minnows over brushpiles in 8-10 feet of water over and around brushpiles in 15-20 feet of water.

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HILLSDALE RESERVOIR   (4,580 Acres)

Updated 8/28/2010

Lake Map

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 917.0 Temp:

Inflow: 10 cfs Outflow: 242 cfs Level: 0.59 feet high

Report by: Doncunninghamfishing.com

Channel Catfish  Slow/Fair  Up to 10 lbs.  Cutbait or doughbait fished in the upper end of the reservoir.

 Walleye  Slow  Up to 10 lbs.  Crankbaits fished on the flats.

 Crappie  Slow/Fair  Fish are 9 to 11 inches and few up to 13 inches  Minnows fished near deep brushpiles.

 White Bass  Slow/Fair  Up to 2 lbs.  Shad imitation crankbaits or jigs fished along mainlake points. Look for shad being busted at the surface.

 LargemouthBass  Slow  Up to 4 lbs.  Finesse plastics fished near deep structure.

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MILFORD RESERVOIR  (16,200 Acres)

Updated 8/28/2010

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Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1144.4 Temperature:

Inflow: 1700 cfs Outflow: 2673 cfs Level:14.33 feet high

Black bass  Good  up to 6 lbs  Smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass are all available to anglers in Milford. Smallmouth are most abundant, and provide a trophy opportunity. Largemouth are less abundant, but trophys are also present. Spotted bass are few in numbers, but provide a unique fishery. In combination, these species should provide good angling.

 Catfish  Good  up to 30 lbs

 Channel, blue, and flathead catfish are present in Milford. Blue cats provide both a trophy and abundant fishery, while channel cats offer good numbers of smaller fish. Flatheads also provide a trophy fishery of their own, although not as abundant as channels or blues. Together these 3 species offer good fishing to anglers.

 Crappie  Fair  .5-1.5lbs  Crappie numbers are fair in Milford. Although most are smallish, keepers are present. Fishing can be good in Spring and late Fall/Winter when crappie become more concentrated.

 Walleye  Good  up to 6 lbs  Walleye numbers are good in Milford. Many fish will be sub-legal, but there are still keepers available. Fishing along the dam during the spawn, drifting the flats in late Spring/early Summer, and summertime trolling are the most reliable methods.

 White bass  Good  .5-2lbs  White bass of all sizes are abundant in Milford, even trophys. Fishing the river and rocks in the Spring, jigging and trolling in early summer, and topwater in the late Summer/early Fall should be most productive.

 Wiper  Good  up to 10 lbs  Wiper of all sizes are also abundant in Milford. In addition to the techniques for white bass listed above, live bait fishing for Wipers can produce real lunkers for those with appropriate tackle.

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PERRY RESERVOIR  (11,630 Acres)

Updated 8/28/2010

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Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 891.5  Temperature:  

Inflow: 120 cfs Outflow: 25 cfs Level: 10.91 feet high

Zebra Mussels  Super Dangerous!  up to 90 mm  Since the infestion was discovered in Oct. of 2007 these mussels have spread throughout the lake. It's up to all of us to make sure these are not spread to other area lakes, Clean-Drain-Dryeverything that is taken out of Perry. According to my July samples there are about 10 veligers/12 oz can!  Summer Fishing Opportunities  Good     For fishing tips or more current information provided by fishermen like yourself click Got to Fish and look for your lake.  

Channel Catfish  Fair-Good  Up to 10 lbs.  Feeding on shad and worms on the wind blown banks. Feeders are in, feeding at 7:30, 8, noon, 7:30 and 8 pm. New creel and length limit on Blue Catfish 5/day and 35" length limit, look at the picture from last fall. The Hog Troughs have started and a few of those drifting are using shad and doing well. The young shad are from 1.5-4" and there are bunches of them.

 Sauger  Fair  Up to 1.5lbs.  Fish are moved into post-spawning locations, breaks off of the creek channels near flats. Tubes and deep diving cranks off of those points. There was a 4+ pound fish caught in May!

 Largemouth Bass  Fair  Up to 5 lbs.  Electrofishing for shad this week saw lots of small largemouth in the flooded vegetation. Fish spinners or cranks around the structure, look at the new pictures! Quite a few smallmouth bass showing up, we sampled 40 lake wide. Electrofishing results: 6.8 hours yielded 26 fish less than 8", 71 fish between 8-12", 48 fish between 12-15", 60 fish between 15-20" and 5 fish over 20", largest fish 6.21 lbs.

 White Bass  Fair-Good Up to 1.5 lbs.  Fish those points, look for shad being busted, tube jigs or chrome lures.

 White Crappie  Fair  Up to 1.5 lbs.  Tube jigs, fish have scattered for the summer saw lots up shallow feeding on all those shad.

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TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR    (12,500 Acers)

Updated 8/28/2010

Lake Map

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1075.0 Temperature :

Inflow: 4200 cfs Outflow: 2346 cfs Level: 27.91 feet  high

Channel Catfish  Fair to Good  1 to 9 pounds  Wind swept areas or where creeks enter the Reservoir has been producing fish.

 Crappie  Slow  1/2 to 1.5 pounds  Around standing timber

 White Bass  Slow  1/2 to 3 pounds  Rocky points on spoons or near surfacing shad

 Largemouth Bass  Slow  1 to 5 pounds  Coves in southern third of the Reservoir have a fair largemouth bass population. The McIntyre Cove area tends to produce the better fishing.

 Saugeye  Slow  1 to 5 pounds  Most are below the 15" length limit.

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DOUGLAS (SFL)  (180 Acres)

Updated 8/28/2010

Temperature:84  Clarity: 3.5 feet Lake level: 

Lake Map

Report by Sports Cache Bait & Tackle  

Sunfish  Fair  0.2-0.4 lbs Most fish are being caught along shoreline cover with worms under a bobber, some are being taken on jigs.

 Channel catfish  Fair  0.5-3 lbs  Most anglers are using cut bait, minnows, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait.

 Largemouth bass  Slow to Fair  0.2-1 lbs  Most bass are being caught using worms, jigs and small crankbaits near shoreline cover.

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GEARY (SFL)   (97 Acres)

Updated 8/28/2010

Lake Map

Temperature:

Black bass  Good  up to 5 lbs  Largemouth and smallmouth are both available, with the majority being largemouth. They can be caught with traditional methods lakewide throughout the seasons.

 Bluegill  Fair  up to 1/3 lb  Bluegill are found near shallow water cover, and caught on small jigs and live bait.

 Channel catfish  Good  up to 4 lbs  Although smaller in size, channel catfish can be caught lakewide on standard catfish baits. Flatheads can be caught along rocky areas on live bait.

 Crappie  Good  .5 to 1 lb  Crappie numbers and size are good, and should provide quality angling, primarily in the Spring and Winter periods.

 Saugeye  Good  up to 4 lbs  Saugeye numbers are good, with some keepers available for harvest. Most are caught along the dam and rock points on crankbaits and jig/worm.

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MIAMI (SFL)

Updated 8/28/2010  (101 Acres)

Temperature:

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Channel catfish  Fair  1-10 lbs  Using cut bait, shad sides, minnows, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait.

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MIDDLE CREEK (SFL)   (281 Acres)

Updated 8/28/2010

Lake Map

Temperature: Level:

Bluegill No Report

Channel Catfish No Report

Crappie No Report

Largemouth Bass NO Report

White Bass/Wiper No Report

Saugeye No Report

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POTTAWATOMIE #1    (24 Acres)

  Updated 8/28/2010

Water Temp: 

Bluegill  Good  Up to 8 inches  The lake contains a good population of 6-8" bluegill. They can be taken using live bait or small lures.

 Channel Catfish  Fair  3/4 to 5 pounds  Worms or prepared baits lakewide.

 Crappie Fair  1/2 to 1 pound  The lake has fair numbers of 8-10" crappie and can be found in 8+ feet of water.

 Largemouth Bass  Good  1/2 to 5 pounds  The lake has excellent numbers of bass and can be taken lakewide on a wide variety of baits and lures.

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POTTAWATOMIE #2   (75 Acres)

 Updated 8/28/2010

Water Temp: 

Black Bass  Fair to Good  1/2 to 4 pounds  The lake has good numbers of both largemouth and smallmouth. Early mornings on topwater has been good.

 Bluegill and Redear  Fair  Up to 1/4 pound  There are fair numbers of sunfish, but most are small. Bobber and worm along rock piers. Bring a kid!

 Channel Catfish  Good to Excellent  3/4 to 3 pounds  The lake is in the Urban Stocking Program and is frequently stocked with 12 to 18 inch fish. Still fishing using prepared bait, cut bait, and live bait lakewide.

 Crappie  Slow  1/4 to 1 pound  Crappie can be found in 12 - 18 feet of water.

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