Hello to everyone out there. It's been a couple of weeks since I gave a report but there just hasn't been much going on because of the heat and everything had gone to spawn. Now the spawn is over and the fishing is picking up again so I will let you know what we have been told.

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Crappie--there have been some caught in the last couple weeks. They are a little deep as expected but they are hitting on minnows and an few jigs. They have been between 10 to 16 inches. This is from the City lake and the res.

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Walleye--there have many caught while drifting and trolling in both the city lake and the res. Crawlers and minnows have worked real well getting them to bite plus some have used small perch.

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Catfish--the channels have been doing real good. They seem to be feeding on minnows, crawlers, livers, shad sides and guts. Some of the big ones have been hitting on goldfish and crawdads. We have seen all sizes of channels. The flatheads are feeding again and seem to like perch, goldfish, crawdads, and crawlers. This week the biggest fish we have seen is a 48 pound yellow cat. He was caught at the city lake on a perch.

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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