FISHING REPORTS

STRIPERS:

Fish are schooling and Gulls are advertising where the Stripers are feeding. Typically most fish are in the main lake up to the splits and first bridges. The fish are feeding better as the sun warms the water up so fishing in the afternoons has been more productive. Smaller baits work well now. Small swimbaits like Sea Shads, ¼ oz. Road Runners, 1 oz. spoons and smaller top water baits cast on light line will catch Stripers. Live bait fisherman are catching fish using all types of bait; Herring, small Shad or even XL minnows.

BASS: Bass are in their winter patterns, however, due to the extremely mild winter they are moving into shallower waters in the afternoons! Concentrate your efforts in the main lake regions of the lake working primary points, humps, edges of flats and rip rap. The best bait to use is a suspending Jerk Bait. Black back-foil with an orange belly is a great color to use. The suspending Roage by Smithwick is a great producer on the lake but there are many imitators that will catch the big Bass as well. Small swimbaits and spoons will catch Bass too, as will jig and worms.

CRAPPIE: The fish have moved deep and will stay there for the next few months. Fish 10 to 20 feet up lake and 20 to 30 feet mid lake. Breaks with rocks on them hold schools of Crappie as well as most bridges. Combine breaks, rocks and a primary point and you have the recipe for a cooler of Slabs. Small jigs, spoons, and minnows fished vertically over the fish will get the best results.