With recent warming trend and south wind, fishing improved around the lake for all species.

White Bass are at the peak of the spawn with females. They are heavy with eggs and being caught in the upper reaches of northern creeks including White Rock, Harmon, Nelson and Bedias. Road runners, Tsunami Cocktails, Rat-L-Traps and Blue Fox are the best baits fished slow off sand bars.

Crappie was good in same creeks on minnows and crappie jigs fished from 6″ on the banks to 4′.

Black Bass was slow but the water looked great in Bethy and Carolina Creeks and Thomas Lake.

Catfishing slowed in the flats but was better on trot-lines near the river channel mid-lake. Shad have been hard to find but they are now starting to run the bulk heads at first light.

Good luck out on the water!
Dave