Caught fishing with Bink yesterday.
The lake level is 565.17 and continues to drop a little over 2-inches/ 24 hour period with generation a little more time. We received over 1-1/2 inches of heavy rain yesterday afternoon with a lot of lightening. The creeks did run but not enough to raise the lake level. We were very dry but not now. Everything is very green and the weather has cooled with cloudy skies and chances of rain for the next several days. We seem to get a rain everytime we need one. The lake is in excellent condition for boating and swimming and has dropped 9-feet from it's high and the surface temperature is in the high 80's. Visibility is about 5-6 feet. The fish continue to be in two groups. One deep near the botoom in 60-80 feet of water and others near the thermocline. It is late August and the thermocline should not drop anymore this year unless it gets very hot again. It is about 27-feet and seldom gets below 30-feet unless the surface temperature gets into the 90's which has happened before. The fishing will get better and better after the holiday until sometime in October when the lake turns. The water will then be homogenous with no thermocline with equal temperature and oxygen for several feet and the fish have no reason to be anywhere special except for bait and cover. This is where brush piles really help fishing. The fishing gets good again and continues to get better until about thanksgiving. As winter cools the water in December red meat fish get scarce again and lethargic and hard to get and the lake gets very clear baring any heavy rains. Early to mid October is an excellent time to come fishing as is early to late November. Early October for walleye and November for giant crappie. Bass will be the most consistent bite. If you have a flexible schedule get in touch and I will tell you what is happening now.
