The lake level is 553.64 and stable with just a little generation. We need to be at 548 by March 1st to have enough reserve capacity for the spring rains like they used to do before the mismanagement began. The surface temperature was back up to just above 50 when I went out yesterday. The water was still stained and I could see my lure down about three feet. It is clear next to the bank though. I waited for the wind to go down before I left last evening and it did so about 4:pm. No sense charging out there in a hurricane unless you are fishing the bank. I found a school of fish just outside a brush pile and got excited. I caught a couple but they were just White Bass so I moved. No picture fish there. The wind was swirling a bit but only about 10-mph, so I went to a north facing bank with some nice brush. I do not spoon much in the wind because it drags your lure and gets hung up too much. If you do, go against the wind with your trolling motor and try to keep your lure straight up and down. Switched to a grub and casted it over the brush and let it sink. Caught a nice walleye and four crappie (two were very big) and a nice bass and came in at dark. The days are getting longer now and I like that. The moon is getting bigger and that is not helping things. Overall fishing was not as good as everyday for the last couple of weeks before but still ok. Several of us have been out everyday and nobody did great yesterday but all caught some fish. Better than staying on the sofa. Come on down. We will not charge you too much.
