Mike Eakle with his two biggest ones caught yesterday. 
Thhe lake level is 561.07 and has dropped 2-inches in the last 24-hours with much less generation. The lake remains in good condition for boating and swimming. It looks clear from the surface but the visibility is not so good under water especially on mud banks. There remains significant boat traffic on weekends with the summer weather continuing with no sign of going away with hot temperatures to continue at least all week. It is to be sunny and hot with highs in the mid to high 90's all week withj little chances of rain. The large crappie are biting pretty well for this time of year as are bass and bluegill. A few walleye, hybrid stripers, white bass and small stripers are also coming in. They just keep killing those small stripers and bragging about it. Many fish continue to hang out in brush in 30-35 feet of water near the thermocline during the day and bass are still coming in shallow to feed on creek minnows, bass and bluegill fry and shad in the evening. Bait fish are everywhere and nothing is hungry. Spoons are the best bait but you can get some bass trolling a big old bomber deep diving cranbait in the middle of the creeks like East Pigeon and Briar and letting it bump the bottom. Big bluegill are biting on crickets over brush and under docks. I am having very little luck using jigs and live minnows on crappie for some reason and am catching almost everything on spoons right in the brush,
