Nice Fish Ben Harkin.
The lake is still rising slowly with little generation. It is now over 557. Both the main lake and creeks are stained. There is a thermocline at 20-feet with cold water under. Crappie are fairly scarce but you can catch some if you know where. You have to cull several to get a keeper. Walleye are on main lake points in 23-30 ft. of water near the bottom with smaller ones suspended in 50-ft. about 30-ft. down. Spoons and dragging night crawlers are the best. Striper have moved deeper and to the main lake and are also suspended in about 50-ft. of water. The surface temperature is 85 degrees and rising. Out normal ambient high is 85 and we have been in the 90's with lows near 70. Night fishing with blacklights and salt craws are producing some nice bass. The only top water left is bass and they are mostly small. I got some nice walleye and white bass diving yesterday and the big ones were all below the thermocline. Bink is on the big striper and catching them everyday but they have moved from the creeks. Blackburns resort and Boat Rental has some openings for this week and would appreciate your business. Call 1-800-635-0526 if you do not want to pay too much. We have mostly free boat stalls and do not charge for trolling motors on pontoons.