Caught By Joe Cebula
Gavin
Caught Today
A lot has changed. First the thermocline is gone. It was at 38 feet for a long time and the oxygen level was poor at below 32-feet but not now. A lot of fish that were staying in 30-feet of water are schooled, roaming and scattered. Big fish are anywhere from shallow to 48-feet. Deep brush in 40-feet or more are holding big walleye and black bass. Many crappie have moved in from open water and are schooled on brush at 30-feet. The surface temperature is 75 degrees and the visibility is pretty good on main lake and clearing in the creeks. Some open water fish are showing up suspended a bit in 60-feet of water. Catfish are also on brush at varied depths. This is a good time to catch some good bass and many are holding crawdads. I got a nice striper on a main lake point in 30-feet of water on brush. The lake level is 553.25 and dropping slowly with one generator partially running for several times a day. Many bait fish, mostly bass and bluegill have moved to cover at all depths. This is a good time of year to catch about anything and will continually get better for several weeks. People are getting stripers up-river near the border on shad and hybrids and white bass are moving into Blackburns Creeks area on spoons. I like this time of year for both pole fishing and diving. Good weather, good fishing and low prices. $53/day for a one bedroom. Why pay more? Most boat stalls free. 1-800-635-0526. Fall foliage peak is coming the last of the month and we received 1-1/2 inches of rain this week to help everything out. We were dry. Peep leaves, fish and dive all in the same day.