The lake level is 554.45 and stable with no generation for over two days.The lake is stained with the creeks being more clear than the main lake which is starting to turn green. The weather has been beautiful with highs in the mid 70's and should continue for a few days. The surface temperature is 73-74 degrees. There are small stripers floating by my dock. Someone must be throwing them away after bringing them in. They will not stay alive in a well now. Release them immediatey. Crappie fishing is still ok and I am catching about 6-7 keepers in about two hours of fishing. About 1/2 are hitting on Bink's spoons and the rest on minnows. They are about 10-feet down over brush. Bass fishing is slow. I have several good bass fishermen in and they are working hard for keeper fish. White spinner baits, grubs, and crank baits are best. The top water bass are mostly small. The backs of creeks are full of shad about 2-1/2 inches long in the late evening. Spooning is the best technique now for walleye and crappie but some bass are caught on the shelves on wind blown steep banks beating the shore. They seem to hit about 10-12 feet deep around cover. I am usually spooning big bass this time of year but it is not happening now. Bluegill are everywhere and I have some giant ones under my dock. Bink reports catching walleye everyday but only about one in four are keepers. Some open water fish are showing up on the flats between Mallard point and Cranfield Island in 30-ft. of water. A lot of small ones. Yes you can get a good locator, get out about two hours before daylight and net shad, put out a half a dozen lines and troll. Sooner or later you will catch fish if you go through enough schools. Sorry but that is not for me. I prefer to catch them myself. Trolling unbrellas is more effective than that and requires a lot less equipment. I do not do either but a lot of people do. Bink reports the river is running brown for several weeks. What is up with that? It must have something to do with keeping the lake level so high for so long. The only time I have seen it is after a heavy rain. The lake is about to start turnover and may be already. I usually know exactly but have been unable to go diving for a while. It sometimes is quick but more often takes a while. That is why I put in brush for my friends and customers so they can have an advantage. Some nice flatheads are coming out of the brush on spoons also. November looks to be good. There are a lot of fish.