The lake level is rising and has now hit 560. They just opened all of the spillway gates. We will see what happens now. Be carefull out there on the river. The fishing overall is pretty good with crappie and catfish being the best. Bass have slowed a bit but some good ones being caught with a lot of smaller ones. Crappie are both on shallow brush next to the bank, if you can find any, and on brush piles about 10-feet down. Spoons are best for about everything but catfish are biting best on jugs with shiners but some of them are biting on spoons too. There are big schools of open water fish on shad out there about 25-ft. down but it is hard to get them to feed. A lot of smaller fish are being caught of all speces. The surface water temperature is about 57 degrees and the lake is stained a bit. You can see your lure down about 4-feet which is just right for fishing. We are catching fish everyday. Come on down to Blackburns Resort and Boat rental and we will not charge you too much. We are open all year. Go to www.blackburnsresort.com and click on scuba Steve's blog for a daily report.