Striper are fair. Live bait is putting a fish in the boat each trip and the most consistent way to put fish in the boat. But it still has its slow days. Downriggers aren’t catching anything and probably won’t till next summer. Your best bet is to just put baits in the water and slowly move around with the trolling motor until you find them. Once you find them, try to stay with them but that will be difficult because they are moving fast and not staying still. Keep in mind that we are approaching deadstick season here pretty soon.
Sandbass are still slow to fair. Look for them in 20-30 feet of water. Use live shad or small slabs and jigs or rattle traps. White and silver are good colors, but white seems to be preferred.
Catfish are still fair to good. Fish up the river near Rock Creek Camp. Cut shad is producing good numbers of fish in 5-20 feet of water fished on or near the bottom.
The water temp is 59-65° F depending on the location on the lake.
Water clarity is steady at 1-8 feet of visibility and slightly stained.
