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. Look for them in 20-40 feet of water. Downriggers aren’t catching anything and probably won’t until 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. Keep in mind that we are approaching deadstick Season here pretty soon.
Sandbass are fair. Look for them in 20-30 feet of water. Use live shad or small slabs and jigs. Live shad seems to produce a few more fish than artificial. 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 steady at 53-60° F depending on the location on the lake.
Water clarity is steady at 1-8 feet of visibility and slightly stained.
