Bluegill

Excellent

Bluegill are moved off spawning beds into deeper water. Use light tackle on flooded shorelines and weed beds.

Channel Catfish

Good

Catfish anglers have been catching a few channel cats this week on crawlers.

Flathead Catfish

Good

Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwaters of the lock & dams and large tree snags in deeper sloughs.

Freshwater Drum

Good

Fish a piece of crawler off the bottom along main channel and side channel current.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Cast frog baits along weed edges in upper portions of backwaters

Northern Pike

Fair

Fish the shallows along weed beds in backwater lakes. Fish near the mouth of coldwater streams and spring inlets during the heat of summer.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Smallmouth are biting in areas with moderate current. Cast spinners and crankbaits along main channel rock shorelines or at the spillway.

Walleye

Fair

Troll crankbaits on three-way rigs along deep side channel borders and wing dams.

White Bass

Good

Throw inline spinners along current breaks for white bass action. Watch for schools of minnows jumping as white bass are feeding.

Yellow Perch

Fair

Jig for perch in the vegetation off edge of cuts in 6-8 feet of water.

Bluegill

Excellent

Bluegill are moved off spawning beds into deeper water. Use light tackle on flooded shorelines and weed beds.

Channel Catfish

Good

Catfish anglers have been catching a few channel cats this week on crawlers or cut-bait

Flathead Catfish

Good

Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwaters of the lock & dams and large tree snags in deeper sloughs.

Freshwater Drum

Good

Fish a piece of crawler off the bottom along main channel and side channel current.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Cast frog baits along weed edges in upper portions of backwaters

Northern Pike

Good

Fish the shallows along weed beds in backwater lakes. Fish near the mouth of coldwater streams and spring inlets during the heat of summer.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

Smallmouth are biting in areas with moderate current. Cast spinners and crankbaits along main channel rock shorelines.

Walleye

Fair

Troll crankbaits on three-way rigs along deep side channel borders and wing dams.

White Bass

Good

Throw inline spinners along current breaks for white bass action. Watch for schools of minnows jumping as white bass are feeding.

Yellow Perch

Fair

Jig for perch in the vegetation off edge of cuts in 6-8 feet of water.

Bluegill

Excellent

Bluegill are moved off spawning beds into deeper water. Use light tackle on flooded shorelines and weed beds.

Channel Catfish

Good

Catfish anglers have been catching channel cats this week on crawlers and stink bait.

Flathead Catfish

Good

Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwaters of the lock & dams and large tree snags in deeper sloughs.

Freshwater Drum

Excellent

Fish a piece of crawler off the bottom along main channel and side channel current.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Cast frog baits along weed edges in upper portions of backwaters

Northern Pike

Good

Fish the shallows along weed beds in backwater lakes. Fish near the mouth of coldwater streams and spring inlets during the heat of summer.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

Smallmouth are biting in areas with moderate current. Cast spinners and crankbaits along main channel rock shorelines.

Walleye

Fair

Troll crankbaits on three-way rigs along deep side channel borders and wing dams.

White Bass

Good

Throw inline spinners along current breaks for white bass action. Watch for schools of minnows jumping as white bass are feeding.

Yellow Perch

Fair

Jig for perch in the vegetation off edge of cuts in 6-8 feet of water.

Black Crappie

Good

Crappie are starting to show up in the creel with anglers using minnows in brush piles in the larger sloughs.

Bluegill

Good

Fish along the weed line edges that are beginning to show back up after the flood receded.

Channel Catfish

Excellent

The bite on channel cats has been phenomenal with most anglers using stink bait.

Flathead Catfish

Fair

Anglers are back to using trot lines where they can find a non-flooded banks.

Freshwater Drum

Excellent

Big drum are caught often on big crayfish. Otherwise try a simple egg sinker worm rig in areas of moderate current.

Largemouth Bass

Excellent

Bass are stacked up along shoreline weed edges.

Northern Pike

Good

Pike like the other predator's are seen feeding on the abundant forage along the shorelines.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

Try fishing along rock lines with small crankbaits or spinners

Walleye

Good

Many anglers are targeting smaller flowing sloughs with crankbaits.

White Bass

Excellent

White bass have been a consistent in the creel. Try some flashy spinners in the tailwater areas.

Black Crappie

Good

Crappie are starting to show up in the creel with anglers using minnows in brush piles in the larger sloughs.

Bluegill

Excellent

Some sorting to find nicer bluegill may be necessary but many are being caught with worm rigs along the main channel shoreline.

Brown Bullhead

No Report

This unique bullhead can be caught in good numbers in the lower pool above Clinton by anglers using egg sinker and worm rigs.

Channel Catfish

Excellent

Channel catfishing has been phenomenal post flood with most anglers using stink bait.

Freshwater Drum

Excellent

Drum are a consistent biter in moderate current areas. Use and egg sinker and worm rig.

Largemouth Bass

Excellent

Find weed lines away from the main channel for the best action on bass. Anglers mainly use gaudy spinner baits or frog imitation lures.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

Try rock lines with spinners or jigs for abundant smallies.

Walleye

Fair

Some vegetation is starting to float after the flood making keeping a crankbait in the water a tad difficult.

White Bass

Excellent

White bass are being caught in the Bellevue tailwaters on white jigs or small spinners.

Black Crappie

Good

Crappie are starting to show up in the creel with anglers using minnows in brush piles in the larger sloughs.

Bluegill

Excellent

Some sorting to find nicer bluegill may be necessary but many are being caught with worm rigs along the main channel shoreline.

Channel Catfish

Excellent

Try using stink baits in moderate current in 3-8 feet of water. Move often if you do not find fish.

Freshwater Drum

Excellent

Worm rig with egg sinker fished along shore in moderate current will catch this consistent biter.

Largemouth Bass

Excellent

Try finding week lines that remain after the food recedes and throw frog lures or spinner baits.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

Fish spinners or jigs next to rock lines.

White Bass

Excellent

Fish along shorelines near the tailwater with flashy spinners or small white jigs.

Channel Catfish

Excellent

Try using stink bait rigs near shore for abundant cats.

Freshwater Drum

Excellent

Worm rig with egg sinker fished along shore in moderate current will catch this consistent biter.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Fish along the many rock lines with moderate current for abundant smallmouth bass.

Bluegill

No Report

Look for bluegills in the backwaters around brush piles and snags. Try fishing with pieces of worm under a bobber. With the lower and warmer water conditions look for brush piles with a little bit of current.

Channel Catfish

No Report

Channel catfish can be caught fishing upstream of brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels. Channel catfish can also be caught on the wingdams. Try fishing with stinkbait, crawlers, or cut shad.

Largemouth Bass

No Report

With the lower and warmer warmer water conditions, look for largemouth around brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels.

Walleye

No Report

Look for walleyes on the wingdams. Try casting or trolling crankbaits. Walleyes can also be caught on the wingdams trolling three-way rigs with half a nightcrawler.

Bluegill

No Report

Look for bluegills in the backwaters around brush piles and snags. Try fishing with pieces of worm under a bobber. With the lower and warmer water conditions look for brush piles with a little bit of current.

Channel Catfish

No Report

Channel catfish can be caught fishing upstream of brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels. Channel catfish can also be caught on the wingdams. Try fishing with stinkbait, crawlers, or cut shad.

Largemouth Bass

No Report

With the lower and warmer water conditions, look for largemouth around brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels.

Walleye

No Report

Look for walleyes on the wingdams. Try casting or trolling crankbaits. Walleyes can also be caught on the wingdams trolling three-way rigs with half a nightcrawler.

White Bass

No Report

Look for white bass down by GPC or on the tips of wingdams. Try casting crankbaits or jigs and twister tails.

Bluegill

No Report

Look for bluegills in the backwaters around brush piles and snags. Try fishing with pieces of worm under a bobber. With the lower and warmer water conditions look for brush piles with a little bit of current.

Channel Catfish

No Report

Channel catfish can be caught fishing upstream of brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels. Channel catfish can also be caught on the wingdams. Try fishing with stinkbait, crawlers, or cut shad.

Largemouth Bass

No Report

With the lower and warmer water conditions, look for largemouth around brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels.

Walleye

No Report

Look for walleyes on the wingdams. Try casting or trolling crankbaits. Walleyes can also be caught on the wingdams trolling three-way rigs with half a nightcrawler.

Bluegill

No Report

Look for bluegills in the backwaters around brush piles and snags. Try fishing with pieces of worm under a bobber. With the lower and warmer water conditions look for brush piles with a little bit of current.

Channel Catfish

No Report

Channel catfish can be caught fishing upstream of brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels. Channel catfish can also be caught on the wingdams. Try fishing with stinkbait, crawlers, or cut shad.

Largemouth Bass

No Report

With the lower and warmer water conditions, look for largemouth around brush piles and snags along the main channel and side channels.

Walleye

No Report

Look for walleyes on the wingdams. Try casting or trolling crankbaits. Walleyes can also be caught on the wingdams trolling three-way rigs with half a nightcrawler.

Black Crappie

Good

Fish near brush piles. Try using a minnow or red worm under a bobber.

Channel Catfish

Good

Catfish taking stinkbait or chubs fished on the bottom in calm water or edge of current.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

Smallmouth biting on crankbaits in off channel areas or eddies.

Walleye

Good

Find walleye in deeper water. Use jigs tipped with minnow or spinner baits.

Brook Trout

Slow

Sneak up on brook trout for a better chance at catching one of these beauties. Good hatches of mayflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, crickets, and ants occurring.

Brown Trout

Good

Fish near or around logs or undercut banks. Spinner or crankbaits work well. Also try using streamers on larger waterbodies for some exciting action. Brown trout like cloudy water.

Rainbow Trout

Good

Use spinner baits, hair jigs, or hooks tipped with a small piece of worm, bread, or cheese floated through deeper holes.

Black Crappie

Good

Try using small jigs tipped with a minnow in about 6ft of water.

Bluegill

Fair

Gills in shallow. Use small piece of worm or waxworm.

Channel Catfish

Fair

A night crawler or squashed minnow on a hook near the bottom work well.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Use top-water lures along edge of vegetation.

Black Crappie

Good

Use spinner baits or jig tipped with a minnow fished 6ft or less. Trolling is a great option.

Bluegill

Good

Use small hooks tipped with a waxworm or small piece of worm under a bobber.

Channel Catfish

Slow

A nightcrawler on a hook fished at the bottom work well.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Use a spinner bait fished along edge of vegetation for best luck. Reports of anglers catching quite a few small bass.

Rainbow Trout

Slow

Thank you for staying out of this area until vegetation gets established. There are many other great locations to find fish on North Bear. Stocking continues weekly.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Use shallow running crankbaits or spinner along current breaks or along rocky shore.

Walleye

Good

Fish walleye near evening along rocky shorelines or current breaks.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Find smallies in deeper holes or near rock ledges.

Walleye

Good

Use crankbaits or jigs tipped with plastics in off channel areas.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Find bass along rock ledges, deeper pools, around woody habitat.

Walleye

Good

Walleye in deeper runs or pools and in back eddies. Try using spinner baits or a jig tipped with plastic worm.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Find smallies in off channel areas and back eddies. Use spinners or streamers for luck.

Walleye

Fair

Walleyes near mouths of cold water streams or in riffles. Best time to fish is evening. Use spinners or crankbaits for best luck.

Black Crappie

Good

Find crappies in 6ft or less water or near drop-offs. Use a jig tipped with a minnow.

Bluegill

Good

Use a small piece of worm on a hook under a bobber near brush or rocky areas.

Channel Catfish

Good

Use a squished minnow or worm fished on bottom.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Use spinners or crankbaits fished along jetties or drop-offs.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Find fish in deeper pool using top water lures or a light colored jig with twister tail.

Channel Catfish

Good

Using chubs fished on the river bottom below snags or other structure has been good for catfish.

Flathead Catfish

Fair

Using chubs fished on the river bottom below snags or other structure has been good for catfish.

Smallmouth Bass

Fair

Anglers are catching smallmouth bass using lead head jigs with twister tails.

Walleye

Fair

Try casting and retrieving lead head jigs tipped with a night crawler for walleye.

Black Crappie

Fair

Find and drift over structure using electronics in six to eight foot of water using a live minnow under a bobber or artificial jigs.

Bluegill

Fair

Fish area structure or off of the jetties using a piece of worm under a bobber for bluegill.

Black Crappie

Fair

Fish around shoreline structure in that six to eight feet of water using a minnow under a slip bobber.

Brown Trout

Fair

Brown Trout - Fair: Use crankbaits, jigs, spinners, dry flies or nymphs.

Rainbow Trout

Good

Rainbow Trout - Good: Try jigs, spinners, crankbaits or live bait.

Smallmouth Bass

Fair

Use live or artificial tackle for smallmouth bass.

Walleye

Fair

Try casting and retrieving lead head jigs tipped with a night crawler for walleye.

Smallmouth Bass

Good

Anglers are catching smallmouth bass using lead head jigs with twister tails.

Black Crappie

Good

Drift fish or troll small jigs along the North shore.

Bluegill

Good

Yellow Bass

Fair

Black Crappie

Fair

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Walleye

Fair

Anglers are catching walleye on live bait and crankbaits. Fish are in 3 to 8 feet of water. Try rock reefs areas and near the edge of vegetation.

Yellow Bass

Fair

Anglers are catching a few yellow bass while targeting walleye. Live bait below slip bobbers or drifting works best.

Black Crappie

Fair

Drift fish or troll small jigs in the dredge cut.

Bluegill

Fair

Walleye

Slow

Fish near the vegetation edge and along the old roadbed.

Bluegill

Slow

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Fish the woody habitat. Best bite is in the morning.

Walleye

Slow

Smallmouth Bass

Fair

Black Crappie

Fair

Pick up crappie in and around the fish house in Town Bay and along Ice House Point shoreline. Crappie are up to 10- to 12-inches. Morning and evening bite are best.

Bluegill

Slow

Try a nightcrawler under a bobber fished from the fish house or around the rock piles.

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Walleye

Slow

Try the submerged rock piles in the east basin and the shoreline along Ice House Point.

Black Crappie

Fair

Look for crappie in 10-15 feet of water.

Bluegill

Slow

Try near submerged rock/brush piles in 5-15 feet of water.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Try soft plastics in deeper weedlines and rock/brush piles in 8-15 feet of water.

Walleye

Slow

for best luck try in 10-15 feet of water on rock/brush piles.

Yellow Perch

Fair

Channel Catfish

Fair

Fish from shore in 2-6 feet of water near rocky structure. A recent survey showed good numbers of 16-24" fish.

Black Crappie

Slow

Channel Catfish

Fair

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Walleye

Fair

Pick up walleye off shore near the dredge cuts; use a crawler harness or crankbaits.

White Bass

Fair

Yellow Bass

Fair

Black Crappie

Good

Bluegill

Good

Many fish have been observed and easily catchable around functional docks.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Fish are currently a little ways off shore, but some can still be found around docks and other structure.

Yellow Perch

Good

Many fish have been observed, but sorting will most likely be needed.

Walleye

Fair

Anglers have had some success in the morning and afternoon.

Walleye

Good

The bite has been hit or miss, but has been very good when the bite is on.

Black Crappie

Good

Anglers have been finding fish of quality size and have found that they have been biting on almost anything.

Bluegill

Good

Walleye

Good

Anglers have reported catching fish of quality size. Evening has been best with leach and bobber from shore or crank baits and slip bobbers by boat .

Yellow Perch

Good

Sorting may be needed.

Black Crappie

Fair

Bluegill

Good

Pumpkinseed

Good

Walleye

Fair

Yellow Perch

Fair

Sorting may be needed.

Black Crappie

Slow

Expect the crappies are out deeper water in the flooded timber around the old creek channel where it follows the bluff line on the south side of the lake.

Bluegill

Slow

I would concentrate our efforts along the southside where the shade of the trees taken at least a little heat and light off the water. Fish early in the morning using slip bobbers and worms at a depth of around 6 feet.

Channel Catfish

Good

Catfishing has been decent post sunset / predawn. target the slack water areas around the log jams and behind the sandbars that are starting to show.

Channel Catfish

Good

Minnows and night crawlers along the back drop-offs on the sandbars. Also just behind the back edges of the brushpiles and not too far out from the bank.

Black Crappie

Slow

Slow drifting out from the beach along the tree line down the about the north boat ramp.

Bluegill

Slow

Back out into the deeper water around the old creek channel. Slow troll through the "open" sections and tie off to a tree and vertical jig through the "timber" sections

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Work the drop-offs into deeper water where they are trying to stay cool. Target the 10 to 12 foot water.

Bluegill

Slow

The bluegills seem to have all retreated to deeper water. very little fishing pressure this week.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Anglers have been catching a few catfish very early in the morning out around the point along the edge of the deeper water.

Bluegill

Slow

Until the water temperatures cool down again the bluegills have retreated out into deeper water.

Channel Catfish

Slow

With the water heating back up. Try along the south bank along the old creek channel and around the rock piles along the hauling road that was built during the renovation.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Still finding some around the culvert piles and down along the face of the dam. Most anglers are using the stinkbaits.

Largemouth Bass

Slow

With the return of the hot weather don't expect them to move from the deeper water. Fishing continues to be mostly jigging off the deeper (10-12 ft) habitat: trees and rock piles.

Channel Catfish

Good

With the hot weather, cutbaits and dip baits are back in season.

Bluegill

Good

Fish small plastics or worms for suspended fish in open water.

Channel Catfish

Good

Fish around rocks with crawlers, chicken livers, or stinkbait. Lots of eater sized fish are being caught.

Largemouth Bass

Good

A variety of artificials have been working all day.

Redear Sunfish

Slow

Fish are suspended with the bluegills. Best bite has been evenings or after dark on small jigs or worms.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Troll or drift cutbait in the channel.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Fish artificials along rocky shorelines.

Walleye

Slow

Fish early or late with a jig/crawler on rock banks.

White Bass

Fair

Smaller fish are showing up again. Throw small crankbaits, jigs or spinners around windblown banks.

White Crappie

Fair

Fish with bright jigs or minnows along rock bluffs or over deeper brush.

Black Crappie

Slow

Bluegill

Fair

Channel Catfish

Fair

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Bluegill

Good

Most fish have been on the smaller size, however.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Some 2-3 pound catfish are being caught.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

More fish around the 15" mark are showing up.

Black Crappie

Fair

Fish jigs or minnows around brush in 5-10'.

Bluegill

Fair

Fish around rock shorelines or rock humps with worms or small jigs.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Chicken livers or crawlers have been working best.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Fish around rock, wood, or vegetation.

Spotted bass

Fair

Fish shallow rock. Most fish are under 14".

Walleye

Slow

Fish rockbars and points with jigs or live bait rigs.

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass)

Slow

Troll crankbaits in open water or watch for surface activity early/late in the day.

Black Crappie

Slow

Bluegill

Fair

Channel Catfish

Fair

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Walleye

Slow

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass)

Fair

Walleye

Good

Fish deeper holes with crankbaits or jig/crawler.

Black Crappie

Fair

Target brush piles with jig and minnow combinations.

Bluegill

Fair

Try jigs along the shoreline and open areas in the vegetation. Tip the jigs with a chunk of nightcrawler.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Try nightcrawlers or chubs in 6-10 feet of water.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Target the fishing jetties and rip-rapped shorelines. Use plastics in these areas and in open areas of the vegetation.

Black Crappie

Fair

Try jig and minnows along the cedar tree piles or drifting over the brush piles.

Bluegill

Fair

Try small jigs around the brushpiles and along the shoreline.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Try nightcrawlers along the face of the dam and around the jetties.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Use plastics around the brush piles and along the rip-rapped shoreline areas.

Black Crappie

Fair

Try jig and minnows in the standing timber.

Bluegill

Fair

Target shorelines and submerged brush piles with small jigs.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Try plastics or spinnerbaits along rip-rapped shorelines and around the submerged structures.

Black Crappie

Fair

Drift jig and minnows out in deeper water. Try different depths until finding active fish.

Bluegill

Fair

Try small jigs around the brush piles.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Try dead chubs around rip-rapped shorelines.

Largemouth Bass

Good

Try plastics and crankbaits around the brush piles and the rip-rapped shoreline.

Black Crappie

Fair

Try jigs around submerged cedar tree piles and around docks. The fish have moved to deeper water. Target brush piles in 15-20 feet of water.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Try minnows or nightcrawlers along areas with large rocks.

Walleye

Fair

Try trolling crankbaits or crawler harnesses. All walleye less than 15-inches must be immediately released unharmed.

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass)

Fair

Try jigging spoons or crankbaits over rock piles and near the old river channel.

Bluegill

Fair

Try small jigs around the shorelines and the submerged structure near the campground shoreline.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Try nightcrawlers along the fishing jetties or the face of the dam.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Try plastics along the rip-rapped shorelines and around the fishing jetties.

Black Crappie

Good

Catch crappies drifting or trolling light jigs with minnows or twister tails. Fish mostly from the main boat ramp area to about three quarters up the lake. The crappie are suspended 2 to 6 feet deep, away from shore.

Bluegill

Fair

Catch bluegills drifting live bait over habitat in 15 feet of water or less.

Channel Catfish

Good

Catch Channel Catfish drifting cut bait rigs near and above the mile long bridge.

White Bass

Fair

Catch White Bass trolling shad imitating crankbaits, spoons or plastics. Target the windblown side of the lake. On calm days, look for small shad breaking the surface of the water.

Bluegill

Slow

Use jigs tipped with livebait fished near cedar tree brushpiles for Bluegill up to 7.5 inches.

Channel Catfish

Slow

Use nightcrawlers or shrimp fished along rocky shoreline areas for Channel Catfish of all sizes.

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Use finesse plastics fished around cedar tree brushpiles for Largemouth Bass of all sizes.

Bluegill

Slow

Use small jigs tipped with livebait fished along creek channels for Bluegill up to 8.5 inches.

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Use finesse plastics fished near weedlines for Largemouth Bass of all sizes.

Walleye

Slow

Use twistertails or crankbaits fished along the dam for Walleye of all sizes.

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Use jigs or finesse plastics fished near weedlines for Largemouth Bass up to 19 inches.

Black Crappie

Fair

Black crappie are being caught around the roadbeds. Early morning and late afternoon is the best time. Sorting will be necessary for larger fish.

Bluegill

Fair

Slow troll small jigs to catch 8 inch bluegill. Tipping with nightcrawler or Berkley helps. The north arm and around the beach is a good place to start.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Channel Catfish

Slow

Anglers are having success at night using cut bait.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Anglers are having success fishing top water baits early in the morning and then switching to plastics in deeper water.

Black Crappie

Slow

Find submerged tree piles and vertical jig for 10 to 12 inch black crappie.

Bluegill

Slow

Anglers are catching a few fish slow trolling deep water areas.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Black Crappie

No Report

Bluegill

Fair

Bluegills will average 7.5 inches.

Largemouth Bass

Fair