Black Crappie

Good

Fish the flooded timber as the river rises. Anglers have been having good luck on minnows around submerged structure.

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

Look for the flathead to go on the feed after the spawn. Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwater.

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.

Sauger

Fair

Sauger are biting on a minnow rig fished just off the bottom.

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

Slow

Tailwater fishing has tapered off. Fish jigs tipped with a minnow or crawlers on three-way rigs along side channel or closing 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

Slow

Perch are biting on live minnows and crawlers along weed-lines in about 6 feet of water.

Black Crappie

Good

Fish the flooded timber as the river rises using light tackle. Anglers have been having luck on minnows.

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

Look for the flathead to go on the feed after the spawn. Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwater.

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.

Sauger

Fair

Sauger are biting on a minnow rig fished just off the bottom.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

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

Walleye

Slow

Tailwater fishing has tapered off. Fish jigs tipped with a minnow or crawlers on three-way rigs along side channel or closing 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

Slow

Perch are biting on live minnows and crawlers along weed-lines in about 6 feet of water.

Black Crappie

Fair

Fish the flooded timber as the river rises using light tackle. Anglers have been having luck on minnows.

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

Look for the flathead to go on the feed after the spawn. Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwater.

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. Shore Slough at Lansing has been good fishing for northern pike.

Sauger

Fair

Sauger are biting on a minnow rig fished just off the bottom.

Smallmouth Bass

Excellent

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

Walleye

Slow

Tailwater fishing has tapered off. Fish jigs tipped with a minnow or crawlers on three-way rigs along side channel or closing 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

Perch are biting on live minnows and crawlers along weed-lines in about 6 feet of water.

Bluegill

Good

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

Channel Catfish

Excellent

Channel catfish like flood waters and will move along the banks to feed. Try using stink baits.

Flathead Catfish

Fair

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

Largemouth Bass

Excellent

Find some cleaner water edges and bass are often stacked up. Most people are using crank baits or spinning baits on abundant bass.

Northern Pike

No Report

Some pike are being reported in flooded areas like the O'Leary's access.

Walleye

Fair

Many anglers are targeting smaller flowing sloughs with crankbaits.

White Bass

No Report

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

Brown Bullhead

No Report

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

Channel Catfish

Excellent

Channel catfish like flood waters and will move along the banks to feed. Try using stink baits. Catfish are in spawning mode soon and rock lines are a good place to start.

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. Lots of people are using gaudy spinner baits or frog imitation lures.

Walleye

Fair

Use rattle lures too to allow the fish to find the bait in stained waters.

White Bass

No Report

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

Channel Catfish

Excellent

Channel catfish like flood waters and will move along the banks to feed. Try using stink baits.

Freshwater Drum

Good

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.

Freshwater Drum

No Report

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

Black Crappie

Good

Find structure using electronics in that eight to ten foot of water using a live minnow under a bobber

Channel Catfish

Good

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

Black Crappie

Good

Find structure using electronics in that eight to ten foot of water using a live minnow under a bobber.

Bluegill

Good

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

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

Good

Use live or artificial tackle for smallmouth bass.

Channel Catfish

Good

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

Smallmouth Bass

Good

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

Brook trout take more persuasion to bite in off-color water. Sneak up on brook trout for a better chance at catching one of these beauties. Good hatches of gnats, mayflies, caddis flies, and midges.

Brown Trout

Good

Fish near or around logs or undercut banks. Spinner baits 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

Fair

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

Bluegill

Good

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

Channel Catfish

Good

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

Slow

Use spinner baits or jig tipped with a minnow fished deeper.

Bluegill

Fair

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

Channel Catfish

Good

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 above and below this area weekly.

Smallmouth Bass

No Report

Walleye

No Report

Smallmouth Bass

Fair

Find smallies in deeper holes or near rock ledges.

Walleye

Fair

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 in deeper water and back eddies. Best time to fish is evening. Use spinners or crankbaits for best luck.

Black Crappie

Slow

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

Bluegill

Fair

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

Slow

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

Smallmouth Bass

No Report

Brown Trout

Good

Find trout below or just off riffles. A spinner or shallow running crankbait should interest a hungry mouth.

Smallmouth Bass

Fair

Smallmouth taking jigs tipped with plastics in deeper holes or near rocky ledges.

Black Crappie

Fair

Drift fish or troll small jigs along the North shore.

Yellow Bass

Fair

Black Crappie

Fair

Use your electronics to find suspended fish.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Try fishing the rock reef areas and wind swept shorelines

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.

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

Fair

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

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Find bass along the shoreline and submerged rock piles; try a variety of bass baits.

Walleye

Fair

Walleye action has slowed; try the submerged rock piles in the east basin and the shoreline along Ice House Point.

Yellow Perch

Fair

Black Crappie

Fair

Find crappie near submerged structure in 5-15 feet of water. Fish are 5-inches up to 13-inches.

Bluegill

Fair

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

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Bass have moved into deeper habitat. 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

Some sorting is needed.

Black Crappie

Slow

Channel Catfish

Fair

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Find bass along the shore near rocky habitat with overhanging trees.

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

Fair

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

Fair

Anglers are picking up a few crappies by slow trolling along the outer edges of the trees. Fish down about 6 to 8 feet.

Bluegill

Fair

Work the edges of the flooded trees out in 6 to 7 foot of water. The 6 foot depth seems to be their perennial sweet spot during the summer months.

Black Crappie

Fair

Crappies can be found out in 10 to 12 foot of water either by vertically jigging or slow drift trolling at about the speed of a slow walk.

Bluegill

Fair

Most anglers are picking them up while drifting for crappies. also look on top of the mounds at the upper end of the lake.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Early in the morning you can get some topwater action over along the shallower brush and trees along the north shoreline between the two boat ramps.

Bluegill

Fair

Most of the bluegills remain over top of the rock piles between the point and the campground boat ramp. Most are staying under three foot of water where the water clarity is much better.

Channel Catfish

Good

The lake is stratified and there is no oxygen below about 10 feet. Look for the catfish around the rocks on the in-lake silt dams and the culvert piles just out from the shoreline between the lodge and the point.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Fish below a couple of feet where the water is clearer. Probably stay away from topwater baits unless they make a lot of noise.

Black Crappie

Good

Anglers are catching lots of small crappies out over the habitat in 8-10 foot of water especially that on top of the old Agency Road.

Bluegill

Fair

The bluegills are out at their deep water spots. Slow trolling (drifting) with a small jig tipped with bait until you locate them and then vertically jigging.

Channel Catfish

Good

catfishing remains fairly good. Fish around the rip rap shoreline. Stinkbait and cutbait. Good numbers of pan sized fish.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Most have headed out to deeper water although on the cloudy mornings expect to find them hunting the tree falls for bluegills and green sunfish.

Bluegill

Fair

Work the submerged brush in 8-10 foot of water but on the overcast days some move into shallower water off the jetties and fish cleaning stations. Keep you bait below a couple of feet so the fish can get a good look at it.

Largemouth Bass

Slow

Mostly jigging off the deeper (10-12 ft) habitat: trees and rock piles.

Channel Catfish

Good

Catfishing remains fairly good. With faster current speeds I would stick to cutbaits as well as live baits.

Bluegill

Good

Evenings have been best.

Channel Catfish

Good

Largemouth Bass

Good

Redear Sunfish

Good

Sunset and later have been good.

Black Crappie

Fair

Fish steep rock banks or deeper brush piles with bright jigs or minnows.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Try trolling or drifting cutbait in the channel.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Cast artificials along tapering rock banks.

Bluegill

Good

Use a small jig or worm under a bobber.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Stinkbait has been producing.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Fish over or along weed edges.

Black Crappie

Slow

Target deeper brush/stumps or look for suspended fish in open water.

Bluegill

Fair

Some fish are on rock banks and some have slid out to deeper rock. Fish sizes have been improving.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Fish around shallow rock.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

Spotted bass

Good

Fish shallow rock with plastics.

Walleye

Slow

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass)

Slow

Look for surface activity at sunrise/sunset, otherwise look for suspended fish or windblown banks where the shad are.

Black Crappie

Fair

The fish seem to be moving shallower towards evening and after dark.

Bluegill

Fair

Fish outside weedlines.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Evenings have been best.

Walleye

Fair

Fish rock after dark.

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass)

Slow

Fish towards dusk. There has been some surface activity.

Bluegill

Good

Fish outside weedlines or look for suspended fish 6-10' down over open water.

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 brushpiles.

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.

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 after spawning.

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

Good

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

Walleye

Fair

Catch walleyes using crawlers or leeches jigging or trolling live bait rigs in 5 to 15 feet of water. Also try trolling live bait jigs or shallow diving crankbaits along the edge of any aquatic vegetation.

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.

Bluegill

Slow

Use jigs tipped with livebait fished near cedar tree brushpiles early in the morning and late in the evening for Bluegill up to 7.5 inches.

Channel Catfish

Fair

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

Largemouth Bass

Fair

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 early in the morning and late in the evening for Bluegill up to 8.5 inches.

Channel Catfish

Fair

Use nightcrawlers fished in the flooded timber for Channel Catfish of all sizes.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

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

Walleye

Slow

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

Bluegill

Slow

Use small jigs tipped with livebait fished near the creek channel early in the morning and late in the evening for Bluegill of all sizes.

Largemouth Bass

Slow

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