Fishing Report

Wednesday, May 15, 2002, temperature at sunrise was 54 degrees; high was 79; lake elevation is 616.67; water temperature is holding around 67 degrees and stained.

Captains Joe Grigar, Mike Blakely, Matt Anderson, Rex Bridges and Dan Barnett left the boathouse at 6:00 A.M. Wednesday morning with fifteen of Highland Homes employees.  They returned to the boathouse at 10:30 A.M. with over 180 silversides.  All of the fish were caught on live shad anchored in 72 to 85 feet of water and fishing only a few feet off the bottom.  Most of the stripers have completed their spawn. Fishing will continue to get better as the last of the stripers spawn.  Striper fishing is proving to be excellent in May.  Afternoon fishing with live shad will catch a lot of large stripers in late June.

The Corps of Engineers are operating both generators at different times during the day.  Airboat fishing the river is producing limits of stripers and some nice catfish.  Fishing when the generators are running has been the best.

Largemouth bass are good in flooded cover and on points. Fish are taking buzz baits early along with Crawdad Bomber crankbaits on points. Tubes, jigs and spinner baits in flooded brush and worms and Carolina rigs are working in deeper water.

Call toll free 1-888-846-5377 to make a reservation.  Great Fishing, Tinker 
 

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