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fort but when you do, you can have a ball! Bedding usually takes place on the full moon cycle in May. Look for shallow cover in the backs of pockets. Sandy flats & stump beds tend to draw the fish like a magnet. Use live pink worms, crickets, and small jigs for the best results.

Catfish: Good. Lots of channel catfish are being caught by the few anglers that target them. Live & cut baits (and worms of course) fished on bottom will catch cats all over the lake, if fairly deep water is nearby. -- Jug Fishing is also fun & productive. To target flatheads, go to a larger bait like a 4–5inch bream or large shiner and fish in the same areas. Be sure to increase the size of your rigs as fish in the 20-30-lb. range are common.

Water temps are mostly in the 70s & low 80s. The lake is mostly clear and right around full pool level of 635-.

Forecast By: Eric Crowley Lake & Stream Guide Service (706) 669-4973 | lakeandstreamguideservice@gmail.com

The walleye bite has been really good the last few weeks. We have seen some nice upper 20” fish. The biggest was a 27” post spawn female. The spawning is over, and the fish are chasing bait on the main lake and feeding up for summer. We are catching fish several different ways from trolling to jigging depending on the day and weather. Look for fish to be more active during the day if it’s overcast, or raining. Bright sunny days make for a tough bite. The fish are scattered roughly 20 to 30 feet deep on rock piles and drop-offs in the daytime, with the best bit coming early in the morning and right after dark. After dark, they move up a little shallow-

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er, so if you’re catching them and then you’re not, you may need to adjust to a little shallower water. I’m mainly fishing the river mouth area, point 5, and the islands in that general area right now as that’s the best concentration of catchable fish, but there’s certainly fish all over the pond. The herring spawn and the full moon are both big events this month. Finding the big females after dark is what we will be focused on when both happen. This is a great time for big fish!

Water temperature: 65 degrees Lake level: full Clarity: 8 feet