White Lake fishing has begun to pick up with mostly smallmouth bass hitting sawbellies and minnows. Try using topwater plugs like Jitterbugs and Hula Poppers after 6 p.m. until dark on both the smallies and bucketmouths. Dennis reports that the Neversink continues to fish very well. The rainy weather has kept both the water levels and the water temperatures at great levels without any supplemental water releases. Beetles and hoppers along the banks work well during the day, and small Blue Wing Olives, Light Cahills and small black caddis are effective early and late in the day.
Art says most of the streams are high and muddy because of the recent rainfall.
However, there has been good bass fishing on Morningside Lake, with the fish being taken up to seven pounds. A four-inch Bass Assassin is a hot lure, along with spinnerbaits in chartreuse, black and white. Photos will be accepted. Orange County Publications, a division of Ottaway Newspapers , Inc. , all rights reserved.