The lake is just a little over full pool. Bass fishing is only fair. Rusty Rutledge at the Clarksville Sports Center said there is quite a bit of fishing activity between the bridges at Clarksville as stripers commence returning from their spawning runs up the Dan and Staunton Rivers. Bass are now moving off the nests. Some large flathead and blue catfish are being caught on live bream fished at the spot where the Dan and Staunton Rivers enter the reservoir.
Crappie fishing is presently slow.
From Bobcat's Lake Country we hear that there are lots of gar all over the lake. Some anglers, fishing the channel in Grassy Creek are finding some walleyes. Alan Paczkowski said they have had a good top water bass bite all week. The top water baits, worked slowly, are effective at dawn, but spinnerbaits and Carolina-rigged plastics work later in the day. Best fishing is casting to the shore from 8 to 12 feet of water.