Bass are on the grass edges and are hitting buzz baits around daybreak and spinner baits later on. Bream are bedding in the shallow flats and are hitting crickets. Crappie are in 6 to 10 feet of water and are being taken on minnows and red and chartreuse tube jigs. White bass are chasing shad early and are hitting pearl crank baits. Catfish are near jetties and going into the shallows early and late.
Shad are the best bait around jetties and nightcrawlers in the shallows.
Floyd Grocery said crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Bass are fair on spinner baits, crank baits and plastic worms. Gaston s White River Resort said trout are hitting wax worms and yellow, chartreuse and white Power Baits. Nightcrawlers are also working well along with tan scuds, olive Wooly Buggers and sow bugs. Ripple Outfitters said water temperatures are increasing and the fishing is improving.