Bluegill are good to excellent on crickets around rocky banks. The lake is 87 degrees at Hurricane Bridge. Fishing is poor to fair with a few bass being taken on lizards or worms fished around creek channels or river ledges. Catfish hitting cutbait or chicken livers below the dam. Lake temperature is 81 degrees.
Trout are still good on nightcrawlers near the dam.
Bluegill continue to be active on meal worms or crickets. Lake is 84 degrees. Some bass hitting deep-diving crankbaits on main river ledges or soft plastic lizards or worms fished with the Carolina rigs along the dropoffs. Crappie are slow with minnows working a little in 10-18 feet of water. Bass fishing best during early morning hours with topwater lures or at night on spinnerbaits or Carolina-rigged lizards or worms at night.