As the water cools the Saugeyes will begin to migrate to the deep water areas near the underpasses on the lower end of the lake. Get ready for the best bite of the year. The preferred method is to vertically jig bladebaits just outside the bridge entrances in 18 to 20 feet of water. The bigger fish are following the bigger Shad and are moving from day to day. These bigger Shad are becoming a prime focus now as the Saugeyes begin to put on Winter fat.
Shad is very low.
As the supply gets depleted the Fall and Winter bite should be very good. When the bigger Shad become hard for the Saugeyes to find, the fishing should really be great. As the lake stabilizes the Saugeyes will begin to move to the shallow Delroy end and stay there for a month or more before beginning to filter back to the deeper, lower end of the lake. After that, the Beach and West Marina areas should turn on and stay strong through ice-over. Concentrate on rip-rap and other rocky areas that warm up early in the day and hold that heat into the evening.