The National Weather Service is predicting warming temperatures today, with a high of 82, but temperatures will dip slightly into the 70s over the weekend. Lows will be in the upper 40s and low 50s all weekend. Lakes are near summer pool, and water temperatures have climbed into the low 60s at most lakes. The best fishing right now is on warm afternoons. We need rain bad.
Streams are low and rivers are clear.
The water temperature is 60 degrees and the lake is murky, stable, and 9 inches below summer pool. Muskies are hitting small crankbaits, and spinnerbaits in coves. Bass are hitting plastic baits and jig and pork rind combinations, and crappie are being caught in 5-10 feet of water on live minnows in coves. The water temperature is 63 degrees, the lake is clear to murky, falling, and .62 feet below summer pool. Largemouth bass are hitting white spinnerbaits and jerkbaits in the creeks, and crappie are hitting minnows and jigs in 3-12 feet of water around brush in the creeks.