Some smallmouth bass may be caught on tube jigs or spinnerbaits. Best spots are just below a shoal or rapid or in an eddy. Best baits are plastic worms fished slowly along the bottom. Spinnerbaits are also good choices for the bass, while the bluegill will take small jigs, red worms and other small live baits. The best District fishing now is in the Kanawha and Ohio rivers.
Smallmouth bass are active.
White jigs tipped with minnows are catching white bass in the Marmet and Campbells creek areas. The best fishing in the reservoirs is still for crappie. Jigs tipped with minnows or earthworms are the preferred baits for crappie in East Lynn and Beech Fork lakes. Some crappie have been taken in Ohio River embayments within the Willow Island, Belleville and Racine pools. Crappie anglers use small minnows or feather jigs fished in areas like brush piles that have good cover.