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June 26th,2000. The lake is going threw a transition period which happens every year, the surface temperature is starting to warm up. We are finding that the bait fish are moving down to a more comfortable zone, where the temperature is cooler. The fish are starting to scatter out, there are still brown trout taken every trip. You should be using more downrigger techniques and less planner boards. The surface temp. of the lake near shore is 62.0 degrees. I haven't heard of much action futher offshore than 150', with the hits coming at 40- 65' down. There is good smallmouth fishing near shore with the best bait to use being minnows, it's to hard using crawfish until the moss is cleaned off the bottom. Good Luck fishing this holiday weekend, and use caution with all the jet-skis and weekend boaters zipping around this upcoming weekend. Frank L. DeNoto |