It's been a busy spring and a busy start to the summer. Fishing has to be rated as very good with catches of 20 to 50 fish, or even higher for my trips, we are getting a lot of action for the customers. Lake water conditions are very good with no real heavy algae blooms as of yet and water clarity very good in many places. Top water action with lures such as the whopper popper, Rico style poppers, stick baits such as the zara spook and buzz baits are all working along with the always popular plastic frogs. Weed growth is pretty heavy in the North Ends of the lake but that is normal for this time of the year and in certain places that can make for a good frog bite. With most of my customers I have been working the drop shot rig and the ned rig along with the rico style poppers. Robo worms MMIII is probably the most popular worm to drop shot, I use 12lb test fluracarbon line with a 1/8 th ounce or 3/16th ounce sinker and only rig the worm up about 8 to 10 inches from the weight. The vast majority of the fish we are catching are in the one to three pound range and a good fish right now is anything over three pounds. My biggest so far this year has been a nine pounder and we have had a few in the five to seven pound range. Customers are really enjoying the hard fighting two to three pounders and they are fat and healthy. The holiday periods are seeing quite a bit of boating activity as the word is out that water clarity is good and the fishing is also very good. This up coming Fourth of July should be a very busy week for the lake. There has been quite a bit of concern from people about the fire that we are currently experiencing in the area. The fire is actually East of the lake and is burning away from the lake and has not effected the lake area at all. There is a tremendous amount of people and equipment on it and they should have it contained soon. If your considering coming to the lake, it's in good shape, the fishing is good, and the fire has not effected it at all. Be safe, have a great summer, God Bless, Bob
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