Reminder to boaters: All watercrafts (including float tubes) need to have a wearable Coast Guard approved personal floatation device (PFD) per person. Children age 12 and under must wear personal floatation device (PFD) while the vessel is underway.

Trout fishing has slowed down. Try fishing at the East Side, Channel Point or from a boat with Power Bait, Mice Tails or nightcrawlers. Catfish bite is slow. Try fishing at Channel Point, Loma Island or from a boat with nightcrawlers or chicken liver. Black Bass have been biting with artificial baits/lures or nightcrawlers anywhere around the lake. Try fishing for crappie or bluegill with jigs or worms at the Boat Ramp area, Loma Island or Channel Point area.

Whoppers Reported:

Dave O’Neal caught an 18.3 pound catfish from a boat.
Dave O’Neal caught a six-point-five pound trout from a boat.
Francie Back caught a six-point-four pound trout with crank bait from a boat.