General Report

[Brian Sloss]

After a couple of weeks being sidelined from fishing with a sprained wrist, I got out a couple of times with the kayak and fished for an hour yesterday and the day before. Wed I kayaked down from Greer to the top of the 1st island. caught 1 fish and headed up and got a couple drifting from the bridge down to the boat ramp. Nothing big.

Thursday I paddled up from Turner to Cave shoal and fished for an hour and another 3 fish with one at 16 inches. Both days I was fishing deep with stoneflies and crawdads with both taking fish.

A group of St. Louis boys got out Tues. and said they had pretty steady action all day. The water was a little stained on Tues, which I think helped. They were using the same things I was using.

I am waiting for good reports on samllmouths as they should be getting active soon. I'll be taking a trip upriver to see how the bite is in a couple of weeks. They should turn on sometime soon.