Recent Reports? (other Than Poo)

[CentralIowan]

Well, headed down first thing Sunday morning....was wondering if anyone had been out lately? I've seen the articles on the water...yummy! Anyways, we'll be down around the dam all next week so any reports to point us in the right direction would be most appreciated. Looks dry, but warm - dog days fishin' is always a fun challenge. Cya'll on the water!

[fishinwrench]

There are a few dependable patterns that I know are working now:

Deep cranking brushpiles early and late,or all day if there's cloud cover. (Norman DD22)

Carolina rigged Zoom centipedes with a slow steady drag, on the long points and humps. (you'll catch a few catfish doing this also)

Worming the 12-20ft. brushpiles at night.

And my favorite... flipping and swimming big (10") worms in the shady spots in the backends of the bigger creek arms. (1/4 oz pegged texas rig, Tequila shad Culprit is my choice) shoot for the "impossible" places like between hoist arms, ect. Get 'em stuck and pinned quick, then go in a grab'em....or stick'em and swing'em. Pretty macho fishin'...but definately effective.