July 16th, 2009

Don and Leo from Texas with fish caught 7/15/09 trolling Reef Runners.

Leo and Don on day two of fishing (7/16/09) with their limit of Walleye taken on Reef Runners.

Mason Scroggins from Hereford with a 4 pound channel cat caught on 7/19/09. It won the "trash" fish pot at the Hereford tourney held here last Sunday.

Peter Patrone from Colorado with a good mess of Walleye taken 7/11/09.

7-16-09 Water Temp. = 77 degrees main lake clear and river arms slightly stained ---water level stable ---approx 4-5 feet from being full.

Three guiding trips this week have posted limits or near limits of Walleye. White bass are also hitting once in a while along with your Smallies. It has been a scorcher around here the last 2 weeks, but I don't think it has affected the fishing at all. Weekends have been really busy with the water players, but I also don't think affects the bite, if anything it brings on the bite better. I suggest hitting the water early and getting off it around 1:00 PM.

Walleye --- a great bite going on if you know where and what to use. I have been trolling Reef Runners (size 600) in 14-18 feet of water. They are moving a bit deeper with the warmer water temps. Walleye can also be caught in 18-25 feet of water using live bait near the main channel.

Large mouth -- Fish top water early and move a bit deeper with plastics as the day goes on. Not many big fish being caught, but allot of 14-15 inches are wanting some supper.

Small mouth -- Continues to be a good fishery -- fish points off of the main lake in 10-20 feet of water for the bigger fish. Live bait is hard to beat if you want to catch some of these feisty fighting fish.

Crappie -- We caught one today trolling, but I have heard of quite a few being caught up the Canadian in 6-10 feet of water near structure. Use minnows.

Catfish continue to be a good bite. Use Sonny's stink bait in 10-15 feet of water near trees. They are moving a bit deeper with the warmer temps.

White bass -- We are catching less of them the last few days, but the size has been improving. I have been seeing bait fish boil the last week or so. Using shallow running cranks will be productive when you are in a boil.

FISH-ON

Rob & Maria