April 5th, 2011

Jim and Jerry from Raton, N.M. with a bunch of Walleye taken 4/5/11 using minnows working 15-25 feet near the main channel.

Clay Carter and Randy Brown from Amarillo Texas with a nice stringer of Walleye and a couple of Smallies taken 4/1/11 using minnows in 16 feet of water.

Water temp = 55 degrees main lake & clear, river arms around 60 degrees and stained.

The fishing is starting to really pick up. I saw many limits of Walleye this last weekend along with Channel cats and Smallies. Reports of Large mouth being caught up near their beds and in brush.

Walleye--GOOD to EXCELLENT--You have to work for them, but they are on a good bite. Minnows in 15-20 feet of water around the points in the main lake. Throwing grubs in 10 feet of water also is producing fish. They should really start to hit by mid April.

Small & Large mouth ---FAIR---I am starting to catch a few smallies while trying to catch the elusive Walleye, but they are few and far between. They are either more shallow or deeper than 12-20 feet of water. The locals are catching a Large mouth here and there back in the coves or up the river arms in the stained water. Crank baits and jerk baits have been the ticket.

Catfish--GOOD to EXCELLENT ---Use Sonny's stink bait up the Canadian in 4 feet of water. Its about a 12 mile boat ride, but that is where you can catch-em. Chicken liver has also caught a few.

White bass --- FAIR--I have heard that trolling up around the Ranch house has caught limits of them, but I have not been up that far yet this year. I have not caught many of them since two weeks ago when they were stacked up in the Ute arm.

Crappie---FAIR---Starting to see a few caught, but still not in any numbers. The Ute arm is where the few I have seen are coming from. Trolling has been the method, but the minnow bite should heat up in the next week or two.

FISH-ON

Rob & Maria