Ken says: With the June rains we have seen the water has came up to over summer pool. The lake level stands at 610.07 as of todays report and has crested and is on the way down. Normal summer pool is 599.7 As it stands now we are 11 feet over summer pool. The fish love the high water so they can hide in all the flooded vegetation. The crappie are still out In 18-22 fow so we have been trolling 300 series Bandit crank baits with a weight ahead of the bait to get in to them. We look for the shad schools on main lake and the mouth of coves on the depth finder and you can see the crappie and white bass underneath the shad schools. Use line counter reels so you know how much line you have out and run your speed at 1.6 on gps . The learning curve on this technique is short so by midday you should have it down. The large mouth bass should be in the shallows with the water up good in the willow bushes. Buzz bait early in morning. Then when sun gets high in the sky go to black and blue brush hog or 10" red shad worm on a heavy shaky head jig to get through the heavy cover. Heavy rod and line are a must to get these fish out of the cover. Walleye can be caught from first light up feeding on sand flats and rocks and the outside of boat ramps rock. Also they can be caught trolling shad raps on main lake points up in the day. Be safe and watch for other boaters and floating debris with this high water we have... Tight Lines
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