Lake Conditions – The lake is clear to slightly stained.

Lake Water Temperature – 87 degrees.

Largemouth Bass – GOOD – Cooler nighttime temperatures and daytime cloud cover have improved the shallow bite. A large mayfly hatch occurred on some areas of the lake this past week and that also created some shallow water action using topwater lures like a Pop-R, Trick worms and buzzbaits or a small crankbait around areas where bream are feeding on the mayflies. Jigs fished around deeper docks with brushpiles might produce a good fish. The Carolina rig, the shaky head rig and football jigs are taking fish in deeper locations like points, humps and ledges. Green pumpkin and red bug Zoom Trick worms have been effective on those rigs. Deep diving crankbaits like the Strike King 6XD in a chartreuse/blue or Tennessee shad color will also produce fish in the same locations when water current is present. This past week Georgia Power has been generating at the Wallace Dam very late in the day (3:00 pm) and on into the nighttime hours (10:00 pm). However, the generation will vary from day to day.

Crappie – SLOW – Some fish are being caught at night casting jigs around deeper docks with lights. The fish have migrated back to deeper water around deep brushpiles, other underwater structures and around ledges and channels.

Striped Bass/White Bass/Hybrid Bass – SLOW – The fish have moved back to the main lake and are spreading out over a large portion of the lake around humps and ledges. The fish are feeding on schools of shad. Live bait is the best option for catching those fish although a jigging spoon will also take fish. Look for the fish to move up the rivers in search of cooler water as the summer progresses. The fish become stressed during the late summer due to the high water temps from top to bottom.

Catfish – GOOD – Deeper points, ledges and channels are now the preferred locations for finding the catfish during the daytime hours. Nighttime and early morning hours will find the catfish in shallow water. Cut bait, bream heads and live bream/shad will catch the bigger fish.