The HOT BITE and weather continue. With the recent warm temps things have changed a bit with fish looking for cooler water temps which typically means moving to deeper water or into the chutes. And that is exactly what has happened. The walleye are on the move once again and looking for the bait sources, which is typically bugs this time of year. There has been a good population of golden shiners on the SD side of the reservoir while the NE side holds more mayflies in the mud. Weed lines are getting bigger and the aboundance of new weeds will hold bait which attracts the walleye all summer. Jigs tipped with night crawlers or leaches are working well worked in the chutes or worked along the deep breaks. Trolling Salmo hornets or Berkly Money Badgers has been effective all spring and will continue to be for effective for most of the summer. Find the clean water and you will find the fish. There is a lot of quality fish in the system right now and they can be caught from the dam to the west end so you can drive as far or stay as close to the ramp as you wish. Originally river channel breaks will hold fish all summer and into fall, but there will be days you will have to work for them especially once all the young shad of the year show up. The recreational boat traffic is crazy busy on the weekend so I would highly recommend avoid the east end of the lake when possibe once they all hit the lake in early afternoon. Trust your electronics and don'e be worried about the water warming up and the heat. The fish feed more the warmer it gets!
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