Somerville
SLOW. Water stained; 68 degrees; 2.11 feet below pool.
Spring is slow coming to the lake.
At the marina, the crappie bite is good, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, the catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait.
On the lake crappie are fair on jigs and minnows over brush in 10-20 feet of water. Crappie are full of eggs and close to spawning.
Catfish are fair in 3-10 feet of water with cut shad or punch bait.
Black bass are fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in 2-8 feet of water.
Bass are spawning. White bass are excellent trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are fair with many undersized fish being caught in deeper water using cut bait or mussels.
Below the dam, fishing is slow, since no water is being released.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool.
Black bass are good on jigs and spinnerbaits fished in very shallow water.
Crappie are good in shallow water all over the lake and some are moving to main lake brush piles.
White bass are moving out of the river and creek and are scattered in the main lake.
Blue catfish are good in shallow water along wind blown banks and on jug lines baited with shad or Zote soap.
Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch or mudcat.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow
GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 3.64 feet below pool.
Fishing is tough and will be until at least the third week of April.
After the sun has risen and been up around 40 minutes, look at the 30-34 feet edges of slow tapering areas for sluggish fish, presenting white or chrome, 3/4 ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs to them by dropping to bottom and reeling smoothly and continuously for about five cranks.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
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