Fishing Report

Eddie Muncey, at right, and grandson Tanner Muncey caught this nice mess of catfish during May, fishing on limb lines. The catch totalled 45 pounds, with the largest fish tipping the scales at 12 pounds.

CENTER HILL ? Fishing is fair. The water temperature is 81 degrees; lake is stable. A few bass are being caught early in the morning and late afternoon with topwater baits around bushes. Bluegill fishing is good, using crickets and night crawlers on gravel banks in 10 feet of water. Walleye fishing is slow at this time.

DALE HOLLOW ? Fishing is good. The water temperature is 78 degrees; lake is stable. Bass fishing is good at night using jigs and spinnerbaits on rocky points and banks, in 5-to-15 feet of water. A few walleye are being caught while trolling stick baits in 17-to-20 feet of water, near grass. Bluegill fishing is good on crickets and nightcrawlers on gravel banks in 10 feet of water. Trout are being caught near the dam while trolling with downriggers in 35-to-45 feet of water.

NORMANDY ? Black Bass are mostly off bed. There may be a few on but for the most part they are done. The bass bite has been slow since they started coming off bed and they aren’t really making a pattern right now. A few are hitting top water in the early mornings and at sunset.

Catfish are still doing well.? Almost all anglers are reporting having “accidentally” caught at least one no matter what species they were fishing for. Jugs and Limb lines have been productive and also pole fishing with night crawlers.

The spring crappie bite is over on Normandy. The spawn is over and they are no longer on bed. They can still be caught and are still in the tree tops, but they are not aggressive at all. Sizes are still up. Sunfish are on all the banks and in the treetops. Crickets have been the most productive bait. Carp are rolling on all the banks.

Woods Reservoir ? Black Bass: Bass are being caught in good numbers right now on Woods. They? are scattered. Most bass fishermen are catching fish, but there hasn’t been a pattern as to where they are catching them or a specific type of lure that is working best.

Catfish are being caught everywhere and on all types of lures.

Crappie are having good days and bad days. The water temperature has fluctuated so much with the recent weather patterns, that the crappie just can’t gather in the same place at the same time. The few that are bunched up are changing depths and patterns daily. Minnows seem the be the ticket right now.

Sunfish are on all the banks and in the treetops.

(Information from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Website, www.tnwildlife.org Compiled by Dale Stubblefield)