Pickwick Lake Elevation 413
Water Temp. 62

BASS
Bass fishing is a little slow in the lake right now. You can catch fish by fishing shallow. Today I caught most of my fish on a Strike King Red Eye Shad in the backs of main lake pockets and main lake flats. I have been catching a lot of fish on Strike King Series 3 Crankbaits along bluffs and rocky banks. I am catching more large mouth bass in numbers above the Pickwick Dam. Below Pickwick Dam you are more likely to catch a nice smallmouth right now on live bait.

White bass
You can still catch a lot of white bass now below Pickwick Dam. I have caught most of them from the dam to the Shiloh area on small white grubs. You can also catch a large number on the Strike King Series 3 Crankbaits that you use for largemouth bass.

Stripers
Stripers are starting to show up around the dam now. I have caught a few on Stike King spoons and Series 6XD crankbaits. Most of the stripers we have caught so far have been on the smaller side and we are still not catching a large number yet. Over the next two weeks I expect striper fishing to pick up a lot.

Sauger
Sauger fishing has slowed down jigging the bottom. You can still catch some by trolling a crankbait.

Catfish
Catfish are starting to move into shallow water areas like they do every year to spawn. I have caught them while fishing for other species. To catch these shallow catfish I usually fish with a live worm and float in 3-6' of water.