I have been getting up wind of the marked fish and get my bait down to the deptht he fish are moving in and slide into them. Even at the depths the fish are scooled up in, motoring in on them and trying to get bait right down on them shuts them down. The pattern I have seen is that they go deep then surface a couple hundred feet away from you and are out of the biting mood fro a little while so resist the temptation to try and drop down right on top of them.

   am fishing live bait in depths, from 15-30 feet and also in 45-60 feet of water and am concentrating on the ledges of the creek channels and the main river channel. As fast as the fish are moving, I am doing very little anchor fishing and mostly drifting. As fast as the fish are moving, I expect the slab action pick up the closer we get to July and get even better as the water temperature continues to rise. . .

   With all the rain the northern part of the watershed has seen the l current lake level has risen over half a foot since my last report to 618.62 and seems to still be slowing rising. with a water temperature of 78 degrees. The water is still slightly off color.