Lake Shelbyville Fishing Report

The lake level is at 598.29. Normal summer pool is 599.77. So about a foot and a half low. Water temps are all over the place. 73 in the morning 79 in the afternoon due to our up and down weather. Some night been getting down to 49 degrees. Water color very clear everywhere except extreme north end that has a lot of carp and boat traffic stirring it up. Are we in fall transition I say not yet I am still catching my fish same spots last month or so and same methods of doing so. Here is what [...]

The lake level is 598.62 or roughly 16in. low. Water color is gin clear all over the lake but the extreme north end. The carp and baitfish have it all stirred up. Water temps are back to 83-85. Weather has been hot and that fires up the white bass. A strong south wind comes with it and that helps fishermen and bunching up the white bass. Extended forecast has it cooling off mid-week. I am still doing combo trips for at least another month. The white bass fishing has been very good and catching enough crappie on minnows as well. [...]

The lake is about 6in. low or 599.15. Thursday brought in a severe cold front and I saw water temps drop from almost 90 down to 75 in just 36 hours. It is bounced back to 80 as of August 2nd. Lake is gin clear about everywhere. What this has done is move my white bass and put crappie on wood. One door closes another opens. "CRAPPIE" With water temps dropping so quickly the last three days I have seen crappie fishing improve. We have been able to catch fish under ten-inches without any problems but now I am seeing [...]

The lake level is 599.97 or basically summer pool. Water temps are running from 81-85. The lake is pretty clear despite many pop up showers. The area from Bo-Woods boat ramp over to Coalshaft bridge and from Wilborn boat ramp down to the Point 6 flat has so many balls of shad you can't believe they are hungry. The south end of the lake is nothing like this. Only on the three flat is there shad activity like this. We also have been fighting a very bad algae bloom that just lingers on. Recent rains have helped break it up. [...]

The lake Level is 599.62 or .29 under summer pool. Water temps shot all the way up to 86 now have settled in around 82. It has been very hot which has moved the crappie to cubes and deep down trees. The whites are roaming channel banks busting on shad early in the morning. "CRAPPIE" I am fishing some flats early in the morning looking for the last of the shallow crappie mixed in with channel catfish. I am marking off several stumps then moving from one to the other casting a slip bobber and minnow at the area next [...]