Lake Shelbyville Fishing Report
Fishing Report August 2-16
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 [...]
Fishing Report July 19-August 2nd
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. [...]
Fishing Report July 5-19
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 [...]
Fishing Report June 21-July 5
Lake level is 600.7 feet above sea level. Normal summer pool is 599.7 so roughly a foot high. Water temps are running 75-77. The north end has a little stain but mid-lake down to the south end clear as can be. "Crappie" The crappie are slowly getting back to their normal summer patterns and the summer bite will get even better once the water temp. hits the 80 mark. This along with gin clear water will have the fish hiding in the nearly 3000 Shelbyville Cubes. For now I am seeing fish up on the north end using them but [...]
Fishing Report June 7-21
The lake level is 600.00. Summer pool is 599.7 so very close. The water temps are running 67-71. The lake is very clear about everywhere. "Crappie" We are concentrating on stumps off flats or Shelbyville Cubes mid-lake to south end. All with a slip bobber and a minnow. Better grab a bunch as we are going through about ten dozen a day. Depth on my slip bobber rig runs from 9-14ft. depending on the cover. I fish this way all summer simply because I have three in the boat most days and we all can fish off the side of [...]
