Lake Shelbyville Fishing Report

The lake level is about 6-8 inches below summer pool and the surface temps are running 85 on the north end and 77 on the south end. North end very stained with a cloud on the surface that stirs up with your trolling motor. The south end is gin clear and fish are deep and spooky. Here is how I am catching them. Crappie.... I am fishing laydowns, cubes and stumps mid lake to south end. These fish want shade mid day. Early in the morning they are near it roaming looking for balls of baitfish. Since a thermocline never [...]

Finally the lake is at summer pool 599.7. The water temps took a dive this week from 87 down to 76. The lake is very clear one end to the other and the bait remains shallow all over the lake especially the north end. I can't remember a year I have seen it more abundant. Algae bloom coincided with lake rising all perfect timing. We are going to have some fat healthy fish in this lake for some time. CRAPPIE.... Since the bait is shallow so are the crappie. I am still pounding on stumps all over the lake in [...]

The lake level is 601.31 or about a foot and a half over normal summer pool. Water temps are running 78 or so. The north end has some stain but the south end is gin clear. The Corp is pulling the lake down about two-inches a day so this is having an effect on everything. Places that held fish a couple days ago just have small fish left. As for me I know it will get better in a week or so once the water quits dropping. Until then move a lot you will get crappie over ten-inches. Crappie..... Right [...]

The lake has risen about 18in. with the recent rains to 601.14 feet above sea level. Normal pool is 599.7 The water temps jumped from 77 to 85 and were starting to get a nice thermocline but was broken up by the incoming water and current. We should have one very soon though. The lake remains very clear. North end some stain, south end gin clear. The water temps are going to fall after these next few days back to the 77-80 range. It has been extremely hot. Cooling off after today the 15th. Crappie.... Not a lot has changed [...]

Things have changed somewhat so I thought a revised fishing report was due. My readers really appreciate the reports. The lake level is back to summer pool and the water temps fell somewhat from 82 down to 77 on the north end. We were going through a bad algae bloom making it impossible to use your forward facing sonar and the fishing slowed way down for the bigger fish at least. With the rains and wind this has broken up the algae bloom. The bait is everywhere on the surface. I was out yesterday and couldn't believe how much I [...]