Nice boat Dave! Hope all is going well with you. I may head up there next week and give it a try!

Where is the big chute Jeff? I’ve never heard of that before.

Rathbun has been very good in June and July. Drag crankbaits along drops and points. Red Rock is very good for white bass and wipers. The north shore from the marina to Roberts Creek is a good place to start. Medium diving cranks in chrome or white will catch you fish. I try and troll about 3 mph. Hang on if you get a good one, they can pull the pole right out of your hand if you are not paying attention. Welcome to Iowa!

Got out Thursday nite and fished from 6-8. Caught 30 nice crappies in about 12 feet of water off of a point. Pitching a 1/60 oz. jig with a red and white tube. The fish were very finicky and biting very lightly. Most fish cleaned were females and still had eggs. Should only get better in the next week or so.

The crappies are still deep and suspended. I caught some in 40ft of water and they were suspended at about 15 ft. Slow trolling jigs with tubes (chartruese). Fish should start moving up shallow soon.

We got this one at Guttenberg on April 4th, 9lbs 10oz.

5 fish: 29.6
big fish: 10.4

There has been quite a few people fishing that area as it has been good in the past. I haven’t heard of much success in that area though. Most of the good reports are coming from the south end of the lake (towards the dam).

I have been out a number of times with mixed results. Finding and fishing the brush piles is the key. Most of the time you will need to be a foot or two on the outside edge of the brush pile. Fishing directly over the brush doesn’t seem to work. The fish don’t seem to want to come up out of the brush but will come out to the side. It takes some work and you have to punch plenty of holes to get situated correctly. The gills have been pretty good, crappies have been slow, and the walleyes have been eager to bite but most are small. We have been moving around a lot to find active fish. Utilizing a GPS and knowing the locations of the brush piles is certainly an asset. The most productive depth has been 20-25 fow.