Lake
Muddy on the upper end down to about the mouth of Drowning and Duck Creek. Farther south, water is stabilizing and clearing a bit, but generators keep pulling the mud line through. Honey, Duck, Drowning and Horse creeks should clear pretty fast — not a catastrophic flood into the backs of the creeks.
Catfish
Good reports; Jeff's been fishing too. Shallow water around Three Fingers, mouth of Elk River and the islands — lots of blues, not many over 10 pounds lately; when current ran around Wilson's Point and in front of Three Fingers it was fantastic. Big blues start spawning about May 20–25 in the rocks. Under rolling gar: dip bait, worms, homemade dough or gar eggs along bluffs — Port Duncan, bluffs between Governor's Island and Shangri-La, Three Fingers. Bobber 3–4 feet deep; stay back for an easy cast; you may hang a gar.
New product
Pushing Grip — American-made grip with a patented nose cone to push into a cat's mouth for landing/cleaning; on the fishlucke.com homepage.
White Bass / Crappie
Looking for post-spawn White Bass and Crappie to get really good in the next week or so in typical early-summer spots. Excited to throw Scrounger, swimming minnows and that killer quarter-ounce Dinner Spinner. Tip: 1/8 oz Tie2 ahead of a 1/4 or 1/8 oz Dinner Spinner to cut line twist; new Dinner Spinners coming in with swivels.
Bass
Post-spawn bank bite should be good. Best fishing stretch from now through about the Fourth of July.
Dealers
fishlucke.com (Pushing Grip on homepage), Amazon, area dealers.