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The report is now posted on the radio station's Facebook page and shared to the Grand Fishing Report Facebook group, which has over 20,000 members. Many guides contribute, so if you miss the report or are outside the listening area, you can find it there.
Crappie
Haydn brought his mom and dad some nice Crappie. He says many fish that were 9.5 inches this winter are now 10 to 10.25 inches, and he's seeing many more Crappie than last summer, fall, winter and spring. It looks like a good recruitment hatch a couple of years ago is producing another group of keepers: the 10- to 11.5-inch standard Crappie Grand Lake has always had, instead of lots of shorts with a few big ones mixed in. He's using Lucky Bugs and swimming minnows, and clients use minnows under slip bobbers. He uses forward-facing sonar to find brush rather than chase individual fish; once he knows the brush depth, he casts the Lucky Bug or swimming minnow to it or sets slip bobbers. Everybody loves watching a bobber go under.
White Bass
Haydn is running many White Bass trips and catching lots of fish on underwater islands from Patricia Island all the way out to Goat Island, on islands and ridges where people have caught fish since the lake was built. Use a 1/4-ounce head with a swimming minnow, or a Tie2 jig with a 1/16-ounce Lucky Bug above a 2.5-inch swimming minnow. Cast, let it sink to the bottom and reel in really slowly. He's also used blade baits and slabs, and fish are starting to surface in the evenings.
Lake level
The water has cleared up really well. Inflow has slowed way down with no heavy rain on the way, so the lake should stay clear and fish the same through July and August unless there's a hard inflow.
Dealers
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