02-04-2004, 10:53 PM
LAKE RUSSELL: Largemouth Bass: Fair, try deep humps with deep running crankbaits and jigging spoons. Yellow Perch: Very Good, fishing medium minnows deep and jigging spoons. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Excellent, early morning with bucktails, cut and live herring and jigs especially when water is running below dam. Reports of 9 to 10-pound fish being caught. White Bass: Poor, using bucktails, spinners and live bait below dam. Crappie: Very Good, using minnows around brush piles and bridge pilings. Also try fishing jigs along banks with cover. Catfish: Good, using cut bait and nightcrawlers on the bottom. Bream: Good, using red wigglers, pinks, crickets and nightcrawlers. Water temperature is 48 degrees and clear.
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