Steve & Lisa Spencer give tips and conditions for local fishing holes in Saline County in this column. See more info about Steve and Lisa at the end.
Virginia Steitler had a couple of good nights fishing at Bishop Park Ponds recently using Night crawlers, the biggest catfish weighed in at 7lbs.
Faith Steitler, 9 yrs old caught this nice catfish at Bishop Park Ponds using chicken livers.
Saline River – The bass have been good on several things from brooder minnows to plastics and zingtails. Zingtails are just like a Roostertail but everyone tells me that they spin so much better. Crappie have been doing fair off of #6 crappie minnows and assorted types of crappie jigs. Bream have done very well off of crickets, Catfish are also doing good off of brooder minnows, chicken livers and night crawlers. Give it another month and the walleye will start to really turn on.
David Green enjoyed a day on the Saline River with his daughter Lauren catching some bream off of crickets, he said they caught about a doz or so.
Sunset Lake – It was reported to me as of Sunday that actually half of the park was closed. But that you could fish off of the dock and the boat ramp. Other than that I don’t have a fishing report for it yet.
Lake Norrell – Crappie from what I hear have still been doing pretty good on #6 crappie minnows out there up in some of the coves. Also Kalin’s bleeding Tennessee shad colored jigs have done good on the crappie. Bream have been good on crickets drop shot them. Catfish have been good on night crawlers ,bait shrimp and cut baits. Bass good on brooder minnows, plastic baits and buzz & spinner baits as well.
Bishop Park Ponds – Catfish have been doing great there off of chicken livers, night crawlers and bass minnows, Bream have been good off of crickets and red worms. Bass have been hitting brooder minnows, plastic worms. A few reports of some small crappie being caught off of crappie minnows.
Lake Winona – Catfish been doing good off of chicken livers, goldfish and night crawlers. Crappie fair off of crappie minnows. Bream good off of crickets. Bass been doing well off of minnows and crank baits.
