Fishing report

Taberville Report

by Linda McCallister

Dains Fish Farm

We still have a few people trotlining.

A man and his son pulled their lines early this week or late last week but before that the morning they took them out, they had four under the slot limit. The biggest they had caught in two weeks of trotlining was a 65 lb. blue.

That is just what I heard of. I’m sure they caught a lot more. Those were just the ones they were telling me about the day they pulled their lines.

They were using bullheads and brown carp.

We’ve got a guy trotlining right now. He’s using brown carp.

They are all baiting at night and running their lines early. The man and his son were doing that. This guy is just starting. He baited last night and he’s going to come back tonight and get more. I’m assuming that is what he is doing.

I’ve had some people tell me that the river has some current to it. It’s not up that I can tell but a little bit of current will help with the fishing.

The father and his son were starting to have problems with turtles and gar taking their baits. They attributed that to their not being any current. That was before we got some rain. They pulled their lines last week or early this week.

I’ve got some people that are finding summer mushrooms. I’ve never heard of such a thing. They called one of them a chantrelle. Then there is a blue one. They went on the Conservation web site to make sure they weren’ poisonous and they have been eating them and haven’t died. They said they have eaten those blue ones three days in a row.

This is the first experience I’ve had of people really mushroom hunting in the summertime. I’ve been kind of interested in it. They said they find them in the woods. I’d say it’s like morels: if they find them and told you where, they’d have to kill you. People are so protective of their mushrooms.

Stockton Lake Report

by Michelle Christie

Stockton State Park Marina

We have a fishing report out here for people to read:

It says – walleye- good, catfish  – good, bass- good, crappie – fair, bluegill – good on nightcrawlers and topwater.  Bass in 5 – 10 ft. of water around submerged structure biting on plastic worms and deep diving crankbaits. . Walleye on the bottom in 10 – 20 ft. of water on spoons and nightcrawlers. Flathead catfish – 5 – 10 ft. deep on live baits.