05/13/2026
Pomme De Terre Fishing Report
05.11.26
Lake Conditions
Lake Level: 841.61, 67-68 degrees
Water condition: The lake is currently 2.61 feet high, down from last week. The water color is stained to dirty in the upper ends, it has good visibility in the lower end.
Action: Good
The crappie fishing is good. The crappie are scattered and in a variety of patterns. A few can still be caught spawning, some are in a post spawn pattern and some have started moving toward a summer pattern. They remain active and aggressive and can be easily caught, however it may take a while to find active fish, once found they are biting well.
Pattern: The crappie are congregating around brush in 10-20 feet of water. Some brush piles are loaded while others are very sparse with crappie. Casting jigs, letting them fall and slowly reeling them back has been very effective. The ones that have finished spawning are moving into a post spawn pattern – they are suspended in the mouths of coves and out of spawning areas, some are moving to hard timber structure. The crankbait bit is starting to kick in; it should improve significantly over the next week or so. On standing timber in 10-30 feet of water in the mouths of creeks and coves. Most of the crappie are 10-15 feet deep, they will hit a jig that is swimming past them. Some days they are more aggressive than others. Cast your jig past the tree, let it fall and slowly reel it back.
Lures: 2” jigs with an 1/8 th ounce head generally has been working well. The Crappie Slammers Shad Grub and Paddle tail have been hot baits. The crappie are preferring something with a little action. The preferred colors are: red/chartreuse, pink/chartreuse, silver pepper glow and white pearl chartreuse.
