Anglers are catching good numbers of bass using topwater, dropshot, jerks and cranks. The Salt end is productive for many and of course early morning and late evening is best for fish and fishermen alike. As long as the wind isn’t whipping around, nighttime crappie fishing is a little more pleasant with regards to the air temps. A couple anglers caught 7 on topwater, 4 using dropshot, 3 on cranks and 3 on jerksbaits in the early morning hours.

Another couple anglers fished early morning and fished all day; they caught 40 to 45 bass. Topwater was the ticket early morning around the points and backs of coves. Jerkbait worked a little later on the smaller bass. Largemouth were also hanging in the submerged trees and took jigs and worms.

Another fisherman fished under cloud cover and he caught over 100 bass with 20% being overs. This knowledgeable fisherman caught most of them on soft jerkbaits.

A couple other anglers fished deep and pulled up some real nice largemouth with one just under 8 pounds. Many fish were in the 3 to 5 pound range. The nighttime bite is real good right now.

Don't expect submersible lights to help you right now -- the moon is almost full. Drop shots can work. Also think vibration and dark for lures. Black poppers and the like might get you some interesting action in the moonlight.

• Largemouth bass
• smallmouth bass
• crappie
• sunfish
• catfish
• carp
• catfish