Somerville Lake

Water stained; 84 degrees; 0.78 feet above pool. It is an unusually wet year for July and the lake is 10 inches above pool. At the marina crappie are fair, bluegill are fair on crickets or worms, and catfish are fair on minnows or punch bait. Crappie are good in the late afternoon on jigs and minnows over brush in 8-18 feet of water. Catfish are fair in 10-15 feet of water on structure using cut shad or punch bait. Black bass are slow on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in 6-14 feet of water. White bass are fair trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows. Hybrids are good in deeper water, using jigs, cut bait. Below the dam all species are fair fishing, with 189 cfs of water being released. Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.