Lake Blue Ridge Fishing Report – June 2022

Blue Ridge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 72-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear.

Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bite has been good. The spawn is pretty much over and the fish should start feeding on the herring soon. Starting at daylight, I’m targeting flats and long rocky points with a Whopper Plopper, Zara Spook and a Pop-R. Once the sun gets up, I’m using a Texas rig, shaky head, drop shot and tube around docks, deep, rocky banks and points. By midday, I start working my way up the river and fishing deep, rocky banks where the river hits on its way down. I’m targeting these areas with a shaky head, Texas rig and a drop shot. This month is also a good time to fish a Zoom Trick Worm and Fluke around docks and brush. If night fishing, I like throwing a Norman DD crankbait around rock and long points, a 3.5-inch tube and a Texas rig. Fishing should be good all month.” 

Walleye: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The spring walleye bite is over and it’s on to summertime fishing. The last few weeks we have been on a good shallow-water bite, but it tapered off last week and the transition is on. As the fish pull out of the shallows and the baitfish head offshore, the walleye are spread out and are feeding on a typical summertime low-light schedule. Mornings and evenings are best, as well as after sunset. The fish are moving up and down shoreline contours following schools of bluebacks and feeding when the opportunity presents itself. Because the fish are not stationary, you can fish them a number of ways from spoons to crankbaits, live baits or jigs. Whatever you have confidence in really. Find the contour depth the fish are holding on and follow it. Fish bright colors on cloudy days and dark colors on sunny days. Having a large variety of tackle is a must when fishing this clear-water lake as the fish can get pretty picky at times. Most fish are in the 40- to 50-foot depth range in the daytime.”

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Trout: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The trout bite has been getting better for a few weeks now, and we have them dialed in pretty good. They are chasing the schools of bait around on the main lake and up in the river until around 10 a.m, then they go deep. Again live bait or artificials fished near the schools of bluebacks is the way to go. Trout like shiny things. Gold, silver or any combination, as well as combined with live bait can work. We have seen some fish as big as 23 inches recently. These fish never stop moving, so figuring them out can be tricky.”