Blue Ridge Lake Temp 84 Level full Clarity  6ft Waters hot fish are deep and the bite is early its summertime and the temps and boat traffic are pretty much on par for this time of year. Neither are great but if you start early or fish late you can find plenty of quiet water […]

er’s Temp 84 Level full Clarity 3 ft tops    It’s ( finally)summer time on er’s Lake. This means start early or fish at dusk or at night even to beat the heat and boat traffic. The bait is super thick again after the spawn so the fish are spread out as usual. The […]

Blue Ridge Lake Temp 71 Level full Clarity 10ft Is it Summertime already?  The last 2 months have been incredible.  One of the best spring fishing runs we have had in a few yrs. Lots of walleye were caught last month both day and night fishing. We had several fish in the 5 […]

ers lake ers 72deg Level full Clarity  2ft Last month was wide open on this big deep monster of a lake. The bait spawn was super fun as usual with lots of activity from multiple species. Walleyes big stripers and some magnum spots were all players last month. The walleye have been up […]

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ers May 2025   Lake Temp 70 Level full Clarity 5ft The spring walleye bite has been great with numbers and big fish. The fish are feeding pretty shallow at night and holding near shore after sunrise. Targeting the 25 to 50ft range has been most productive for daytime fishing. Slow trolling […]

Blue Ridge temp 61 level -8 ft clarity 7ft “Temps are climbing and the winter pool level is slowly rising to spring levels on this reservoir. As the temps climb into the lower 60s the fish in this lake start to get fired up. Walleye are slowly making their way out of the river system […]

ers April 2025 water 62 level full clarity 5ft “With the walleye spawn wrapping up in the river we are focusing our walleye efforts back on the main lake. Early morning the toothy fish are up shallow feeding on the shallow bait. These fish will get back to depth after sunrise so the shallow bite […]

Blue Ridge lake May 2025 Temp 70 Level full -2ft Clarity 8ft This lake really comes alive in May. The walleye are crushing the spawning herring early in the morning. Look for active bait up shallow before dawn and concentrate on those areas after sunrise. Jerk baits jigs live bait and trolling […]

ers lake Temp 54 Level full +/- 6 ft Clarity 2 feet on surface     Almost spring been hearing it for weeks but March can be deceiving. Cold nights still pretty chilly water and cold fronts still moving through can really turn the bite on and off. The best advice is to find a […]