June 26-29

I guided on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients caught four Master Angler fish including two wipers at 31.50 and 24 inches, plus two walleyes at 30 and 28.25-inches. My clients and I also caught good numbers of smaller wipers between 13 and 23.50 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, walleyes between 13 and 22 inches, northern pike up to 34 inches, and a few channel catfish up to 28 inches. We caught these fish on a Carolina Rig using shiners, ReelBait Flasher Jig with a shiner, Lytle's Secret Tail Spinners, jigging spoons, and topwater plugs. They were caught around underwater road beds, humps, main lake points, edges of creek channels, and edges of flats next to deep water in depths of 35 feet or less. The surface water temperature is in the upper 70s.

June 21-25

I guided on Red Willow Reservoir all five days. My clients and I caught good numbers of wiper between 12 and 23 inches including two Master Angler wipers (24.50 and 24.25 inches). We also caught walleyes between 12 and 18 inches, white bass between 9 and 13 inches, northern pike up to 30 inches, and a few channel catfish between 24 and 28 inches. We caught these fish using a Carolina Rig with shiners, Lytle's Secret Tail Spinners, Jigging spoon, and by slow rolling a 3/4-ounce spinnerbait around main lake points, underwater humps, and roadbeds in depths of 28 feet or less. The surface water temperature is averaging around the upper 70s in the morning, and in the lower 80s by mid afternoon.

June 18-19

I guided both days on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients and I caught two Master Angler wipers (26" and 25.50"). We also caught good numbers of smaller wipers between 13 and 22 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, walleyes up to 15 inches, a few northern pike between 24 and 30 inches, three channel catfish averaging around 25 inches, and freshwater drum up to 14 inches. We caught these fish around main lake points, underwater humps, and road beds in depths of 30 feet or less using a Carolina Rig with live bait, Lytle's Secret Tail Spinners, and a ReelBait Jigging Spoon. The surface water temperature is in the lower 70s.

June 15-17

I guided on Red Willow Reservoir all three days. My clients caught three Master Angler fish including a 32-inch channel catfish, a 29.50-inch walleye, and a 24.25-inch wiper. We also caught good numbers of wipers between 12 and 22 inches, white bass between 9 and 13 inches, walleyes between 12 and 18 inches, freshwater drum between 9 and 14 inches, a few northern pike up to 28 inches, and a 12-inch crappie. We caught these fish on a Carolina Rig using shiners, Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, ReelBait Jigging Spoon, and by slow rolling a 1-ounce spinnerbait in depths of 28 feet or less around underwater humps, main lake points, flats, and underwater roadbeds. The surface water temperature is in the lower 70s.

June 13, 14

I guided the same clients both days on Red Willow Reservoir. We caught two Master Angler fish including a 29-inch walleye and 31.50-inch wiper. We also caught good numbers of smaller wipers between 12 and 22 inches, walleyes up to 27 inches, white bass between 8 and 13 inches, a 25-inch channel catfish, a small northern pike, and a small freshwater drum. We caught these fish around main lake points, underwater humps, flats, and underwater roadbeds in depths of 28 feet or less. They were caught on a Carolina Rig using shiners, Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, ReelBait Flasher Jig with a 4-inch swimbait, topwater plug, and by slow rolling a 1-ounce spinnerbait.

June 11, 12

I guided on both days at Red Willow Reservoir. My clients and I are still catching wipers between 12 and 22 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, walleyes up to 17 inches, northern pike up to 28 inches, a few freshwater drums up to 15 inches, and a 12-inch crappies. We caught these fish on a Carolina Rig with shiners, a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, and a ReelBait Flasher Jig with a 4-inch swimbait around main lake points, underwater humps, roadbeds, and flats next to deep water in depths of 20 feet or less. The surface water temperature is averaging round 70 degrees.

June 9, 10

I guided on both days on Red Willow Reservoir. My clients and I caught good numbers of wipers between 12 and 22 inches, including a Master Angler wiper at 30 inches. We also caught good numbers of white bass between 9 and 13 inches, walleyes between 13 and 16 inches, northern pike up to 28 inches, a few drum up to 15 inches, and a 13-inch crappie. We caught these fish on a Carolina rig using shiners, a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, a Reelbait Flasher Jig with Berkley Powerbait 3-inch minnow, and a deep diving crankbait around main lake points, underwater islands, flats next to deep water, and next to an underwater road bed in depths of 25 feet or less.

June 6

I guided on Red Willow Reservoir. My clients and I caught wipers, white bass, walleyes, and a freshwater drum around main lake points, underwater humps, and along an underwater road bed in depths of 20 feet or less using a Carolina rig with a shiner, Reelbait Flasher jig with a Berkley Gulp! 3-inch minnow, deep diving crankbait, and a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner. The surface water temperature is in the upper 60s.

June 5

I took my friend, his wife, and their 3 1/2-years-old daughter fishing at a private sand pit lake. We caught largemouth bass between 12 and 18.50 inches including a 21-inch Master Angler bass. We caught these fish on a Reelbait Flasher Jig with plastic worm or a tubebait, and a Dropshot Rig using plastic worm or a tubebait around points, edges of weed beds, and brush piles. Their daughter also caught her fish fish, a small bluegill. She also caught good numbers of bluegills between 5 and 8 inches using a small pieces of Berkley Gulp! nightcrawler on a small #10 hook with a split shot.

June 4

I took my friend fishing at Red Willow Reservoir in the afternoon. We caught wipers, white bass, walleyes, and a northern pike around main lake points, underwater islands, and back in a large cove using a Lytle Secret Tail Spinner, and a ReelBait Flasher Jig with a Berkley 3-inch Minnow Powerbait. The surface water temperature is averaging around 67 degrees.

June 3

My two brothers and I went fished at two different private sand pits in the afternoon. I caught a nice Master Angler crappie at 16 inches. We also caught smaller crappies between 10 and 14 inches, and good numbers of largemouth bass between 10 and 19.25 inches. We caught these fish on a Reelbait Flasher Jig with plastic bait and or a Berkley Gulp! bait, and a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around points, edges of weed beds, and underwater brush piles.

June 2

I guided on Red Willow Reservoir and one of my clients caught a nice Master Angler northern pike measuring 37 inches. My clients and I also caught smaller pike up to 29 inches, good numbers of smaller wipers, white bass, and a few small walleyes. We caught these fish on a spinnerbait, chatterbait, Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, Reelbait Flasher jig with Berkley Powerbait 3-inch minnow, and a Carolina rig using a shiner around main lake points, underwater road beds, and back in a large cove. The key to catching these fish was finding cleaner water clarity and find the baitfish in the area. The surface water temperature dropped to the mid 60s due to the cooler weather we had the last few days.

June 1

My clients and I fished at Red Willow Reservoir in the morning. We caught smaller wipers and white bass around main lake points and shallow flats with flooded willow trees where the water clarity was a little cleaner. We used a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, topwater plug, rattling lipless crankbait, and a Carolina Rig with a shiner. The strong wind with rain and cooler weather forced off the lake before noon.

In the afternoon, my clients and I went fished at a private sand pit after the rain stopped. We caught largemouth bass between 10 and 19 inches including a largemouth over six pounds that my client lost by the boat when it jumped out of the water and threw the hook. I also caught a nice Master Angler 16-inch crappie that weighted about 2.50 pounds. We caught these fish on a Reelbait Flasher Jig with Berkley Gulp! or a Powerbait worm, and a drop shot rig using 4-inch Powerbait worm around points and edges of deep weed beds.

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