REND LAKE FISHING REPORT
For March 18, 2013
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Phone (618) 724-2493
Fax (618) 724-4089
e-mail : rendinfo@usace.army.mil
Web site http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/rend
MAIN LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES
| SPECIES | RATING | BAIT OF CHOICE | SUGGESTED LOCATIONS | REGULATIONS |
| LARGEMOUTH BASS | No Report at this time. | Worms, rattle traps, jig&trailer, spinner baits, square bill crank baits. | Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. Fish around bridges and along the rocks. Fish at mouths of bays and shallow wood cover spots. | 14” minimum length limit, 6 daily creel limit. 1 fish daily creel limit in PONDS 14” minimum length. |
| CRAPPIE
|
Good | Jigs are working well. Quarter-Ounce pink and white tub jigs. | Fish are in the deep water. Fish 10-16 ft deep over brush and on edges of water. Fish are being caught around structures. | 25 fish daily creel limit with no more than 10 fish 10 inches or longer |
| BLUEGILL
|
No Report at this time. | Crickets, worms, wax worms, red wigglers. | Fish in the back of necks in shallow water or along rocks. Hot spot off the rocks under the sailboat harbor bridge in 1-4 ft of water. | 10 fish daily creel limit in PONDS. |
| CHANNEL
CATFISH
|
Good | Sonny’s stink bait, whole shad, shad gut, night crawlers, and leeches. | Jig fish in shallow water with leeches. If fishing from a boat let your bait drift and drag the bottom. | 6 fish daily creel limit in PONDS.
Jugs must be attended at all times while fishing. |
| WHITE BASS | No Report at this time. | Spoon Lures. Jig and curly tail grubs. Vibrax spinner number 3, and crankbait. | Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. Fish around bridges and along the rocks. Fish at mouths of bays and shallow wood cover spots. | 20 fish creel limit.
No more than 3 fish 17” or longer daily |
| Information as of: 03/18/2013
LAKE LEVEL: 409.06 AVERAGE POOL FOR THIS DATE: 407.56 WATER TEMP: 39°F |
Use of a minnow seine, cast net, or shad scoop for bait collecting within 1000 yards downstream of the Rend Lake dam and spillway is prohibited.
Maps of the Fish Attractor tree locations along with GPS readings are available at the Rend Lake Corps of Engineers Project Office. Contact Molly Rawlinson for more information at (618)724-2493. In order to maintain a cleaner recreation area, anglers and bow fishermen fishing below the dam are asked to return dead rough fish to the water.
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