Lake Skinner Fishing Report

Skinner is hot right now, with a ton of good action for both bass and catfish. Bass guys are running a variety of baits along the Tule line landing both quantity and quality, with 3-4 pounders not being uncommon. Senkos, dropshots, and T-rigged creature baits rigged weedless are all working tossed as close to cover as possible. The topwater bite has been very good as well in the morning off points and rocky areas on walking baits. A few giant stripers were caught last week this way near the dam too.

The catfish bite is probably the most consistent all around on mackerel, livers, and garlic shrimp. Evening is best, although there's been plenty of midday action.

Skinner has been serving up an excellent bass bite over the last few weeks. Nothing huge, largest reported catch peaking around 5 pounds, but plenty of 1-2 pound fish all around the lake. Pink and purple drop shot worms are putting up good numbers in 10+ feet of water on the east end. Others are ripping rattle traps in open water at fish keying in on bait. There's also decent flip bite, with a few nice 3-pounders pulled out of the tules on beaver and craw style soft plastics. Not a lot of bedded fish seen yet, but as water temps hit the high 60s to low 70s, that should change.

The last trout stock was the second week in March, and the bite has been slowing with rising water temps.

Decent bass bite. Lots of litter everywhere. You have to pay a premium to fish this lake yet it looks like a landfill. Today was the first time I fished there in the evening. Be warned, they kick everyone off the lake right before the golden hour. What's the point of paying, ridiculous on it's own, if you can't even fishing during the best time of the day. It left a bad taste in my mouth. I doubt I will go back.