If you really want to go after the whites, drive your truck west on Hwy 70 and relaunch up at SOW Campground area. Fish the river up and down, wherever the water level allows. If they are there, you'll know it in minutes. If not, you can always drive back. I've driven a 25 hp type boat all the way from one end to that end, but it's no fun.

We never did too good on the dam area, or Chimney Rock area.......but a lot of people do! This is all from memory years ago. We went for 2 weeks every single year, around this time. We went for the whites originally, but found the crappie......mostly the blackest black crappie I ever caught.......and you need an E Piano wire to land one of 'em.

The lake has changed drastically.

Stop in at Lakeside Grocery and ask the guy for his best info........