I know most of you are biting the bit for fall but don't miss out on what September is really all about. Wind and cool mornings. The west wind and now south wind that has been hammering us at Shelbyville for last couple of weeks, embrace it. I am having a ball fishing for whites and getting some walleye and large mouth and catfish and big carp and anything that roams the flats chasing shad with the whites. My depthfinder hasn't read anything deeper than 1.7 in two weeks. The huge flats have a small out crop of dead smart weeds and willows and the whites have went to them now that the lake has risen a few inches. Anywhere on the big flats as long as you see bait is fine. I am seeing busting fish all day long. Boat traffic putting huge waves on the shore is the only thing slowing me down. By that time I already have over a hundred fish anyway. Today we had a cooler full at 8:00AM

I am using a twenty pound fluted anchor and slip drifting along the flat and just hammering the fish. It is as good as it was a month ago up in the river only now you got a good shot at getting a walleye.

I did see the surface temps this morning were down to 73 so things will be looking up soon but for now white bass fishing is a ball. I would rather catch a hundred fish a day over a couple dozen small to average sized crappie. I will join the rest of you at the end of the month.