Pomona has a limited black bass fishery with some smallmouth bass being caught. Fish with live bait or cut bait near deep water ledges. Be sure to properly ID your catch as there is there is an 21-inch minimum length limit and 2/day creel limit on wiper.. Click HERE for tips on identifying wipers. Anglers should try usingshad sides, shad gizzards, shrimp, nightcrawlers, and chicken liver. Hope to see some 15 inch sauger by late summer or early fall. Fly fishing opportunities are also present; hook sizes of 10-12 with a floating fly or popper may yield fish up to 8 inches. near brush and rock 5ft deep on jigs and minnows, near brush/rock 5ft deep on jigs and worms, along creeks and dam on spinners and crankbaits. Windy shorelines or points using stink baits, cut bait, shrimp or night crawlers. use minnows and dark jigs, recently bigger fish over 11 inches reportedly caught, but lots of 9 inch fish. Fair numbers of 22" to 28" blue catfish with a good group of 16" to 18" fish coming on. Use small baits, jigs or small worm under a float set for shallow water, fish maybe in shallow. Larger fish are relating to deeper water near Lucas campground, mouth of Marshall Cove, and towards the dam. The hot water area is a favorite. Boat anglers can focus their efforts on the flats of 4-8', coves, and the brushpiles located on the southwest corner of the lake. This includes cleaning and rinsing your boat and motor, trailer, and equipment, draining any excess water from previous outings, and allowing your boat to dry before using it in a different body of water. It is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water, so please discard any unused bait in a trash can. Harvest-sized Channel Catfish are stocked regularly in the Spring and Fall. There are some artificial structures placed that haven't been added to the above map yet: This is a generic report and will be updated as information becomes available. Since 1959, the Oceanana Pier & Pier House Restaurant has been providing a fun place to eat and fish for families and visitors in Atlantic Beach. Others have targeted these fish trolling along the creek channel in the mid-part of the lake. Last Updated: 1/13/2023 Print. The fish feeders are ON. COOL and DRY this weekend . COME ON DOWN! THIS INCLUDES MINNOW BUCKETS AND BOAT LIVEWELLS AND BILGES!!! Look for deep schools of baitfish. More brushpiles were added again on 3/17/20. One of the best places to catch saugeye. Fishing reports for daily oceanana pier are updated each week, usually by Thursday morning. A Cheney District newsletter is available. The crappie are in and out with the water temperatures. Wipers can be caught along with white bass so it is important to properly identify your catch before putting it on a stringer. If you would like the newsletter e-mailed to you click. Don't move water from any impoundment. Although, most fish are 12 - 15 inches. Last Updated: 10/5/2022 Print, BARBER STATE FISHING LAKE - LOWER - Try crank baits or jigs tipped with night crawlers along the flats. We took a break at lunch and Pedro prepared a Southwestern 10 oz. Usually can catch a few along the dam. Crankbaits and shad imitation baits fished near submerged road also target near schools of gizzard shad. We unfortunately made it to our destination before dark. This is a great kayaking while you are fishing lake, no recreational boating. Best places are the rock piers, standing timber and around the West boat ramp. Last Updated: 12/7/2022 Print. Trolling crankbaits is usually the ticket during summer. Use shad imitations, silver spoons. If you have individual strip pits that you'd like to see habitat improvements made, please contact Connor Ossowski, District Fisheries Biologist, at (620) 231-3173. Last Updated: 11/21/2022 Print. Look for fish near deeper breaks and brush piles. Fishing reports for oceanana pier are updated each week, usually by Fish are being caught from 4 feet to 16 feet deep. lake wide, use silver crank and spinner baits, or dark jigs, small baits and worms under floats, along weedbeds around fish attractors, also try the dam and rocky structure in the south half of the lake with jigs or minnows, some small fish but some real good ones also, with 50 limit. I hear it's been crappy up above and hope it lies down before we start up the line. 12 oz. If the inlet is flowing, then good fishing can be found there for all three species. Best time to fish is anytime you can. FALL RIVER RESERVOIR - Bass are covered by an 18 inch minimum length limit. Try targeting larger rocky shorelines or adjacent mudflats with nightcrawlers and cutbait. Fish may not be transported alive from ANS designated waters.