•SMITHVILLE: 73 degrees, clear in the main lake, stained in the tributaries, 3 feet high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass good on plastic creature baits in the newly flooded vegetation; crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows along the tree lines; catfish good on a variety of baits in the back of coves where water is running in; white bass fair on Road Runners, minnows, Rat-L-Traps, spinners where the fish are surfacing early and late.
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