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07-18-2016, 10:01 PM
Date: 7/16/16
Park hours: 6:00 A.M. – 7:30 P.M. (Open 7 days a week)Dock closes: 7:00 P.M.Last Plant: 3,000 lbs of Channel Catfish Friday July 1st.
Next Plant: 1,000 lbs of Channel Catfish Friday July 22nd.
Water temperature: At surface 76.64 f., 4.32 D.O. @ 10’ 77.72 f., 4.07 D.O.
Water level: Low level, private water craft are currently banned.

To protect Wohlford from invasive exotic Quagga mussels, there is still a ban on private water craft and equipment that could have been exposed to mussels. Restricted equipment includes private boats, canoes, kayaks, float tubes, trolling motors, fish finders, anchors, and other equipment that contacts the water.
Lake Wohlford is offering $20 all day motor boats to seniors on Tuesdays and Thursdays and to active military on the first and third Saturdays of each month.
The catfish are biting consistently throughout the lake and the fishing should just get better with Friday’s plant. Senior Shoreline, Boat Dock Cove, and Oakvale Cove have all been having good success with stink-bait, cut mackerel, or chicken liver. Stop by the ranger station for a dough-bait recipe that works wonders on catfish, as well as carp.
The bass bite has been slow despite, or perhaps due to, an overabundance of baitfish in the water. Spinner baits, crank baits, shad raps, or dark colored plastics are all viable options when fishing for bass.
The crappie bite has been poor, with very few of the pan-fish being reported.
Each month Whopper Contest winners in four categories are awarded a free fishing and boating permit. For information on the contest or fishing conditions, please contact the Ranger Station at (760) 839-4346.
To view our current fish photos, visit our website at:
http://www.wohlfordlake.com (http://www.wohlfordlake.com/)
WHOPPER CONTEST WINNERS FOR JUNE WERE:
PAUL MATTECHECK 2.80# TROUT - RANDY EDDO 1.75# CRAPPIE
HARVEY PEARSON 6.40# CATFISH

WHOPPER CONTEST LEADERS FOR JULY ARE:
GRACIE OSWALD 4.15# CATFISH - BRIAN BOYD 6.80# BASS
RANDY EDDO 1.35# CRAPPIE