Lyon State Fishing Lake Fishing Report - Updated: 6/27/24

Species Rating Size Baits, Method, Location
Bluegill and Redear good

87% 4-7"

7% 7-9"

2% 9-11"

 Use worm, very small jig, or small silver spinner or spoon around brush piles, weed line, and rock jetties.   Dry flies or grasshoppers also work well on calm days.
Channel Catfish good

33% 11-16"

42% 16-24"

8% 24-28"

17% 28-36"

 Use worms or shad sides around feeders and deep brush piles.
Largemouth Bass good

26% 8-12"

38% 12-15"

36% 15-20"

0% >20"

 Use spinners, jigs, or worms around brush piles and weed line. Top water jerk baits work well too.
Crappie fair

8% 5-8"

29% 8-10"

33% 10-12"

29% 12-15"

 Troll small roadrunner or spinner in main lake and mouth of coves. Avoid beds of aquatic vegetation.
Saugeye fair

14% 9-14"

29% 14-18"

57% 18-22"

0% 22-27" 

 Troll or cast a shallow diving crank bait in early morning. Keep lure above weeds. 
General Comments

ATTENTION!  This lake has zebra mussels.  Live fish may not be transported away from this lake.  Clean, drain, and dry all boats.

Size structure listed for largemouth bass is from May 2024 electrofishing. The size structures listed for crappie, bluegill, redear, and channel catfish are from November 2023 fall test netting.

To view a map of brush pile and habitat cube locations, copy these files into Google Earth and zoom into the lake.  

LYSL habitat cubes (OCTET-STREAM 979 B)
LYSL brush piles 21 (OCTET-STREAM 2.22 kB)

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