Fishing forecast (September through November): When water temperatures cool down, trout begin to head to shallower water in the reservoir while warmwater fish, such as smallmouth bass and yellow perch, head deeper. 

Rainbow trout: For shore anglers, try fishing trout dough bait or a worm off the bottom in shallow water. Boat anglers can do well trolling crankbaits, or a pop gear and a worm or a squid-and-dodger combination, at depths from just under the surface down to 40 feet. 

Smallmouth bass: Smallmouth bass mostly forage on crayfish and yellow perch. Try casting spinner baits, tube jigs, twister tail grubs and crankbaits perpendicular to shore. Smallmouth bass can also be caught by fishing a jig (tipped with worm) a couple feet under a bobber in rocky areas or areas with submerged brush. 

Walleye: Try fishing ¼- to ½-ounce jigs (tipped with worm) along transition zones where the shore goes from rock and cobble to sand. Try fishing closer to shorelines on warm afternoons and deeper during the morning and early parts of the day. 

Yellow perch: For shore anglers, fish a worm either on the bottom or under a bobber along sandy shorelines or anywhere submerged brush can be found. For boat anglers, try looking for schools in water between 6 and 30 feet deep. When you find a school of fish, try vertical jigging with a jig or spoon tipped with worm.