Fishing at Ming Lake remains steady, with the best action coming during the cooler early morning and late afternoon hours. The bass bite has been fair to good, highlighted by a productive topwater frog bite around first light near vegetation and shallow cover. As the sun gets higher, bass are moving tighter to reeds and other structure, where creature baits, Senkos, and other soft plastics have been effective. Later in the day, crankbaits, Chatterbaits, and swimbaits worked in deeper water are helping trigger reaction bites. Bluegill fishing continues to be excellent around shallow areas, with red worms, mealworms, and wax worms fished under a bobber or on a light split-shot rig producing consistent action. Crappie fishing is not wide open, but a few fish are being caught along the backside of the lake on mini jigs, small crankbaits, and tiny shad-colored swimbaits.

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