Chatfield has been slow lately. I had to work on my boats carburator, so I brought a few rods with me as well. Now granted, I was out in the middle of the day (from 11 am to 3 pm) and only managed to catch one 16" walleye off the bend in the dam on a nightcrawler and then a 12" smallmouth on a crawfish colored bomber crank bait. I ran across a guy in a Lund boat who said he lost a really nice SM while fishing with a rattle trap but he ended up losing it.
As I was leaving the lake, one of the park rangers surveyed me about how the fishing was. I gave her my meager report and she responded by saying that noone that she surveyed, who had been fishing out in the lake from a boat had reported catching anything, other than what I had told her. She said that a few people fishing from shore, using salmon eggs, had caught a few trout and that was it.
She did mention that the lake has had alot of shad put in, so, when the fish finally do turn on, they should be nice and fat. She also said that the lake had just recently been stocked with more walleye. So, hopefully, with the warm weather, the fish turn on soon. Today, the water temps ranged from 48 to 51. Once we see the upper 50's to lower 60's, I'd imagine that the action should pick up nicely, as May has always been kind to me there. Hopefully, it will be in the future as well. Good luck all.