This fishing report is given as a courtesy. It is mostly composed of my personal fishing experience, but may contain information from others. The dog days are here, and the lake is showing it. Water temperature has been sitting right at 88-90 degrees all week, the lake is down about a foot and a half from summer pool, and the Corps has the release cut back to almost nothing. Air temperatures are headed to 105 next week. And yet the crappie fishing has been very good. I have been on the water most of the last two weeks and I am finding fish in numbers — just not where most people are looking for them this time of year. Current Conditions at Lake O’ the Pines Water Clarity: Normal stain. We have had no meaningful rain in over a week, so nothing has muddied up. Water Temperature: Right at 88 to 89 degrees, and it has been that way all week. That is running about 5 degrees above the seasonal average for mid-August. It peaked around 89.4 on August 10 and has come down just a hair since….