I was out east of kellies a week ago caught nice walleyes on stinger scorpions, catdog and shrimp on no 1 dipseys 50 to 80 feet back. That's a good place to start. Perch have been biting well around the green can off of Catawba State Park public ramp, its about a mile west of the ramp. As for the lake condition it does look like the NOAAs forecast is changing every time I look at it lately.
Let me tell you a story, I was perch fishing northwest of Vermilion one time and the NOAA lake report was saying that the winds at the buoy northwest of Vermilion was 5 mph and waves less than 1 foot! I was anchored right by that buoy in a 4 foot swell, no lie! Check that report but they were calling southwest at 1 foot or less last Tuesday and it was at least 3 feet for most of the day. The lake does what the lake wants to do, go fishing if its too rough go home or go to Jolly Rogers and eat some of their perch, yummy!