The Lake surface elevation continues to rise and is now at 673 feet. The surface temperature is now 50 degrees. The water is muddy green up in the river arms, main body and coves with mud staining the water during downpours and near points when the wind blows on fair days. Bidwell Canyon launch ramp has been closed for completion of the construction of the launch ramp extension. The auxiliary ramp at the spillway is open. Four wheel drive vehicles are required by State Parks officials for launching boats at the Spillway launch ramp.
All of the Car-top boat access points are closed with the exception of Foreman Creek where the gate is still open to access the lake. Boater's are advised to call the lake's Visitor Center at (530) 538-2219, to check the daily status of the launch ramps prior to making a trip up to the lake.

The wet winter continues with rain forecast for most of the week, with a break on Sunday, with clouds and and chance of rain, then a chance of showers again next Monday. Daytime temps are forecast to be from 43 to 48 in the mornings with daytime highs 50 to 58. Winds will be south to southeast 16 to 22 mph, with gusts to 29 mph, then S-SE to 7 mph.
The winter weather has slowed the bass bite some, mainly on fair days, with fish being caught by anglers using winter tactics to catch fair numbers of fish when there's some weather.
Brent Cline at Oroville Outdoors said the fishing has slowed some, but is still decent with boating anglers catching plenty of bass during last weekend's tournament. There were 98 boats in the field and a lot of slot sized bass were caught. The winning limit weighed fifteen pounds for seven fish and a tournament on Sunday was won with a five fish limit weighing twelve pounds.
There has been a decent crank bait bite when there is weather on the lake. Spinner baits have also been taking fish during the rain. The water coming in from runoff streams has been colder at 48 to 52 degrees.

Most anglers have been finesse fishing. Bass have been holding from about five feet, down to 30 feet deep. Anglers are either drop-shotting small tubes, or fishing 1/4 or 3/8 ounce finesse jigs and small paddle-tail swim-baits on light line to catch bass, 12 to 14 inches long, with an occasional 2-1/2 to 4-pound fish being caught. Shaky heads and dart headed worms are also getting bit. Natural colors and earth tone baits like bait fish, Prizm shad, watermelon, pumpkin, oxblood and brown are all working. A slow retrieve is getting the bite in the cold water.
King salmon fishing remains slow with few, if any boaters trolling for salmon.

Some sixteen to twenty-inch long adult kings and a few rainbow trout are being caught by anglers fishing bait or casting lures from the shoreline. Popular baits have been cut anchovies, minnows, fished under a float and rainbow Powerbait. Popular spoons are Crocodiles, Kastmasters, Little Cleos and P-Line Lazer Minnows.

A few kings continue to be caught by anglers fishing for bass with plastic worms and swim baits along the shoreline. The fish have been scattered all over the main body of the lake. Boaters should troll lures down from the top 10 feet down to the 30 foot mark to catch salmon or trout, or drift and cast spoons along the shoreline.

Salmon may usually be caught while trolling over submerged islands or structure, in the river forks mouths, the slot and west of the green bridge and along steep shorelines. Casting spoons or small minnow imitating lures to the shoreline will take salmon or trout. The best tactic is to try and find bait schools then troll your gear just under the bait. Berkley Power minnows, Apex lures or Hoochies-tipped with a piece of anchovy, rigged behind a medium sized dodger, trolled at 10 to 30 feet, at 1.9 to 2.2 mph has been working for both salmon and trout.

Bass bite for tournament anglers and Bidwell Canyon launch ramp closes for construction on Lake Oroville, while the Feather River steelhead fishing is fair with anglers catching around one fish to the rod.