Weather Ideal-No Crowds-Trolling Great
Present weather conditions are: clear skies with temperatures in the mid 90's today and continuing the rest of the weekend. Look for temperatures the same throughout next week with mild breezes, highs in the 90's, lows in the 70's and cooler evenings. Water temperatures are currently 68 degrees at the 20 foot mark and 76 degrees at surface in the Marina. Water visibility is clear to 15 feet. Water level dropped another 2 feet since last report making the water level about 17 feet below the spill and holding.

BANK FISHING ---- The Recreation Area was almost empty this morning but I did see a few shore anglers at the cleaning station. Stony Point Landing and Rainbow Point provide better access to the deeper cooler water in the Recreation Area. The water in the Recreation Area is pretty warm so folks are casting 30 feet out or farther from the shore to end up in the deeper cooler water that the fish prefer. Clear bobbers with power bait suspended 3 to 6 feet below or sliding sinker setups that suspend the bait off the bottom are the ticket. Kastmasters or black/green woolly buggers are very successful right after a plant. Power eggs, maggots and power worms in white are the best, with night crawlers and yellow power bait also popular. Chartreuse power bait with sparkles is always effective.

TROLLERS----Reports indicate Trollers are doing well in and around in the Mouth of the River and up the River Arm to Columbia. Limits of Trout are the rule most boats are back within three hours. The depths for trout remain at 20 to 50 feet. Kokanee have been a hanging out bit deeper 30 to 70 feet and are still in the 8 to 11 inch range. Most are tempting them with orange and red hoochies and corn tipped Uncle Larry's copper pops or night crawlers behind Sep's dodgers or medium flashers.

CATFISH----Lots of catfish hanging out in the coves along the eastern shore starting right outside the Narrows. Vienna sausages, stinky chicken livers and spam are the bait of choice.

To date 72,000 lbs of good size Trout have been planted by Lake Pardee Inc. and the California Department of Fish and Game.