The water level has been falling about one percent per week at Naci with the lake holding near 83 percent of its storage capacity at of the time of reporting. Phenomenal is the word most anglers would use to describe fishing at Nacimiento lately with bass, white bass, crappie, and catfish all biting well. The topwater bite has been on fire for both spotted bass and white bass with a variety of topwater baits fooling fish. Finesse baits, jigs, and Senkos took bass in 5 to 25 feet of water with many anglers reporting losing count of the number of fish landed. White bass ate live minnows, nightcrawlers, and small white swimbaits, and crappie fell for small swimbaits, minijigs, and small live minnows. Catfish anglers did well while soaking chicken liver, and dip bait.

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