New Hogan
This weeks cold and wet weather made stripper fishing difficult! However, the line sides are showing signs of improvement. I had Bob James and his partner Tom Wright of Murphy's. The duo hooked 5 strippers, but only managed to land 2 of them. Both weighed 4 1/2 pounds. We tried anchovies and herring, however all 5 fell for shad. The main lake in the deeper waters seemed to be were the large schools are holding. Water conditions are good and the lake is still rising. But Hogan's still needs another 15 feet of water to make fishing ideal!

Lake Camanche
High Pressure moved in at the latter part of the week making trout fishing very good! The fat and feisty bows were eager to bite. Tom Kelley of New Salem Oregon, Alex and Chuck St. Clair of San Mateo and Pete McConnell of San Bruno had a blast reeling in Rainbows in the 2 pound to 6.5 pound class. The four caught 24 fish and released 10. The most productive areas were in front of the dam holding at 30 to 40 feet deep and over 100 plus feet of water. Vance's slim Fins brass with a red head, blue and silver Ex-Cell's, Uncle Larry's spinners with a small grub tail laced with Pro Cure's trophy trout gel kept us busy, and made for an exciting day!