Dick Nichols, of Dick's Fishing charters said he and others are finding kokanee at 45 to 65 feet deep in 90 foot of water near the island and Black Rock. He is using Captain Jack's Double Spinner Super Hoochies and Apex lures all tipped with corn behind Mini Mountain Flashers on the downriggers and his Trout Busters tipped with corn and crawlers behind weighted Mountain Flashers at 20 feet deep for best results. An occasional trophy sized trout hits every now and then. Most of the trophies were planted by DF&W last week in the 3 pound range, but a few of the Shaver Lake Trophy Trout Project's hybrid rainbows have also appeared. Other trollers have had success with blade/crawler combinations, Needlefish and Rapala's. The bank fishermen have done pretty well since the DF&W plant. Ana Jirano, of Visalia, picked up 5 big trout fishing with Power Bait at road 1.  Her biggest was 4.8 pounds.

Dick Nichols (559) 841-3317; Shaver Lake Marina (559) 841-3324; Shaver Lake Sports (559) 841-2740