Catch rates have improved. Most anglers are bait fishing using dead minnows in Shoalwater and Howard Bays. Covering a lot of water by trolling from a boat is likely the best method to find the big redband trout. The lake has been dropping. The lake is 4.1 feet below full pool and 37 percent full.

Please remember that once you retain your one redband/rainbow trout limit you must stop fishing for redband/rainbow trout. Also, all radio tagged redband trout must be released unharmed. ODFW encourages the catch and release of redband trout in this fishery.