The water level in Illipah Reservoir continues to recover from the lows of irrigation season. The reservoir is ~80% covered in a thin sheet of ice. There is some open water along the north side of the old dam and along the northwestern shoreline that should be productive for anglers. Anglers are still catching 8-to-12-inch Rainbow Trout and the occasional Brown Trout. Anglers will do well with a variety of night crawlers, PowerBait, and spinners. Black or olive wooly buggers and black, olive or wine-colored leech patterns as well as chironomids have all been working for trout.