NORTH COAST RIVERS

North Coast streams and rivers are regulated by low flow closures. Always call ahead to determine the condition of the river you want to fish. If not mentioned, the river is closed or no reports. The DFG's Low Flow Closure Hotline for north coast rivers is 707) 822-3164. For the Russian River and counties of Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin, call (707) 944-5533. South Central Coast streams number is (831) 649-2886. Many streams closed, and others change to artificial/barbless only on March 31 and others on April 25.

ROGUE RIVER, Lower "The last of the springers have moved through and the next thing to look forward to will be the beginning of fall salmon moving in and out of the estuary in search of bait and acclimating to the river. This usually begins in mid-July. Hawg Fest fishing derby coming up in September.

ROGUE RIVER, Upper "Some halfpounder steelhead action is on ta, but the bite is scattered. Both spinfishermen and fly anglers have been connecting. Spinners like Panther Martins with gold blades and black bodies with yellow spots, or for the fly-flingers, a sink tip with beaded Zug Bugs and tandem nymphs or Hiltons are working near Agness and the mouth of the Illinois.

RUSSIAN RIVER "Since the shad run ended, we've entered the summer repeat system: "now hear this, smallmouth bass are about the only thing to catch on the Russian River "it is summer "summer means rafting and float tubing the river, and some smallmouth bass fishing, and a few catfish here and there." This is a recording you will continue to hear until the fall rains. "That will be all."

TRINITY/KLAMATH RIVERS

KLAMATH RIVER, Klamath Glen "It's not red hot fishing, but there are still Chinook entering the Klamath, and boaters "the relatively few still trying "have been hooking 1 to 4 bright springers a day on CV-7 spinners. Steelhead continued to build in numbers, and fly fishermen were hooking fish in the 8-pound class swinging assassins and brindle bugs.

KLAMATH RIVER, Iron Gate "Salmon flies were still hatching, but the water has been getting warmer, and fishing has gotten tougher. Nightcrawlers fished behind Hot Shots, or side-drifted in riffles were more effective at producing bites than flies.

TRINITY RIVER, Douglas City "Flows were stabilized at 450 cfs, and fishing for bright, spring run Chinook salmon was being characterized as "average" with a catch of 1 to 4 fish per boat per day. The Douglas City to Del Loma stretch seemed to be the most consistent producing stretch of river, and roe the best method, although Kwikfish were also scoring some. Burnt Ranch and Grays Falls were producing around 1 springer for each two fishermen.

NORTHERN FOOTHILLS

AMERICAN RIVER "Best reports are still coming from the Middle Fork. Below the dam at French Meadows has been putting out good numbers of fish on bait and spinners. The Cash Rock area has produced rainbows and browns up to 17 inches.

BULLARDS BAR "Heavy recreational boat traffic making it tough on anglers. Head up into the back of the Willow Creek for a shot at rainbows on Power Bait fished near the channel. Small bass are all over the banks and hitting nightcrawlers, small plastic worms, tubes and jigs.

CAMP FAR WEST "Bass are reported to be hitting green pumpkin and watermelon worms up in the Bear River arm for fish up to 5 pounds. Some small catfish are hitting nightcrawlers and anchovies from the bank at night.

COLLINS LAKE "Current heat wave will move the trout deeper than the 15 to 20 they've been at for a while. Start looking at trolling at 30 to 35 feet in the upper no-wake area to get away from the recreational boat traffic. Fish have been hitting Power Bait and worms off the shore at the dam, east side and marina docks. Biggest trout last week was a 7 pounder caught at the marina docks on worms. The biggest catfish, an 8 1/4 pounder, was caught trolling an orange Needlefish near the dam. Night fishing will start improving rapidly as the summer heat comes on and temps are forecast near 100-degrees all this week.

ENGLEBRIGHT RESERVOIR "2500 pounds of trout planted by PG&E a couple of weeks back have really improved the fishing. Trollers are working their way through the recreational boaters in the lower sections of the lake and catching easy limits of 10- to 12-inch rainbows. The safer bet is to run up lake into the no-wake area. Some boaters have reported catching lots of fish up above the river fork at Missouri Bar on worms. Rainbows here have been running larger, 13 to 14 inches.

FRENCH MEADOWS RESERVOIR "Trollers and shore anglers are doing well here on a mix of browns and rainbows. No specifics were mentioned about what and where, but Rapalas early and flasher/worms combos as the sun gets up should be producing. For the shore anglers, Power Bait and worms are the perennial favorites.

FULLER LAKE "Planted two weeks ago with no reports from the Forest Service about any success. This is a small lake that is best fished by boat because of the steep rocky terrain and trollers should do well with flasher or dodger/worm combos.

HELL HOLE RESERVOIR "Good action for browns and kokanee. For 16- to 17-inch, 2-pound browns, get out early and run a No.13 vampire Rapala 100 feet back at 4 mph. Kokanee are hitting below the powerhouse at 20 feet on green/white splatter hoochies behind a chrome dodger. Kokes are running 12 to 14 inches.

LAKE OROVILLE "The heat is on and the bite is off. There are some anglers out with live bait catching a few bass in deep water and one troller worked all day for one coho that weighed less than a pound. The heat wave forecast this week will only make things worse. Someone should go out at night and check out the catfish bite, though.

ROLLINS LAKE "Heavy recreational boat traffic requires fishermen to get out at sunrise for any chance at success. The lake has not received any plants this year and trout action is slow at best. Catfish action should be picking up at night after the lake calms down when the recreational boaters are off the water.

SCOTT'S FLAT LAKE "Hot and slow. Heavy recreational boat traffic is making it tough for anglers. One 4-pound brown was caught last week trolling very early with a Rapala. Some smallmouth to 3 pounds are still coming in on plastic worms and tubes.

SUGAR PINE RESERVOIR "No plants, no success.

STUMPY MEADOWS RESERVOIR "Trout action is very slow due to the lack of plants but warmwater species: bass, catfish and sunfish provide a chance for some action.

THERMOLITO AFTERBAY "The heat wave has shut the bite off here, no one has been reporting any success even though the water level is up.

NORTH SALTWATER

BERKELEY "Live bait trips found a good mix of striped bass and fewer halibut, with the stripers coming from main bay spots mostly. Captain Jim Smith on the Happy Hooker reported one flurry of bass on the beach, but after boating seven of 10 fish hooked up, the school moved off. A return to the bay found the fish biting at Alcatraz, and his group of 32 anglers caught limits of stripers plus five halibut. Live bait supply has been hit and miss with the receivers running out on Sunday, forcing some boats to cancel trips.

BODEGA BAY " Continued good action on rockfish with a few lingcod. Despite the windy forecast, the actual weather conditions on the fishing grounds were great. Captain Rick Powers on the New Sea Angler said that since the season opened, they have run 11 trips, all with limits of rockfish. The latest efforts continued to be down around Point Reyes.

BROOKINGS, OR " Weather continued to be the main factor for coho anglers, with windy conditions keeping many off the water, but the resulting cold water temperatures from the northwest blow pushed the good water offshore. A few fish reported caught on purple haze hoochies rigged with a red bead and strip of bait. Up north, the coho bite is better, but there are many more native fish than hatchery "keepers."

EMERYVILLE "In-bay live bait trips dominated the trips, although the New Seeker and New Salmon Queen ran a couple bottomfishing trips to the Farallones, finding rockfish limits and a few lingcod.

EUREKA "Wind has kept most boats in all week, but there was a little break on Wednesday for the bigger boats (it was still pretty sloppy) but no big halibut stories. Inside the bay, California halibut fishing has been improving, but the traditional spots north of Samoa Bridge have been slow, the best action found about a mile below the bridge. Perch and night smelt are good when the ocean cooperates, but the day smelt runs have been dismal.

FORT BRAGG "Wind was a problem for part of the week, but when the boats could fish, they found rockfish and a few lingcod. No reports on crabbing, but the moulting should be about over.

HALF MOON BAY "Rockfish and lingcod remained the main action with limits reported on most trips. The boats started running trips again after Monday with the calmer inshore waters, finding the usual mix of rockfish plus the occasional lingcod and cabezon. Captain Tom Mattusch on the Huli Cat reported the top action at Tunitas and San Gregorio on the weekend.

POINT SAN PABLO "Captain Frank Miller on the Fury had a great week of action starting with some major sevengill shark action that included two fish over 100 pounds, and one that would have gone over 200 pounds, that one released. The other one was detained for the Monterey Bay aquarium. Some nice soupfin sharks also bit. Later in the week, live bait trips found good striped bass and halibut action, the highlight of the week Sunday's trip with six anglers who caught two fish per rod, a mix of nice bass from the Brothers and halibut from Angel Island and Southampton.

SHELTER COVE "Northwest winds were a problem most of the week, and the bottomfish bite was a little off when boats did get out. No way for the halibut trips to Punta Gorda.

SUISUN BAY "Sturgeon fishing is still going on, but only a few charter boats trying like Captain Jeremy Kangas of Stickem Sportfishing, his last trip out with his wife scoring several sturgeon, all released including one oversized.

NORTH COAST LAKES

CLEAR LAKE " Massive algae blooms are already taking over areas of the lake, but if you find clear water you can find bass. Bass are being caught as shallow as a few feet around the shallow weed beds and as deep as 28 feet on steep rock banks. The Narrows area of the lake is producing fish consistently with plastics, jigs, and crank baits. Other areas that have been kicking out fish are the deep points in the Redbud arm and Monitor, Frazier, and Wheeler points. All have fish on them that get active from time to time. Most of these fish are coming on drop-shot and shakey head worms or jigs. If you want crappie, you can find them in the south end on medium-size minnows under a bobber or splitshotting. Catfishing is also a good night fishing activity here.

LAKE BERRYESSA "Sep's chrome Starlite dodgers with an Uncle Larry's spinner or Radical Glow Tubes are still producing kokes from 14 to 18 1/2 inches. North of the Big Island has been good but they are releasing water and fish are adjusting. Bass up to 3 pounds were found using topwater baits in the early morning and working coves just off the Narrows. Then move out to the main body and work plastics along the weed beds and shadows with grubs on a darthead or Carolina-rigged Robo worms or try drop-shotting Robo worms in Aarons Magic or the new shad color.

INDIAN VALLEY RESERVOIR " Water levels are dropping here and that will mean good catfishing.

LAKE PILLSBURY "Bass have moved out of the shallows but try some topwater tackle for them at first light and then switch to jigs or Senkos and fish out to 30 feet. Use a Needlefish, an Apex, Kastmasters, or worms here trolled in the top 40 feet.

LAKE SONOMA " The upper arms of the lake can be a good place to hunt for bass, but stay away from the main body where the jetskiers will be tearing up the water. Early morning try topwater will have you looking for mats and weed lines and then move out with jigs in 20 to 25 feet.

UPPER BLUE LAKE "Trout are still being marked, along with the big ones in 30 feet, but the catch rate has been slow due to the hot weather. Try a Cripplure for three or four a day. The Big Bad "Bow tagged trout is now worth $1300 as it still has not been caught. Bass action has been slow with all of the heat here as well.

DELTA REGION

SACRAMENTO RIVER side " Troll shallow running Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows in green colors, in water less than 10 feet, they've produced stripers to 12 pounds between Isleton on the Old Sac and the lower Decker Island area. The sturgeon bite remained very good from the mothball fleet all the way up to Montezuma Slough and included the Pittsburg area. Sturgeon were taken on ghost, grass, and mud shrimp with anise or shrimp scents added. This week sturgeon anglers should focus on waters from 25 to 65 feet deep and also on the smaller afternoon, or nighttime tides.

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER side "Striper trolling in the Old Sac down to Decker Island with Yo-Zuri's in shallow waters produced a few small males. If that doesn't work by mid-morning, switch over to bait fishing by the upper Decker Island, as the butterflied shad has been fairly productive here. The bass have settled into their summer pattern. Look for a topwater bite early in the morning and in the late afternoon try Lunker Punkers in open water or frogs in the weeds and muck. During the mid-day look for shade with current and use crankbaits, drop-shot or swimbaits.

NORTHEASTERN AREA

LAKE ALMANOR "Roger Keeling of Roger's Guide Service said the trout weren't as active this past week, but check some of the springs areas as the lake will stratify soon and with the warming waters fish are dropping 20 to 35 feet or more. Start fishing summer patterns. Good areas include incoming waters like Big Springs and Hamilton Branch for shore anglers. The evening Hex hatch is till on but the fish are not reacting normally. The hatch has been starting around 7:30 or later. Fly anglers are using hex emergers and adult hex spinners. Bait anglers used a mealworm and cricket combination or trolled lures.

BATTLE CREEK RESERVOIR "Reports from Rim Rock Ranch are that fishing has picked up and the pressure remains very low. Lots of fish are being taken in the boat launch area of the lake as well as around the dam. Worms and Power Bait are the most productive in these areas but Kastmasters, Z-Rays and spinners work well also. More brown trout are still working the shore areas around the dam while the rainbow trout seemed to prefer the shallower areas near the campground.

BAUM LAKE " Nightcrawlers and Power Bait are still the preferred baits. There are still some hatches of PMD's, caddis, and callibaetis on the water, with pheasant tails doing best for nymph fishermen. Rooster tails are working well, but any lure in a trout pattern should also work.

BRITTON LAKE "The crappie are starting to move up as the weather warms and the smallmouth bass bite has been good, also.

BUCKS LAKE "The Mackinaw bite is still holding on although the fish are more scattered, making them a little tougher to find and stay on. Find them and you'll find fish from 4 to 15 pounds. The south side of the Bucks Creek channel has been productive and there has also been some pretty good action for browns and rainbows to 18 inches in both the Mill Creek arm as well as the Bucks Creek side. The fish have been hitting a variety of spoons trolled near the bottom with copper and red as well as red dot frog getting the most action.

BURNEY CREEK " Above the falls has been productive with lures and nightcrawlers and some nice fish were taken below the falls.

CASSEL FOREBAY " Fishing in the canal above Power House No.1 was hot. The canal water level is somewhat low but this hasn't impacted the bite much. Eggs or worms still worked best but spinners were taking a lot of fish as well. Persistence pays off and a lot of trout in the 20- to 24-inch range were landed. The weather has turned hot so the best times to fish are in the early morning from 6-10 a.m. or early evening from 4-6:30 p.m. Fly-fishing was good but try to figure the hatch. The fish were rising and taking nymphs. but no specific pattern seemed to emerge. In the late evening PMD's seemed to work the best although this wasn't exactly the "go to" pattern. Some huge trout were also hitting the surface but who knows what it was they were feeding on, that is the draw and challenge of fly-fishing though.

EAGLE LAKE " Bobber fishing early produced good fish at 16 feet and about 8 feet down. The caddis hatch also produced great fly and trout teasers around 6 -7 a.m. just south of Pelican Island on the west side, all the way down to and past Shrimp Island. Drop your trolled baits in at first legal fishing time, one hour before sunrise. The bite has been outstanding until the sun hits the water, one hour later. Fishing from Pelican Point south along the west side of the lake, the trout are running between 2 and 3 pounds. After the sun is on the water move over to the east side of the lake off Miner's Bay, and fish in water from 20-45 ft. deep, running baits from 12-18 feet deep.

FALL RIVER WILD TROUT AREA " Fishing reports have been good with PMD's, rusty spinners, caddis for dries, and woolly buggers and zugs for nymphs. The Hex hatch should start soon.

HAT CREEK WILD TROUT AREA " The riffle is still best fished with pt's, birdsnest, or hare's ear. Look for PMD's, caddis, and callibaetis as the temperatures rise.

UPPER HAT CREEK "Fish and Game continues to plant twice a week so fishing continues to be excellent despite heavy pressure on the weekends. This past week was another excellent catch week for the Hat with lots of limits and everyone catching fish. Mid-week experiences much less pressure so if you are looking for more solitude on the creek this is the time to come. Worms, eggs, and crickets were the top baits this past week but Panther Martins and spoons were taking a lot of fish as well. There are still a lot of holdover fish here including some large brooder brookies. Fly-fishing on the upper creek was good and a few nice fish were being caught on crystal buggers and nymphs. This past week also produced some good topwater action on Adams, superflies, and caddis imitations.
IRON CANYON RESERVOIR "The latest report showed fish were biting well but the water was quite low.
LEWISTON LAKE " Good fishing and beautiful weather here. Hot ticket right now has been a Cripplure on a slow troll behind a Sep's sidekick dodger. Also working are nightcrawlers with a white Power Egg for a float. Some nice trout were being caught from shore with orange glitter Power Bait.

MANZANITA LAKE "Fishing here has picked up with the warmer weather. Caddis, callibaetis, and ants caught fish in most cases. Both mornings and evenings saw a lot of working fish and lots of fish coming to the net this past week. Damsel hatches should be coming off, so try this pattern to pick up fish as well. The outlook for the holiday weekend also looks good. Remember to heed the special fishing restrictions for this lake.

PIT RIVER " PG&E is planning work on the dam on Lake Britton this summer, which will close the dam to traffic. Pit River access with only be through the upper Clark Creek Road access. There will be short closures on the road between Pit 3 and the dam but no long closures are planned. Signs will be posted on the lower Clark Creek Road access and at the Pit 3 road. Fishing remained good with nymph fishermen doing best, rubber-leg princes were a good bet. Also some golden stone dries starting to show.

LAKE SHASTA "Once the thermocline stabilizes the trout bite will hit its stride again. It's getting hot here and they will be going deeper. While the trout are scattered now, look for them to settle into the deeper waters as the shad they feed on will move down there as well. Bass fishing has moved into its summer pattern now, with numbers of small bass providing action for fish that went to 2 1/2 to 3 pounds. Dartheaded worms, drop-shot and Senkos were working during the day, but start with the topwater from dawn to 9 and then go down. Some bass anglers have been targeting the upper reaches of the Pitt arm for numbers of small bass.

SACRAMENTO VALLEY

AMERICAN RIVER "Once again it's been proven to be foolish to think you can get into a groove when fishing the American, considering how much flows get jerked around. They were at a very fishable level at 1,800 cfs, for barely a week, and now are back up to 4,000 cfs because of heavy pumping for the Central Valley irrigation. There are still shad in the river, but fishing for them at the lower end below Gristmill has pretty much died out. Guide J. D. Richey has still been scoring around 20 in a half day's fishing, but said that it appears that the run is on it backside. Most of shad seem now to be concentrated in the upper river from Sunrise on up. Striper fishing was typical again, for the American, last week. An occasional blowup on topwater, a strike on a jerkbait, or swimbait, but it's hit-and-miss. Put in your hours the first and last hour of legal fishing (one hour before sunrise and after sunset).

FEATHER RIVER "High flows in the Low Flow Section have attracted steelhead into the Low Flow Section and have been providing some decent fishing for fly fishermen using small nymphs under indicators and even a bit of dry fly action just before dark. Shad fishing has died out at Shanghai Bend, but there is quite a bit of striper action. Problem is that they are almost all sublegal shakers, and it might take catching 10 of the bait stealers to score one keeper.

FOLSOM LAKE "The weather has gotten hot, but catching bass, especially on topwater and crankbaits has remained hit-and-miss, mostly miss. Most of the action has been coming from working plastics 20 to 30 feet deep over rocky points. Drop-shotting, dartheading, and jigging has been the most productive method, but even that approach has not been all that consistent. Not many trout or salmon were being caught, but early morning outings trolling in front of the dam from 40 to 85 feet deep with hoochies behind dodgers or pearl and rainbow Needlefish were scoring a couple of fish per boat, some of which weighing over 3 pounds. The real secret to success, according to Larry Barnes of Elkhorn Outdoor Sports, has been the use of an electronic Black Box, which puts out a zone of positive charge around the boat and downrigger.

SACRAMENTO RIVER "Same old story. Lots of bait-stealing sub-legal-sized striped bass for each fish over 18 inches long. It's been the same story up and down the river all the way to Colusa. One of the better spots for at least getting lots of action, has been the Port of Sacramento. One has to be in a club in order to launch a boat in the Port, but small personal craft such as kayaks can be launched at the park off Jefferson Blvd. Shad fishing continued to be good upstream from Ward's Landing to Red Bluff, but has pretty much died out downstream of there.

SACRAMENTO RIVER, Redding "Not much change since last week with trout fishing remaining consistent, although flows have increased to 12,500 cfs. The choices are to fish the short stretch above the Cypress Street Bridge with a jetboat, or launch downstream of the bridge at Bonneview. Trout fishing has been good all the way to Red Bluff. They're taking Glo-Bugs and egg flies, as well as nymphs under indicators.

SACRAMENTO RIVER, Upper "Trout fishing continued to be good, but the stone fly hatch has tapered off with caddis and Mayfly hatches predominating. The water is starting to warm up a bit, so fishing upstream of Sims has started to be more productive than downstream.

YUBA RIVER "Shad fishing continued to be good off Hallwood Ave. mostly in the evening. Trout were biting both nymphs and dry flies between the Highway 20 Bridge and Daguerre Dam, both for driftboaters and waders who have access at the Highway 20 Bridge.

SIERRA LAKES/RIVERS

BLUE LAKES "Both lakes have been stocked by PG&E and Lower Blue receives plants from the DFG. Watch out for bears.

BOCA LAKE "The DFG has scheduled a trout plant here for the first time this year. Shore anglers are catching browns and rainbows on nightcrawlers, Power Bait, Rapalas and Rebel Craws off the dam.

CAPLES LAKE "DFG plant scheduled this week. More of the big trophy fish planted on June 24th have been caught including two good ones caught by Roger Marciasini of Lodi who was casting a fly/bubble rig off the shore near the spillway. He landed two and got broke off twice on 10-pound test line. Fishing is good off the dam for those using worms, Power Bait and spinners. Rumor has it though that some of the big fish are still just hanging around the ramp and are being harassed by idiots with sharp sticks and snagging hooks. Cal-Tip anyone?

CARSON RIVER (East, West) "The bite on the East Fork is "awesome" with some incredible stringers coming out of the area. Some anglers are showing up at the Carson River Resort with 20- to 25-pound limits (five fish). Mono County will be planting a load of 2- to 6-pound browns on Wed. The 5 to 6 miles of river south of the resort is full of fish.

DAVIS LAKE "Ed Dillard's Guide Service has been averaging 20 to 30 fish per trip (4 hours) on a copper/red No. 1 Dick Nite spoon at 8 feet. The lake was planted three times by the DFG this past week and the planters were much larger than most plants seen recently. Dillard's rainbows have been running 14 to 18 1/2 inches, up from 12 to 13 inchers last week. Fly fishing has been good with Sacramento and San Francisco fly fishing clubs up doing some damage on damsels at Cow Creek. Rainbows are running up to 20 inches and hitting damsels, Sheep Creek Specials, and PT Flashback patterns, both stripped or under an indicator.

DONNER LAKE "The DFG has scheduled a trout plant for the first time this year. Local Randy Johnson landed two nice Macks, 17 to 19 inches, and lost a 12 pounder at the boat this past week.

FEATHER RIVER CANYON "North Fork above Belden will be planted this week. River action is still good and will only get better with the plants for fish averaging 14 inches. The Hex hatch is still going on at Butt Valley Reservoir and the trout and smallmouths are enjoying the menu. Be there just before dark for some exciting action.

FRENCHMAN LAKE "Shore anglers at Lunker Point and Turkey Point are catching 15- to 17-inch rainbows on inflated nightcrawlers and rainbow Power Bait. One angler weighed a limit of fish averaging 3 to 4 pounds caught trolling 20 to 25 feet deep on a lure he would not identify.

GOLD LAKES BASIN "Fishing at Gold Lake has been slow according to "Tim" at Bassetts Station. Lower Sardine is fair with shore anglers catching 3 or 4 fish on nightcrawlers. Trolling has been slow. At Upper Sardine Lake at the upper end at the inlet there is a 100 yard section of accessible bank near the big rocks that is kicking out lots of fish on nightcrawlers and fly casters using woolly buggers. Salmon Lake is reported to be slow.

ICE HOUSE RESERVOIR "DFG plant this week. Shore anglers at the inlet are catching good numbers of rainbows up to 16 inches on nightcrawlers and Power Bait.

INDIAN CREEK RESERVOIR "Shore anglers have been doing very well on chartreuse Power Bait on both sides of the lake reporting fish running 3 1/2 to 6 pounds.

JACKSON MEADOW RESERVOIR "A boater pumping a No. 9 firetiger Countdown Rapala landed a 10-pound 4-ounce brown on a fast troll this past week. Shore anglers have been doing very well casting spoons or bait from Pass Creek to the dam and trollers are working Rapalas and flasher/worm combos for 12- to 15-inch rainbows.

JENKINSON LAKE (Sly Park) "Some big trout coming in for trollers out in the evening after the lake calms down. A 24-inch 4-pound brown, 21-inch 2 1/2-pound brown and an 18-inch Mackinaw were all caught on Rapalas. Bass action is very good for fish up to 2 to 3 pounds on nightcrawlers and plastics in the upper reaches of the lake at 10 to 20 feet.

LAKE TAHOE "Chuck Self reported a good Mack bite from Crystal Bay Point to Tahoe City for fish running 4 to 12 pounds. Starting out a 4:30 a.m. at 65 feet and working out to 400 feet by 8 a.m. for Macks then slipping into shallow water along the shore for rainbows running 3 to 5 pounds on crawdad pattern Rapalas and Rebels.

LOON LAKE "DFG plant this week. Georgetown Ranger Station reported one troller catching two 19 inchers, one brown and one rainbow working 60 feet deep over high spots in the deepest part of the lake.

PROSSER LAKE "The DFG has scheduled a trout plant here for the first time this year. Smallmouth bass are hitting lures thrown off the dam. Trollers are using flasher/worm or Wedding Ring combos for 12- to 13-inch rainbows.

PYRAMID LAKE "Closed as of June 30th; reports will start again for the Oct. 1st opener.

RED LAKE "Last week's plants of brookies and cutthroats are still providing good action for shore anglers. The brookies are mostly half pounders while the cutts run closer to a pound.

SILVER LAKE "DFG plant this week. Dale Daneman of Tight Lines Guide Service had a good trip here this past week, hooking a fish every 15 minutes for the first three hours of the day and then the bite died along with the wind. His clients caught 14 fish: 12 rainbows, 1 brown and 1 Mack, all about 12 inches. The first 8 fish came on a J5 Broken-back Rapala and the rest on a Sep's watermelon grub. There was a huge hatch of flying ants over the lake and the fish were eating ants everywhere, especially when the wind stopped and the surface was like a mill pond.

STAMPEDE RESERVOIR "Rick Kennedy reported limiting out on 13- to 14-inch kokanee at 35 to 42 feet between the Rockpile and Jay's Cove on two different rigs: a Sep's Gold/Starlite dodger with a Gamakatsu Flat Blade spinner and a Sep's watermelon dodger with a pink tiger Uncle Larry's spinner, both tipped with pink Pautzke Fire Corn. Bite was off and on all morning, 3 or 4 fish followed by a 45-minute lull. Will Fish Tackle reported success on pink hoochies tipped with Pautzke Fire Corn on 8-inch leaders behind chrome dodgers between the island and the launch ramp at 40 feet.

TOPAZ LAKE "Trollers have started doing well again in the NW corner of the lake out in front of the marina on flasher combos at 15 feet for fish running 14 to 15 inches. Bait anglers are still anchoring on the south end of the lake at the inlet using nightcrawlers and Power Bait for smaller 10 to 12 inchers.

TRUCKEE RIVER "Special Reg. Section fishing well with green drake, caddis pupa, and yellow stones during the day with the dries coming on in the evening with little yellow stones and caddis. There is some PMD action in the early morning. The General Section is doing well with salmon eggs, nightcrawlers and small Panther Martins. Flows in the river will be increased slowly for 30 to 50 days to accommodate the local rafting businesses.

UNION VALLEY RESERVOIR "Trollers are doing well on 12- to 14-inch rainbows, but the kokanee are a no show. Try a Sep's watermelon grub trolled alone at various depths until you find the fish.

WEST WALKER RIVER "Fishing is good for limits of 12- to 14-inch rainbows on worms and salmon eggs. The river is still too high for good fly fishing. 225 pounds of Alpers trout were planted on June 29th in memory of long-time West Walker angler Larry Valle. Another plant of 166 pounds of Alpers averaging 5 pounds will be planted on July 13 during the "How Big Is Big Fishing Contest" which will run the entire month of July (7/1 to 7/31).