The trout bite slowed down a bit this week. Most anglers are catching fish but having trouble getting a limit. Bank anglers have been catching fish on Power Bait, marshmallows, and nightcrawlers. It is very important that your bait floats. Use small hooks, plenty of Power Bait, and a worm blower to achieve the desired presentation. Also, to catch bigger fish try using minnow-like lures. A Rapala CD7 or CD9 is a great bait to use for large predator fish. olling anglers have been having most of their luck with a less is more approach. Try trolling small flashers and dodgers with a nightcrawler three to five feet behind. Sep's sidekick, and micro mini's work well and don't spook the fish. Also, minnow-like lures fished alone without any flashers has been working too. It is very important to use light line because the water is so clear. Light line is good because the fish don't see it and your lures will have better action. A three to five foot piece of 4 or 6 pound test fluorocarbon will do the trick. The smaller fish are biting on the surface and the bigger fish are down at 15 to 25 feet. A few nice kokanee are being caught toward the surface by anglers targeting trout. Also, there have been reports of people catching limits of fish up to 15 inches. This is not common for this time of the year, but neither is the weather. Bass fishing is pretty good. The fish are in their winter haunts. Most fish are being caught on main lake structure from 25 to 65 feet deep. The fish are very fat and full of shad. Most anglers are catching fish using shad patterned worms on a drop shot rig. We have also had reports of a pretty decent jig bite. Try using Yamamoto hula grubs in natural crawdad colors. If we ever get any wind, rain or cloud cover, try targeting the big fish with large swim baits, like a Spro BBZ or a Huddleston.

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