[jimmythegreek]

there is still a huge problem w baitfish in the valley, the predominent bait is now shiners, the lakers wiped out the herring in no time, they are heavy hunters. From what I hear they actually want you to keep fish to take the pressure off the baitfish as the lakers naturally reproduce in there now so the other trout species are having issues as they arent as aggressive as lakers. If you look at the state's reports, there are some monsters in there......they gill netted a state record female 2 years ago while collecting eggs and they have pulled many big fish, including a pair of hybrid stripers that they kept and didnt go back in. The place can be tough because the lakers are bottom huggers and its a huge reservoir, you can troll all day without marking a single fish or bait but somehow you usually catch something but never actually see them. There are areas that seem to hold the lakers consistently as shown by Jrock and Red having a killer day with others getting nothing or little. Its a good place to learn to use your sonar and key in on bottom and your graphs settings