This past week we've seen excellent fishing in both the creeks and lakes in the area. The action at South Lake has been exceptional as the lake continues to ice out. The first trophy rainbow of the year, a beautiful holdover from last season that weighing an estimated six pounds, was caught on Tuesday. In addition to that monster, several holdover DFG brood stock fish in the 2lb class have come out of the lake this week. The fish in the lake are all holdovers at this point and the rainbows that were stocked last year are very feisty and beautifully colored. The rainbows are also in spawning mode making them even more aggressive. While the fish have been biting on just about anything thrown at them, the Berkley Gulp Eggs in pink or red, salmon eggs or a nightcrawler-salmon egg combo have been the hottest baits. Anglers using plastics should try a combination of dark colors and bright colors, like a pumpkinseed Trout Trap with a red Powerworm trailer. Anglers fishing Bishop Creek are having the best luck with nightcrawlers or salmon eggs.