The warm weather has arrived, mid to high 80's this weekend and beyond.

The water is at spill presently. EBMUD continues to generate and release water to fill Camanche Reservoir. Visibility has returned to normal and is presently good to 15 feet and beyond at the Marina. Water temperatures have begun to creep up a bit since last report and are currently 56 degrees at the 20 foot mark and 60 at surface.

Trollers continue to work the area between the South End barrel line and the Dam in front of the spillway for Trout and Kokanee alike. Reports are sketchy about the upriver areas but still warrant a few passes to check for activity. The Trout and Kokanee are still close to the surface at this time (10 to 20 feet level) but may start to go deeper and move about with the warming temperatures.

Hot lures are still Uncle Larry's glow pink fire tiger, copper popsicles and desert fire lures, tipped with corn behind a medium silver/blue or watermelon Sep's dodger have all been very successful combos for Kokanee.

Quite a few bank fishermen in the Recreation Area and on the far side at Stony Point Landing. Rainbow Point the shore behind the EBMUD boathouse the launch ramp and Porcupine Point were the most populated. Garlic flavored Power bait and eggs in yellow and chartreuse remain the most successful bait along with the Pistol Pete fly at the end of a 4ft leader behind a water bobber.

By request we are rerunning this great picture of this 11 plus pound bass: John Coutts of Valley Springs, he landed this huge Largemouth bass in the south end using a Robo worm and drop shot. Congratulations John-well done!!

Pardee Lake Recreation has planted a total of 18,000 lbs. of Rainbow Trout in combination with the Department of Fish and Game plants of 5,000 for a grand total of 23,000 lbs. Look for another scheduled plant this weekend.