Bass fishing is still good on top waters early and late. Use medium cranks and plastics during the afternoon. There have been shad spotted up tight to the bank in several areas of the lake, and can be readily dipped.

Catfish are providing steady action in creek channels all over the lake. Cut mackerel and dough baits are the top bait choices. Pickings are slow for trout, but some can be found in the dam area as well as in front of Harvey's trolling dodger/crawler combos and C.D. 5 Rapalas from the surface to six colors of leadcore. Crappie are being caught in Santa Cruz Bay. Small minnow imitations and crappie jigs both are working well. Bow fishing for Carp has been good all over the lake with the best action coming on overcast mornings. Bluegill are biting around structure in the back of shallow coves.

Photo: The above photo is of Nikki & Coly Young of Buellton. They caught 2 Trout. The stringer weighed 5.5 lbs. and the largest fish was 3 lbs. This was Nikki's fist trout, way to go Nikki!