Lots of anglers lined the bank and the fishing was very good.
Bank fishing has been good near the Jackson Creek Spillway on the bank opposite the EBMUD boathouse, Rainbow Point and the Woodpile. Most anglers are using white, rainbow and garlic Power Bait most with glitter.

Trollers are having to work a bit harder and are concentrating near the face of the Dam around the Rock Wall and in upriver locations near Columbia Gulch. The fish are very shallow, usually in the first 20 feet. Night crawlers or beaded spinners behind flashers or medium dodgers are the most commonly used set-ups. Recently a German Brown in the 7 lb. range and some chubby Kokanees at 10-12 inches have been showing up in boaters stringers. Check at the Marina for all your fishing supplies, snacks, updated fishing information and hot spots.

Bass fishing has also been active along the exposed rock edges along the shore, sounds like spinner baits are the ticket.

Water level is about 10-15 feet below the spillway and dropping.

Recent success stories: Craig Mahaney, pictured above of South Shore Commanche got this 7.7 lb. smallie using crawlers in the Main Lake. Alex Rauh, Photo #1 of Orangevale landed a nice 6.68 lb. German Brown trolling at the Dam. William Heinselman, Photo #2 of Pine Grove got this nice 9 lb. limit of Trout with Power Bait. Congratulations to all-well done!!!

Pardee Lake Recreation has planted 7,000 lbs. of Rainbow Trout as of this morning. The California Department of Fish and Game has also scheduled a 2,000 lb. plant to coincide with the Parks opener.