Fishing for trout has been fair and should improve as temperatures cool down a bit. The lake is now 54 percent full. Visibility in the lake is down due to algae in the lake but not thick enough to significantly affect fishing. With dropping lake elevation, boaters should be aware of submerged stumps and islands posing a hazard particularly around Buck Island. Not all water hazards can be marked with dropping reservoir levels. For best results under these conditions, get an early start when the fish are more active. Try using a threaded nightcrawler under a bobber or powerbait fished off the bottom. When water clarity is good, trolling with a wedding ring/bait combination and sliding sinker is a tried and true method on this lake. Legal-sized trout have been stocked to complement trout stocked last year and a good number of 15-20 inch holdovers. Boat access at the Marina and Willow Point ramps are still in good condition, but the floating dock at Klum only has probably another week or two left.

This past weekend anglers caught mostly smallmouth bass, however some trout were caught. A local fly angler, Tanya Haight of Gold Hill, caught a doozey of a largemouth bass on a recent joint Rogue Flyfishers/Southern Oregon Flyfishers social outing.