The spectacular fall weather just keeps on keepin' on with another full week of higher than average temps, sunshine and hardly a breeze to speak of allowing canyon anglers to make the most of their time on the lake. Another whopping 2000 lb. stocking courtesy of California DFG made sure that just about everyone fishing out there had the opportunity to catch a limit or catch and release a bunch of fish. Several quality rainbows to just over 3 lbs came to the scales this week but nothing over 4 lbs was landed (although several people reported farming fish over that weight). Stringer of the week was caught by David James, pictured above of Southern California whose four top fish weighed in at a combined 9 lbs. The cooler nights have brought the fish up and the number of spots folks are finding fish has increased exponentially over the past few weeks with anglers having luck from shore by the ramp, the rock slide, Roger's cove, Buck Tucker Cove, the inlet channel and even drifting mid lake.

It's hard to nail down one tactic that is working best as anglers tossing heavy metal like Thomas Buoyant and Kastmasters are doing nearly as good as the guys tossing jigs and trout worms or bait. Best colors for metal lures always seem to involve gold and the jig folks out there are doing best on natural colors like Grasshopper or Cricket.

The lake level is dropping ever so slightly but there is still plenty of lake for our rental fleet of boats and our tandem kayaks to remain on the water through the end of the season. DO NOT bring your private boat up the lake and expect to launch. We had one group carry their boat down to the water this week and let me tell you what, they had an absolute nightmare trying to the thing out and barely did so. South Lake Landing personnel are not permitted to assist you for liability reasons.... so you're on your own if you're bold enough to try and get your boat in the lake.