We finally got some fish stocked! The Alpers trout crew made an appearance on Friday and the entire Parchers Resort and South Lake Landing crew pitched in to stock a nice load of trophy trout. Getting the fish to the water was very much a team effort as we did a "bucket brigade" style stocking. Click South Lake Stocking to see video of the adventure. The water at the lake is now up on the dam (thank goodness!!) and charging. The water is coming up an average of 3ft per day and with the heat wave over the weekend I wouldn't be surprised to see it come up even faster than that, especially if we get some thunderstorms as predicted early next week. At the current rate of rise, we should be able to get out first DFG stocking of the year late next week. Southern California Edison is finishing up the paperwork for their huge Alpers stocking - we're hoping to get those fish in the lake as soon as possible.

We finally opened the boat landing at South Lake so we now have 2 kayaks and 8 motor boats available for rent. We're planning to float the docks on Thursday and if the water is favorable get a pontoon boat or two out by next weekend (fingers crossed!).

As for the bite right now...hopefully this will be the last week that I have to give a less than stellar fish report, but the truth is that the bite was pretty tough last week. Folks soaking salmon eggs, Salmon Peach Powerbait or nightcrawlers at the various feeder streams were doing the best. Things definitely picked up after the Alpers stocking with a few good fish in the 2.5 to 3.5lb class coming out on mini-jigs or red/gold lures. The dam area and the inlets are the most productive spots on the lake at present.

It's going to be at least a few more weeks before the launch ramp will be open to private boaters.