Striper fishing has been pretty rough for bait fishing around the buoy line but anglers have been catching catfish on sardines and 'chovies. While the cut bait hasn't been producing big numbers for the stripers, the swimbait bite is doing a lot better around the dam and west ramp. Lunker Punkers and bombers are great baits for the early morning and late evening bite while the Huddleston's and Castaic swimbaits appear to be working during the day off the bottom. These swimbaits can also be used to catch the largemouth out of the lake from a boat or by the shoreline. Not too many bass being reported being seen on the surface, most are being metered around 25 to 4 feet still so the Huddleston's and Castaic Swimbait are perfect for that. The trout an still be caught on PowerBait at the west ramp and occasionally off the dam. The lower lagoon has been the hot spot for good-sized largemouth. They have been biting big plastics and little bluegill imitation baits around the fishing pier and campsite A. The catfish have also been biting chicken liver around the RV Campsites and Campsite B.