Cooler water temps made for a tougher Bass bite, as the fish retreated to 25' to 40' in the water column. Deepwater techniques did pick up some fish, but required substantial effort to do so.

The trout bite benefited from the cooler weather though, and trollers were able to get some fair to good action on Rapalas, needlefish and Kastmasters. Most of the rainbows were caught in Santa Cruz Bay, but Cachuma Bay and the dam area were also productive for some. Shore anglers had a bit of a flurry in Harveys Bay on PowerBait and inflated 'crawlers. There will be a 4,000 lb plant from the Calaveras hatchery on Friday Feb. 17th.

Crappie action dropped significantly from previous weeks, although there were still a few coming out of the narrows on trolled CD5 and 7 Rapalas. Other than a few catfish, all other species were slow.