In spite of an incredible amount of skiing and power boating activity, Millerton Lake is seeing a good bite on striped bass up to 20 pounds. Anglers are using shad pattern lures, small crappie or Beetle Spins and anchovies to fool the big fish. Most of the action is coming in water 3 to 10 feet deep. Spotted bass are still showing up around the main points at level of 10 to 20 feet. Plastics in the dark browns and greens have been the hot producers.
Fish are almost all in the slot limit range.
Average catch counts of 5 to 15 fish per outing is the norm. The spotted bass bite is holding steady at Lake Nacimiento and reports of white bass boils were just beginning to trickle in at press time. Your best shot at catching white bass is to troll or just cruise around and look for boils. Try fishing the mouths of Snake or Dip creeks. According to Rylance, just about any type of shad imitation lure will fool the white bass.