In the spring, large schools of crappie mass together in the back ends of canyons. During the winter and summer, the crappie often suspend over deep water and are harder to find. Your typical marabou and curly-tail jigs work well, as do minnow imitations. Live minnows are illegal on the lake. Striped bass were first introduced in the lake in 1974 and have thrived in this deep-water environment.
Stripers are now the most abundant game species in the lake.
They run in large schools, feeding mostly at night on threadfin shad and are seen boiling the surface in feeding frenzies. During the day, stripers prefer deep water where spoons, deep-diving plugs, and frozen anchovies are productive. They are consistently caught from late August through October when they are running. The preferred method is casting floating crankbaits from a boat or shore. Trout fishing is now declining.