Mike Ardouin of Santa Barbara took a 7-pound, 2-ounce Alper's on Power Bait, a combination of Salmon Peach and some other rainbow flavor of the day.

Other nice trout in the 1 pound-plus range hit the stringers to put smiles on some faces using baby nightcrawlers and inflated nightcrawlers, grubs, meal worms (again) and the odd Power Worm.

Lures for the week were still the Panther/Martin, and some Phoebe's also did a good number.

The Virginia Lakes special red throated Matuka did well, as did some soft hackles, and a few moth patterns. Damsels are hitting near the weeds, as well as the Rickard's Stillwater nymph.

Big Virginia did fair with some nice fish on small dries at the inlet and outlet and also with Power Bait as a chaser.

Salmon eggs continue to take the lead spot with salmon peach or yellow Zeke's bait.

Lures used were mainly top floaters like the old frog pattern Heddon Flatfish and diving Rapalas in rainbow and brown patterns.

Trumbull has also done fair but it's hard to keep those baby browns off your flies and lures, so fish deep where the "big fish" hang, and use about 20 inches of leader off a sliding egg sinker. Brookies are near the meadow with small dries, and some bug eyed Damsels.

The backcountry has been doing well on small silver/red Super Dupers, Kastmasters in perch patterns, and the tiny Red Devil. ?Į?Į