I ventured down to Topaz Lake last week with fellow angler Tom Blotter. We were on the lake by 6:30am and off by 11:30 am. We trolled the east and the north west shores with Rapalas. We caught and released about 18 trout all in the 1.5 to 2.5 lb category.  For those that want to do some bass fishing. The smallmouth were hitting well on the west shore in the early morning in the shallows. They averaged 12 inches to a couple of pounds. I would recommend a green or chartreuse winnie or a small crawdad pattern mudbug right off the bottom.