Warm Springs side again, today. Water clarity is getting worse. Shad spawn is in full swing.......huge schools swarming through the trees and cover. Threw a shad colored baby jackhammer, berkeley flukes, a June bug colored wacky rig, and even a keitech noisy flapper on a weighted swimbait hook.......nothing. Switched to the old faithful, Keitech 3.8 swing impact fat, and the bite picked up, immediately. Boated 10 today. 6 over 1lb, the rest dinkers. All caught at the confluence of Warm Springs Creek and Rancheria Creek.

Jim Taibi reports a productive post-spawn bass bite at Castaic Lake, with both largemouth and smallmouth hitting well, although most are only in the 1–2 lb range. Right now, they are holding tight to steep rock banks, walls, and secondary points in 10–20 feet of water. Dropshots, small paddletail swimbaits, and wacky Senkos are all working well. A light topwater window is opening up at dawn and dusk, drawing out some higher-quality female bass that are starting to shake off their post-spawn sluggishness.

Stripers are wrapping up their spawn and moving into more predictable feeding patterns. Some are tracking bait into the coves around 20–30 feet deep, where 3” swimbaits, spoons, and Alabama rigs are getting fish. There are signs of the trolling bite starting to take off as schools tighten up.

The lake’s full, water clarity is improving at 5–15 feet, and surface temps are hovering between 71–76°F. Launching is at West Ramp only.