Lake Chabot is fishing well for July with water temps hovering in the mid-70s. EBParks dropped a catfish plant earlier this month, and there's been plenty of catfish action near the Marina and west of Live Oak Island on garlic prawns and chicken livers.

Small bass are showing up everywhere around the weedlines and backs of coves, mostly in the 1–1.5 lb range. Finesse is the way to go... dropshots, shaky heads, and wacky-rigged Senkos are all working. Although a 5-pounder was caught last week on an Urchin style soft plastic... the new bait taking the bass world by storm.