Reminder to boaters: All watercrafts (including float tubes) need to have one wearable Coast Guard approved personal floatation device (PFD) per person. Children age 12 and under must wear PFD while the vessel is underway.

Contra Costa Water District has refilled the lake. All the docks are now open. The water is still muddy and fishing has been slow. Fish for trout on the East Side, Channel Point or from a boat with Power Bait, mice tails or nightcrawlers, or try for catfish at Channel Point, Loma Island or from a boat with nightcrawlers or chicken liver. Black Bass have been biting with artificial baits/lures or nightcrawlers anywhere around the lake. Crappie and bluegills are biting on jigs or worms at the Boat Ramp area, Loma Island or the Channel Point area.