This huge (64,000 acre) lake is famous for producing huge rainbow trout, including a former state record. However, the lake, especially near where springs enter the lake, also contains some lunker-sized yellow perch (a perch measuring more than 17-inches was taken in 200) and brown bullheads. There are also a very few largemouth bass in the lake, but certainly not enough to plan a fishing trip for. Some of the bullheads will approach two and a half pounds and the perch will occasionally approach two pounds in weight. In the early spring, when the canals on the east side of Highway 97 get a couple of degrees warmer than the rest of the lake, the bullhead catfishing can be superb. In the summer, when the lake temperatures and the PH levels rise, the trout and warmwater species reside closer to the springs, or where the Williamson River enters the lake. P Heley