Lake trout: Anglers report incredible fishing for pups (lake trout up to 3.5 pounds) on most areas of the reservoir. Try looking for schools and then jigging, casting or trolling a lure through them. Anglers report locating schools as shallow as 10 to 20 feet but most are in the 60- to 100-foot range. Anglers have caught larger fish in deeper water using traditional trolling and jigging techniques. Try points, humps and rock walls next to deep water in Sheep Creek, Red Canyon, the Skull Creeks, Jarvies Canyon, Hideout Canyon and in the Antelope Flat/Lucerne area. If you are jigging, try tube jigs in white, chartreuse, glow or brown. Tipping the jig with bait or a small chunk of sucker or chub meat may increase interest, especially for smaller fish. Use two- to three-inch jigs for smaller fish and four- to eight-inch jigs for larger fish. Bites are often light and may occur on the way down. Using no-stretch line will help you feel strikes and set the hook better in deep water. Use a graph to see where fish are located and place the jig at the same depth. When trolling, check your graphs and use downriggers to get lures like needlefish, other spoons and Rapalas down near the bottom.

Kokanee salmon: Kokanee fishing has been fair with spotty conditions. Sheep Creek, a tributary stream south of Manila, is closed through October to protect spawning kokanee. Release any kokanee you catch in the reservoir through Nov. 30. Despite stocking millions of kokanee over the last few years, the population remains low due to predation by lake trout and burbot. Anglers need to harvest more small lake trout and burbot to reduce their consumption of kokanee.

Rainbow trout: Boat and shore fishing have been good in most areas of the reservoir. You'll find fish from the surface to approximately 70 feet deep. If you are fishing from a boat, try trolling spoons or small lures like Rapalas. Look for the schools near cliffs, points and submerged ridges. Use downriggers to target larger fish at about 30 to 60 feet deep. Jigging works well when you locate a school. If you're fishing from shore, try casting brightly colored spoons and other lures or try bait fishing. PowerBait or a worm-and-marshmallow combo works well on the bottom. Fish can be deep or shallow, so try different depths. Shore anglers should try areas like Mustang Ridge, Sheep Creek, Lucerne Bay and Antelope Flats. Do not be afraid of harvesting some rainbows. They are really tasty from the cold waters of the Gorge.

Burbot: An angler who recently targeted burbot caught 15 fish in just over an hour. The recommended technique is similar to that used for ice fishing. From a boat, try using glowing jigs and jigging spoons tipped with sucker meat, crayfish, smelly jelly or similar scents in crayfish. Depths of 40 to 60 feet should hold the most fish from dusk until a couple of hours after dark. Shore anglers should try baits fished just off the bottom from the points in Antelope Flat, Linwood Bay or Sheep Creek in Utah. In Wyoming, you'll find burbot in the Buckboard, Holmes Crossing, Anvil Draw, Skunk Cliffs and Marsh Creek areas.

• Lake Trout
• Kokanee
• Rainbow Trout
• Burbot
• Smallmouth Bass