LA GRANGE - If you want to hook a potluck mixture of rainbow trout, king salmon, and black bass, Don Pedro Lake is the place to go.

“A family that fished with me kept two kings, three rainbows, and three bass that they caught,” said Monte Smith of Gold Country Sportfishing after his most recent trip. “Their total was 17 trout, as they were camping at the lake and had really no use to keep so many fish and released most of the fish.”

“The bass were on a tear today as we had two quadruple hookups and several doubles that kept them busy releasing most of them. What a great trip it was with a great family. We beat the oncoming weather back to the dock,” he observed.

On a previous trip on D...