Hi Fongster- Yeah, all the shad are gone, lots of the bass are really skinny, not too healthy looking. Lots of numbers, but they need to dump some shad in there. Lots of rumors, but no shad yet. The water level is rising right now, it's pretty high. I think I'd wait and see what happens with the shad and stuff before I laid down any cash. Have you fished Irvine or Mission lately? I did fish Lake Forrest I on lunch today, they were biting, I got four decent fish in less then an hour.