Went to pyramid this morning and threw different trout plugs for almost all of the day. there were shad all over the launch ramp area and we saw a few big boils, including a large striper chacing a trout in about 2 feet of water. I started off throwing the 9" castaic rainbow trout plug until the tail got loose. i switched to a trout colored 7" osprey but the knot on my spectra slipped in about 2 casts so i was stuck using an all white osprey for the rest of the day. my set up was a calcutta250 with straight 30lb test Spiderwire (i think its EZ cast or "smooth" spectra/braid, not sure the exact name) in green. the reel was matched with a 8' GLoomis backbouncing rod. The rod is nice for most swimbaits but it felt as though it was a little to light for the castaic plug, even though it was casting it just fine. Im still looking for some action on the big swimbaits, havent even got bit yet... I took a break form the swimbait and fished for trout. i snapped one off and caught another on half an orange lip ripper on a 1/64th jighead. my other two friends that were with me caught one each also. those two were caught on powerbait and a yellow panther martin. the fish were pretty large, up to 2.5 lbs. before going home my friend decided to fish the powerplant and farmed a fish on a 1/4 or 1/2 ounce all white bucktail on 10lb test. He also got a warning by the sheriff for trespassing.