Big Lake Oroville crappie
A near-record white crappie was caught this week in Lake Oroville. The 2 pound, 15 ounce slabside was just shy of the 3 pound, 4 ounce lake record for the species. Angler Randy Carroll of Chico related, "I was fishing from shore right next to the Lime Saddle boat launch at about 11:00 PM. The big fish hit on a plain nightcrawler under a lighted bobber, and took some drag on six-pound test line. I also caught a bunch of bass, and the crappie was bigger than all of them."

Current record fish from Lake Oroville include:

- largemouth bass- 15.84 pounds;
- smallmouth bass- 6-2;
- spotted bass- 8-2;
- redeye bass- 3-4;

- Chinook salmon- 19-11;
- coho salmon- 10-4;

- brown trout- 15-0;
- rainbow trout- 16-0;
- mackinaw trout- 11-0;

- white crappie- 3-4;
- black crappie- 2-10;

- white catfish- 27-4;
- channel catfish- 25-0;

- carp- 14-5;
- sturgeon- 97-0;
- pikeminnow- 13-12.