While I never really fished the reservour I fished alot of the Potholes in the Wildlife Refuge with good results in the late 1970's catching pan fish and small mouth bass.

I also had good results for trout at the washout north of Othello in the main Potholes Canal below Tagarres Dump from the bank. No one knew of that hole except a few of the locals and you could limit out there in no time.

I haven't fished the Potholes in years, but I immagine I could go back to some of my old fishing holes there and do rather well. Some of those little potholes were unbelieve in the quantity and quality of fish in them and most of them are very rarely fished.