Fishing in patterson is good if you get some marshmallows and worms and fish on the bottom and if you use some crank baits for bass. I do really good with worms alone off the bottom, just don't go there in the fall months because they just don't hit as well as they do in the summer months, I don't know maybe because it the weather is changing. patterson is a good lake all year for pan fish, bluegill there are just big if you got worms, I found that worms and crank baits work there the best and if you don't have either, you are pretty much screwed. that is it.