SOCAL FISH REPORT 16 June 2010. Jim Matthews

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SOCAL FISH REPORT -- ONS-matthews -- 16jun10

Compiled by Bo Matthews and Jim Matthews - Outdoor News Service

The fish report is weekly. Its accuracy depends on marina operators, tackle shops and local fishermen we contact. Anglers catching large fish should send the information to Outdoor News Service, P.O. Box 9007, San Bernardino, CA 92427, or telephone 909-887-3444, so it can be included in this report. Faxes can be sent to 909-887-8180. E-Mail messages or fishing reports can also be posted to Jim Matthews at odwriter@verizon.net.
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MATTHEWS’ PICKS OF THE WEEK

1. For anglers interested in quality striped bass, the bite at San Antonio Lake on the Central Coast has remained the top pick in the southern half of the state. While Willow Beach on the Colorado River kicked out a few big fish to nearly 30 pounds this week, San Antonio has been consistently good for six to eight-pound fish with a lot of double digit fish and a few up into the 20-pound class. Again, check out the Forum section on FishingNetwork.net for more information on this bite. There are several more reports there this week. The action remains best for trollers, but there have been some topwater boils. For an update on the bite and more information, you can also call the marina at 805-472-2818, but the web information is far better.
2. The stripers are starting to turn on in the river stretches on the Colorado as the fish move up for spawning. Willow Beach cranked out two fish over 25 pounds this week. The Topoc Gorge stretch is getting better each day on two to five-pound fish with some bigger (and Havasu produced a 26-pounder Tuesday), and the Palo Verde Diversion Dam just above Blythe continues to produce fish to 20 pounds. Pick your size, pick your stretch. For updates on these Colorado River bites, call Willow Beach Resort at 928-767-4747,
Phil’s Western Trader at 928-768-4954 or Capt. Doyle’s Fun Fishing at 928-768-2667 for the Topoc report, and B&B Bait in Blythe at 760-921-2248 for a Palo Verde update.
3. You can’t miss by putting Diamond Valley Lake in the top three picks. Its largemouth bass bite has been better than just about everyplace in the region with 20-fish days common. The best action is on plastics, but reaction baits in the morning or evening have been getting some bigger fish. Of course, the catfish and bluegill bites are also among the best in the region for those species, and the schoolie stripers are up chasing bait. Your call, but this is a top bet. For an update on the action, call the marina at 951-926-7201 or Last Chance Bait and Tackle at 951-658-7410.

FRESHWATER HOT SPOTS

TROUT: Bridgeport’s Lower Twin cranked out another nice brown this week at nearly eight pounds and like a lot of Sierra lakes, the overall bite is pretty good. Top bets in this region include Bridgeport Reservoir, Lake Crowley, Silver Lake, and most of the Bishop Creek and Rock Creek drainages. Flows may be way up in some of the creeks and rivers, making for difficult fishing, however. For fly guys, the East Walker River and Kirman Lake are probably the best bets. In Southern California, there continues to be good action at just a handful of waters with plants over for the season at lower elevations. Top bet is Green Valley Lake after Big Bear slowed.
BLACK BASS: The largemouth bass action has been generally good throughout the region. Top bets again have been Diamond Valley Lake, Casitas, Castaic, Skinner, Sutherland, El Capitan, Wohlford, Otay, Irvine, Perris, Silverwood, Piru, Pyramid, Cachuma, and Puddingstone. The smallmouth action on the Colorado River has been very good in the river stretch, but dead in Lake Havasu. Further up on the Central Coast, Santa Margarita and Lopez are both pretty good for largemouths and the spotted bass are pretty fair in Nacimiento. Isabella lulled a little, but still a decent bet with a lot of four to six pounders.
STRIPED BASS: San Antonio Lake on the Central Coast is the hands-down top striper pick, but two spots on the Colorado River remain worth fishing. First is the stretch immediately below the Palo Verde Diversion dam and the second is Willow Beach. The Topoc Gorge stretch above Havasu is also finally coming to life. Willow cranked out a pair of fish over 25 pounds this week. Other good bets including, the California Aqueduct near Taft, Pyramid, Castaic, and Silverwood. Skinner is also good again and cranked out a 21-pounder.
PANFISH: The crappie bite just won’t go away at Lake Isabella which still has a pretty good bite, but Lopez and Santa Margarita are both producing bigger fish. Cachuma seems to be getting better with a lot of good catches this week. Piru and Henshaw all have fair crappie bites. Redear and bluegill bites are hot just about everywhere thanks to three weeks of warmer weather -- with Diamond Valley, Perris, Casitas, Otay, Sutherland, and Puddingstone some of the top picks. The tilapia bite at the Salton Sea has remained excellent.
CATFISH: Henshaw, Elsinore, and Hesperia Lake are the hottest spots in Southern California with a lot of fish landed at all three. Hesperia and Elsinore have more quality fish than Henshaw, which has better volume. Skinner is nearly as good with a lot of cats to eight pounds. Isabella has been very good for cats from 1-8 to three pounds over the past week, and the California aqueduct near Taft has also been good this week. Santa Ana River Lakes and Corona Lake are also both excellent, and both get massive plants next week, including trophy fish, for their “official” kick off to catfish season. Irvine starts it catfish plants this week. Diamond Valley has also been very good. The channel and flathead action is also breaking wide open along the whole lower Colorado River, especially in the warmer backwaters and irrigation ditches. This is the top bet for a quality fish.

SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAIN WATERS

SILVERWOOD: Very good striper action. Chemise Bay and the spillway have been the top spots with anchovies and chicken liver top baits. Tony Bellussco, Oak Hills, caught eight stripers to six pounds using swimbaits in the coves and off the points. Fair trout action with the best action on Power Bait, Power Worms, and inflated nightcrawlers. The largemouth bite is good with plastics and trout-like lures working well. The catfish bite is good with most of the fish being caught in deep water on anchovies and chicken liver. Zoey Bush, Huntington Beach, caught eight catfish to eight pounds on anchovies fishing the channel. Carp are moving shallow and anglers fishing dough baits or nightcrawlers are getting a few. Bluegill action is starting to improve with the best bite on nightcrawlers. Slow other species. Miller Canyon Creek (just above the lake) was planted with DFG trout three weeks ago and the bite has slowed. The park is open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Information: marina 760-389-2299, state park 760-389-2281, Silverwood Country store 760-389-2423.
BIG BEAR LAKE: Overall slow to fair trout action for shore anglers with better action for trollers working deeper water in the Trout Triangle area of the lake. Best shore action still at the dam on Power Bait and inflated nightcralwers fished in deeper water, while trollers are working 12 to 25 feet of water with Needlefish, gold Thomas Buoyants, or similar lures and flasher rigs. Weeds starting to grow up in shallows and oxygen levels are down and temperatures up, so the trout have cleared out into deeper water. Some bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish showing, but light pressure on these species. Good carp bowfishing. Fishing information: Big Bear Marina 909-866-3218, Big Bear Sporting Goods 909-866-3222.
GREGORY LAKE: There continues to be a fair trout bite with some limits posted even though the last DFG plant was May 27. The best action has been on floating baits or small lures and the warm weather is pushing the trout deeper. The bite on small crappie is very good early and late in the day. The boat house is open. Information: 909-338-2233.
GREEN VALLEY LAKE: Good trout action on 1-8 to 2-8 rainbows with a few even better quality fish showing. There will be another plant of Calaveras trout this week. Top rainbow reported was a 9-12 rainbow caught by Glen Jonas, Green Valley Lake, on a yellow and orange jig. Anglers win a fee Green Valley Lakes tee-shirt if they land a trout over six pounds. Recorded information: 909-867-2009.
ARROWBEAR LAKE: DFG trout plant three weeks ago.
JENKS LAKE REGION: DFG trout plant three weeks ago in Jenks Lake, and just fair action on small jigs, trout plastics, and floating baits. Both the Santa Ana River in the Seven Oaks area and the South Fork were also planted by the DFG three weeks ago, and the bite has slowed since. Brown trout anglers are doing pretty good in the streams, however, but most fish are under 10 inches long. Information: Mill Creek Ranger Station at 909-382-2881.

HIGH DESERT LAKES

HESPERIA LAKE: Excellent catfish action. Catfish were planted this week and will be going in each week for the remainder of catfish season. Just about anything anglers are using is working for catfish but mackerel, shrimp, and inflated nightcrawlers have been the top choices. Lonie Cooper, Hesperia, caught a 17-pound catfish on a marshmallow and mealworm combo. Eli Garcia, Rancho Cucamonga, got a 14-12 catfish using shrimp. Art Hernandez, Phelan, landed a 14-pound catfish using shrimp and garlic. Quite a few wipers were caught once again this week with a few over three pounds. Kevin Garrett, Fontana, caught a five-pound wiper on mealworms. Trout fishing has slowed way down with no plants in over a month but some fish are still showing. A couple big sturgeon have been showing each week. Jason Thompson, Moreno Valley, caught a 25-pound sturgeon on anchovies. Lake hours are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the night session from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cost is $15 per angler. Information: 800-521-6332 or 760-244-5951.
JESS RANCH: Trout action was fair this past week. Power Bait or inflated night crawlers doused with attractant, jigs, and lures have all been producing fish. The bite has been better in the morning before 10 a.m. or late afternoon hours. Most of the fish have been around two pounds, with a few bigger. A few largemouth are showing on Senkos, spinnerbaits, and nightcrawlers. Catfish are hitting chicken liver, nightcrawlers, mackerel, and shrimp near the eastern and northern shores of lake 2 and the northern and western shores of lake three. Quite a few bluegill reports have come with anglers reporting success on mealworms for fish around the one-pound mark. The lake is open Friday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it is stocked with trout each week on Friday from its own hatchery. Lake information: 760-240-1107 or Jess Ranch Lakes-The Official Site.
MOJAVE NARROWS: County catfish plants started last week and will continue to go in each week through the end of catfish season, and the bite has been pretty good. William Burns, Victorville, had a stringer of four cats topped off with a 3-8. He was using garlic nightcrawlers. Pretty good action on small bluegill, and quite a few crappie to a pound are also showing. Also fair action for bass, and the occasional carp is also showing. Trout action has been fair to good and a DFG plant was slated for this week. Horseshoe Lake is still temporarily closed due to flood damage. Pelican Lake is remains open. For lake information: 760-245-2226.

INLAND VALLEY LAKES
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

CUCAMONGA-GUASTI: No report. County catfish plants are weekly and will continue to go in each week through the end of catfish season. Information: 909-481-4205.
PRADO: County catfish plants are weekly through the end of the summer season, and the bite has been pretty good on the marshmallow-meal worm combo or shrimp and marshmallow combo, nightcrawlers, and cut baits. Seo Bou, Pomona, have five cats for a total of 10-8 with a 3-8 his top fish. He was using the shrimp-marhsmallow combo off Lot No. 8. Truong Nguyen, Corona, caugt a 3-4 cat, while Lorena Miranda, Norco, landed a 3-2. There is also an excellent bite on bluegill with wax worms, meal worms, or nightcrawler pieces. A few bass are showing. John Voss, Ontario, caught a 3-8 on a black and chartreuse plastic from his kayak. Catfish baits are also now being sold at the park, and small boats (non-inflatable) under 16 feet with electric motors are now allowed. Information: 909-597-4260.
YUCAIPA: Fair to good catfish action with most fish in the two-pound range. County catfish plants are weekly through the rest of the summer season. Last week’s plant was split between the middle and lower lakes. Shrimp, mackerel, and anchovies have been the best baits. Bluegill action is good on small fish, with small pieces of nightcrawler the best bait. Other species are slow. Lake information: 909-790-3127.
GLEN HELEN: County catfish plants are weekly through the rest of the summer season and the bite has been fair on nightcrawlers, shrimp, and mackerel. Most of the cats are from 1 1/2 to two pounds. William Rogers, Highland, caught four cats to 2-8 on worms, while Beatrice Combs, Rialto, had four cats about a pound each on shrimp. While the trout are pretty much gone, the bass, bluegill, and carp have been showing in decent numbers, with quite a few bass to two pounds landed by catch-and-release anglers. Information: 909-887-7540.
MOUNT BALDY TROUT POOLS: The heavily stocked pools are open every Saturday and Sunday. No fishing license is needed. Information: 909-982-4246.
SECCOMBE LAKE: DFG trout plant this week. Good action on small bluegill. Information: 909-384-5233.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY

DIAMOND VALLEY: Very good largemouth action. Many anglers have reported 20 fish days but most of the fish have been small. Plastics fished at the points have been the best bet with some anglers having success on spinnerbaits in the afternoon. Trout fishing has been slow with only a few catches made by trollers. Striper action is fair, but big fish have been absent. The smaller, schoolies are focusing on shad and silversides with Kastmasters and Scroungers the best bets when tossed into boils. Jesse Mena, Hemet, caught the top striper at 22.95 pounds on an LA Slider. The catfish bite is very good with many fish in the six to 16-pound range. Cut baits have been working well and the top spot is near the attenuator. The bluegill bite has been very good. Anglers fishing with mini jigs, mealworms, or nightcrawlers along the dams have had the most success. Crappie spotty. For general lake, launch, and fishing information, call 800-590-LAKE, the marina at 951-926-7201 or Diamond Valley Marina, or Last Chance Bait and Tackle 951-658-7410 or Last Chance Tackle - Home.
PERRIS: The largemouth bite was good this past week with many reports from lots 11 and 12 and Bernasconi Beach. The panfish bite remains good with a lot of smaller fish in the shallows and bigger fish showing from deeper water in the marina, around the island, and off the dam. Wax worms, red worms, nightcrawlers and crickets are all getting a lot of fish. Jay May, Moreno Valley, caught a 1.2-pound redear fishing with redworms near the island. Trout action is spotty. Mostly slow other species, but there continue to be a few carp caught for those targeting them. The park is open seven days a week, and hours are from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Information: marina 951-657-2179, state park 951-940-5600.
SKINNER: The catfish bite is good with chicken liver and mackerel the most reported baits. Gary Mitchell, Hemet, caught seven catfish to six pounds on mackerel at Social Security Point. Good largemouth action. The east end and the south shore have been the top spots with dark plastics and nightcrawlers still the top baits. Mike Cummings, Corona, caught two bass to 6-4 on a Purple Robo Worm. Carp action has been good for those targeting them. They are primarily being caught in the reeds on nightcrawlers. The striper bite was good with a few anglers seeing boils around the lake. Anchovies have still been the best bet for stripers. Bill Gray, Alta Loma, scored a 21-pound striper on a spoon fishing the dam. Bluegill are showing in the east end and along the south shore. Slow other species. Information: store 951-926-1505 or marina 951-926-8515.
ELSINORE: Catfish and carp providing the bulk of the action here with both in fair to good bites. There is also a decent pick on the wipers. The catfish have been showing on shad, shrimp, and nightcrawlers, with fish up to eight pounds again reported. The carp are three to seven pounds and most anglers are using their homemade dough baits made with a corn meal base and then a variety of other additions. The wipers are mostly showing on live shad, shrimp, with a few on lures with the southwest and northwest ends of the lake best. Anglers are reminded the limit on the wipers is two-fish, with an 18-inch minimum size. Crappie are still very slow with almost none reported in the past week. There’s a fair bite on the largemouth bass on plastics and reaction baits. Boat rentals are available through the William’s Bait, Tackle, and Boat Rental out of Elsinore West Marina. For more information, contact William’s Bait, Tackle, and Boat Rental at 951-642-0640 or Elsinore West Marina at 951-678-1300.
CORONA LAKE: The trout bite came back on with the foggy mornings this past week and the catfish action has stayed blazing hot. There is also a decent snap on the tilapia, bluegill, sturgeon, and bass. There were again two catfish plants this past week and another stocking of big tilapia. Trout are best in the deeper, cooler water at the dam. Travis, Zach, Mike, and Brian Fitzpatrick, all Fontana, caught a total of nine rainbows for 34 1/2 pounds, and the big fish was a 9 1/2-pounder. All were caught on nightcrawlers or chartreuse dough baits. Mike Benbow, Chino Hills, had two rainbows and 6 1/2 and 3 1/2 pounds on dough bait at the dam. Cadin Sotero, Murrieta, landed a five-pound rainbow, and Brandon Kinura, Murrieta, had a four-pounder. For catfish, Bill Grant and Mike Rodriguez, both Riverside, landed 10 cats that weighed 20 pounds with a three-pounder the top fish. They were using nightcrawlers doused with Nitro Gravy. Leon Reed, Temecula, caught five cats for 14 pounds total and his best fish was a 5 1/2 pounder. All were taken on mackerel. Tilapia are showing in decent numbers with weekly stocks, and the bite is best on nightcrawler pieces. Dre and Marcus Boggan, both Murrieta, had 10 tilapia off J.D.’s Point with nightcrawlers. They all were nearly twins at one-pound each. A few sturgeon also continue to be landed each week. The catfish season grand opening is next week with three plants slated, including trophy fish from eight to 20 pounds. There is 24-hour fishing every Friday and Saturday night. Information: 951-277-4489 or Indy Lakes Fishing Lakes and Campground.
EVANS LAKE: Bass are showing in fair numbers for the guys tossing small plastics and tiny jerk baits along the rocky shorelines. Also a pretty decent bite on small bluegill and warmouth. Bass to four pounds reported this week.
RANCHO JURUPA: Fair to good catfish action since the plant last week. Albert Mares, Rubidoux, caught a mixed stringer of eight catfish and carp, with a 16-2 carp topping the catch. There is also a fair bite on bluegill and carp. Slow other species. There is a new bait and tackle shop at the lake. Information: 951-684-7032.
FISHERMAN’S RETREAT: No report. Information: 909-795-0171.
ANGLER’S LAKE: The lake is currently closed.
REFLECTION LAKE: Catfish remain good on cut baits, and plants are every two weeks with 500 pounds planted each time. There are monthly derbies. A few bass are showing. Bluegill fair. Information: 951-654-7906 or Reflection Lake RV Park, a Hemet California RV Park and Family Campground.
JEAN'S CHANNEL CATS: Catfish action has been very good with each warm day helping the bite. The best action has been on chicken liver, mackerel, and shrimp. Plants twice a month. The lake is now only open on weekends Friday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on all Monday holidays. Information: 951-679-6562 or 951-259-2021.

SAN JACINTO MOUNTAIN WATERS

LAKE HEMET: Good trout action continues with a few limits reported, and a DFG plant this week should keep this bite good. The fish are showing for trollers and shore anglers using Power Bait or similar baits along the south shoreline. Fish are mostly smaller but a few in the two-pound range are showing. Michael Rowe and Tammy Engle, Garner Valley, each got a limit of trout on Power Bait fishing near the dam. The odd bass and panfish is also showing but it's mostly slow for other species. Lake open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Information: Lake Hemet Market 951-659-2350, campground 951-659-2680.
FULMOR LAKE: No recent DFG trout plants. Information: 951-659-2117.

ORANGE COUNTY

SANTA ANA RIVER LAKES: While catfish season doesn’t officially kick off here until next week when three huge plants of fish go in, including fish from eight to 20 pounds or more, the bite is very good thanks to twice-weekly plants now. The best action has been on the shrimp and white marshmallow combo bait, and the catfish are showing all around the big lake, in Chris’ Pond, and in the Catfish Lake. For now, most are averaging about 1 1/2 pounds, but there have been a few bigger catfish showing. Joyce Patton, Norwalk, fished on a pair of 24-hour passes this past Friday and Saturday nights and landed a total of 30 catfish and her best fish was a nine-pounder. Eric Huston, Irvine, had a five-fish stringer that weighed in at 15 pounds with a 7-8 cat his top fish. Noy Phinuwong, Corona, had 10 cats that weighed 15 pounds and his best was 2-8. A few trout continue to be caught in a fair bite with foggy mornings keeping the water temperatures acceptable for the rainbows. The best action has been in deeper water and some quality fish have been landed. Best was an 8-12 rainbow caught by Kenneth Coleman, Cerritos, fishing the marshmallow-meal worm combo for catfish. Alphonzo Williams, Compton, caught a 7-8 on a nightcrawler, while Erwin Mandani and Gina Eugenio, both Anaheim, had a 6-8 rainbow on their stringer fishing rainbow Nitro Bait. The tilapia, which are also being planted every week now, have been best on mealworms or half a nightcrawler fished on a small single hook and light line in three to six feet of water. Some of the tilapia are in the two to three pound category. Also a few sturgeon caught each week. There is 24-hour fishing every Friday and Saturday night. Private boats are no longer allowed at Santa Ana River Lakes due to fears of invasive quagga mussels being introduced into the water system. Information: 714-632-7830.
ANAHEIM LAKE: Closed. Anaheim Lake only opens when Santa Ana River Lakes is closed for cleaning and maintenance. Information: (714) 996-3508 or fishinglakes.com, Santa Ana River Lakes - Corona Lake - Anaheim Lake.
IRVINE LAKE: Excellent catfish action as the season kicked off this past week with a plant of 10,000 pounds. The facility will now be open on Friday and Saturday nights until midnight and night fishing has seen the best action for the catfish. Many fish in the two to eight-pound range were reported with 15 feet the best depth. Gerardo Rosas, Anaheim, caught an 8-6 blue catfish on mackerel in the flats. Terry "Pontoon" Lairson, Huntington Beach, scored an eight-pound catfish on mackerel in the flats. Jeff Young, Orange, got a 7-12 catfish. Largemouth action is still very good with quite a few quality fish showing. Jeff Henderson, Fullerton, caught a 6-1 largemouth on a swimbait at the west shore. The panfish bite is good for those targeting them with many bluegill and redear showing in the brushy areas on mealworms and crickets. A few anglers also had success for crappie fishing white Atomic Tubes under floating lights. Several wipers reports came in this past week as well. Anything shad-like was the ticket to score quick strikes on these fish. The lake will now be closed on Tuesdays and open until 11 p.m. on Thursdays. The road to Trout Island may re-emerge sometime this month, but the Kids Lagoon is not expected to be its own entity until mid-July. Lake information: 714-649-9111 or Irvine Lake - Fishing and Camping in Orange County, Southern California.
LAGUNA NIGUEL LAKE: No report. The lake is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Information: 949-362-3885 or Laguna Niguel Lake.

LOS ANGELES AREA LAKES

CACHUMA: Excellent fishing for bass and crappie this past week. The crappie are showing in 25 to 30 feet of water on nightcrawlers and small jigs. The bass action is best on Senkos and crawdad patterned cranks, with many anglers reporting 15 fish days. Walter Kondracki, Lancaster, caught 15 bass -- mostly smallmouth. Cats have been best on cut baits in the coves and flats. Trout are fair to good. Bluegill-redear slow. For quagga mussel and the boat launching information, log on at Santa Barbara County Parks Department Home. The marina is closed and boat rentals have ceased. The marina isn’t expected to be reopening in the near future, but the boat launch is still open. For fishing information updates, anglers should now call the general store at 805-688-5246.
CASITAS: The bass bite remains pretty good in 18 to 25 feet of water on live shad, if you can dip net some early in the morning, or nightcrawlers and plastics. There is also more and more topwater action early and late in the day now. The bad news is that the shad are getting harder and harder to come by and they have been the ticket for better fish. Jacky Jok, Hong Kong, caught bass at 7-8 and seven pounds with live shad. Dick Hood, Oakview, had a 7-4. Bass at seven pounds even were caught by Russ Cobb, Oxnard, and Frank Marquez, Santa Paula, while Joey LeSeur, Ojai, had a 6-8, and Mike Nuttall, Oxnard, had a six-even. Only Marquez fish wasn’t caught on shad, and his was on a nightcrawler. There is a pretty good redear bite on red worms and nightcrawler pieces with fish to 1-8 or better reported. There continue to be a few trout showing for trollers working eight to 10 colors of leadcore and Needlefish or by bait anglers drifting in deep water near the dam. All are nice-quality fish up to four pounds. Lonnie Nelson, 7, Santa Barbara, had trout at two and three pounds on nightcrawlers. Also a few cats being caught, but not many. Private boats will be inspected for quagga mussels and face a 10-day dry dock requirement before being allowed to launch. The lake is open every day, including all holidays from dusk to dawn. Information: 805-649-2043.
CASTAIC: Striper action continued to be best near the buoy line and on anchovies and sardines. Most of the fish are smaller, but the numbers have been very good. The swimbait bite was still very slow, but some fish are showing on artificial baits. Largemouth action is good with the best bite on plastics and nightcrawlers. The best bite has been in the late afternoon into the evening. Some panfish are showing on wax worms and mealworms. Slow trout action with no plant in a couple of weeks. Information: 661-775-6232 or Castaic Lake | Home.
PIRU: The bite slowed down this past week with still fair to good action on bass and crappie, but the bluegill and redear bites are just fair. The best bass bite has been on plastics fished in 10 to 25 feet of water with some fish on swimbaits and nightcrawlers. The crappie are showing in 12 to 20 feet on small jigs with few topping a pound. The best action on redear and bluegill has been on nightcrawler pieces or crickets. Catfish still very slow. Trout have not been planted since Jan. 18 but a handful of trout show each week. Information: front gate at 805-521-1500, x500 or Lake Piru Recreation Area.
PYRAMID: The striper action remains good for anglers drifting with anchovies or sardines, and they are averaging from 1 1/2 to three pounds, with some bigger fish up feeding on the trout. Largemouth bass action is also good with a lot of one to three-pound fish on nightcrawlers and plastics. Also quite a few smallmouth in this bite. Trout were planted two and four weeks ago by the DFG. The bite has been just fair with trollers seeing the best action on flashers with nightcrawlers, Rapalas, and Needlefish at three to four colors around the dam. The bluegill are showing in better numbers now with quite a few fish to half-pound. Crappie spotty on small jigs tipped with bait. Catfish are still mostly slow. Information: Emigrant Landing entrance booth, 661-295-7155, concession 661-257-2790, or Forest Service 661-296-9710.
QUAIL LAKE: No reports.
PUDDINGSTONE: Just fair action on largemouth bass on plastic worms around structure, with some topwater action early and late in the day. Bluegill action is very good on crickets, wax worms and meal worms. Most are hand-sized and smaller but some bigger fish also showing. There’s also a pretty good surface snap early and late in the day for fly rodders. Some bigger redear showing in a little deeper water than the bluegill. Carp are in the shallows. Little fishing pressure but anglers targeting them are getting some nice fish on dough baits. No trout plants for a month and that bite is pretty much done. Catfish still slow, but the first DFG catfish plant of the season was slated for this week. Information: East Shore RV Park: 909-599-8355 (ask for the market).
SANTA FE DAM: DFG catfish plant this week -- first plant of season. Slow to fair bass and bluegill action. Information: 626-334-1065.
ALONDRA PARK LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
BALBOA PARK LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
BELVEDERE PARK LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
CERRITOS PARK LAKE: DFG catfish plant this week.
DOWNEY WILDERNESS PARK: DFG catfish plant this week.
ECHO PARK LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
EL DORADO PARK LAKE: DFG catfish plant this week.
ELIZABETH LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
HANSEN DAM LAKE: No recent DFG plants. Information: 888-527-2757 or 818-899-3779.
HOLLENBECK LAKE: No recent DFG plants. Information: 213-261-0113.
JOHN FORD PARK LAKE: DFG catfish plant this week.
KENNETH HAHN PARK LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
LA MIRADA PARK LAKE: DFG catfish plant this week.
LEGG LAKES: DFG catfish plant this week.
LINCOLN PARK LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
MAGIC JOHNSON LAKE: No recent DFG plants.
PECK ROAD PARK LAKE: DFG catfish plant this week. Information: 818-448-7317.

SAN DIEGO AREA LAKES

BARRETT: There were 137 anglers checked and they reported catching 1,379 bass and 110 bluegill. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water. Rental boat reservations: 619-668-3274 or ssmith@sandiego.gov.
HODGES: Fair to good bass action. This past week, there were 215 anglers who landed 140 bass, two crappie, and two catfish. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water. Rental boat reservations: 619-668-3274 or ssmith@sandiego.gov.
EL CAPITAN: There were 32 anglers checked this past week and they reported catching 27 bass, seven bluegill, three crappie, and four catfish. The lake is open Thursday through Monday for fishing. Rental boats are available Saturday and Sunday only. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water. Rental boat reservations: 619-668-3274 or ssmith@sandiego.gov.
LOWER OTAY: There were 202 anglers checked and they reported catching 135 bass to 6.1 pounds, 250 bluegill, one crappie, and one catfish at 14.4 pounds. The lake is open on a Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday schedule. The lake only has boat rentals on Saturday and Sunday. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water. Rental boat reservations: 619-668-3274 or ssmith@sandiego.gov.
UPPER OTAY: There were 13 anglers checked and they reported 30 bass to six pounds and 12 bluegill to 0.8 pounds. The lake is open on a Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday for catch-and-release fishing (only artificial lures with single, barbless hooks), sunrise to sunset. The road to Upper Otay is open. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water. Rental boat reservations: 619-668-3274 or ssmith@sandiego.gov.
MURRAY: No report. No DFG trout plants in over a month. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water. The lake is no longer renting boats of any kind.
MIRAMAR: No report. The lake is open for fishing seven days a week. The lake is no longer renting boats of any kind, and the launch ramp is closed due to low water levels. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water.
SUTHERLAND: There were 57 anglers checked and they reported catching 127 bass, 196 bluegill, 38 catfish, and 77 carp. Lake is only open Saturday and Sunday. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or City Lakes and Recreation Program | Water. Rental boat reservations: 619-668-3274 or ssmith@sandiego.gov.
WOHLFORD: Good largemouth action again this past week. Dark colored plastics or crawdads fished around the submerged rock piles has the best bet. Trout fishing has slowed as the water continues to warm up. The last trout plant was over a month ago. Top trout was a 5-8 caught by Caiden Avila, Valley Center. The crappie bite is good for anglers fishing the submerged reeds or willows trees with small jigs or shiners. Catfish action is also good with quite a few limits reported at the east end and southern shore. Sam Bush, Cardiff, caught a 10-pound blue catfish on a plastic worm near Twin Peaks while fishing for bass. The lake is open seven days a week. There are four bass boat-type rentals available. The lake will now be offering a couple new discounts on motor boat rentals. Seniors will be able to rent motor boats for $20 every Tuesday. Active military will get the same $20 motor boat rentals on the first and third Saturday of every month. Quagga mussel fears still have a private boating ban. Information: 760-839-4346 or www.wohlfordlake.com.
DOANE POND: DFG trout plant four weeks ago.
DIXON LAKE: The trout bite slowed with the warm weather. Best times to get trout has been in the early morning or late evening. Nightcrawlers, rainbow and green Power Bait, mini jigs, Kastmasters, Roostertails, and Thomas Buoyant lures are still all producing fish. Bass action is fair but it's mostly smaller fish in the three to four-pound range showing. Night fishing is set to begin July 1. Lake information: 760-839-4345 or www.dixonlake.com.
POWAY: First catfish plant of the season went in last week and the night fishing kicked off with a good action. The log boom and Boulder Bay were the top spots. A few bass and bluegill are showing but it's mostly slow other species. The lake is now open for night fishing Friday and Saturday nights until 11 p.m. with shoreline access until 11:30 p.m. The lake opens at 7 a.m. in June. Lake information: 858-668-4770, tackle shop 858-486-1234.
JENNINGS: Catfish action is good with many fish hitting chicken liver in the shallows and backs of the coves. A plant this week should keep the bite good. Largemouth action is best in the early morning with a decent topwater bite in the backs of the coves. The first anglers in have been seeing the most success for bass. Night fishing kicked off two weeks ago. The last trout plant of the season went in over a month ago. Information: 619-390-1300 or Lake Jennings - Helix Water District Drinking Water Reservoir.
MORENA: No report. Information: 24-hour fishing update line 619-478-5473, ranger station 619-579-4101, or *Lake Morena, Fishing,Camping, picnics, hiking, Real Estate, Insurance, Lake Morena, Campo.
CUYAMACA: Good trout action. Nightcrawlers are working best and the top spot has been the T-Dock. There is also a good crappie bite with a lot of small fish reported. No recent DFG trout plants. A few bass and catfish reports are coming in each week as well. Brandon Valentine, Ramona, caught two bass to 6.5-pounds using a spinner shad near the dock. Private boats are allowed on the lake again, but the boats must be sprayed for quagga mussels by a high-pressure heated wash prior to entering the lake. The cost is $10 for the spraying and it lasts for multiple trips to Cuyamaca as long as the boat is not used in another reservoir. The decontamination wash down station is for all craft and items used in the water, including boats, motors, kayak, canoes, float tubes and waders. Information: 760-765-0515 or Lake Cuyamaca Home Page.
HENSHAW: Catfish action is good with a lot of nice stringers reported. Damen White, Fallbrook, caught nine catfish to four pounds on shad and shrimp. Mark and Ray Lien, Fallbrook, scored six catfish each with a five-pounder topping the catch. Very good crappie bite. The crappie are suspended in deeper water (accessible by boat or on the fishing pier). Jim and Bob Murphy, San Diego, each scored a limit of crappie with fish to just under two pounds. Bass are fair, but few anglers are targeting them. Excellent carp action. Tom Lucky and Scott Branscome, Ramona, got 50 carp with fish to seven pounds. Alex Shapoualov, San Diego, and Vlandimar Khamenko, Escondido, caught 30 carp to five pounds. Henshaw is open to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, dusk the rest of the week. Information: 760-782-3501.

COLORADO RIVER

FLOW INFORMATION: Reservoir elevation levels and flow releases for the entire lower Colorado River are available at this web site with information updated hourly: Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule.
LAKE MEAD: Slow to fair striper action under schools of shad in 40 to 50 feet of water in the main channel and mouths of most of the coves on cut anchovies, sardines, shad-like lures. Most fish under four pounds. The largemouth bass are slow to fair in eight to 25 feet of water on plastics, and the smallmouth have also been fair. Improving catfish action, but still just a fair number of fish showing in the coves on cut baits. Improving panfish action but still slowish.
WILLOW BEACH: The action on big stripers seems to be turning around with a flurry of quality fish in the past week, most on A.C. Plugs or similar lures. The best was a 28.4-pounder caught by Keith Smith off the fishing pier, while Paul Thompson was at Mile Marker 52 1/2 to land his 27.82-pounder on a SPRO. Chuck McMurry was at Mile Marker 50 to land 18 and 10-pounders on a 12-inch A.C. Plug. All were caught just before on during the new moon. Trout bite is fair to good with weekly plants. Best action on salmon eggs, Power Bait, worms and Super Dupers. Information: Willow Beach Resort at 928-767-4747.
LAKE MOHAVE: The bass bite has been fair on plastics with some reaction bait and topwater fish. Trolling with anchovies in 30 to 50 feet of water has been producing some stripers, while catfish are on the bottom. While the number of stripers in Mohave has been decreasing, the quality of the fish caught has increased. The night time bite has begun to pick up. Information: Cottonwood Cove at 702-297-1464, Katherine’s Landing at 928-754-3245.
LAUGHLIN-BULLHEAD AREA: The striper bite is still mostly tough, but the smallmouth are fair to good along rip-rap on small cranks. Still a few rainbows showing with a couple at 4 1/2 and 2 1/2-pounds weighed in Wednesday this week. Information: Riviera Marina at 928-763-8550.
NEEDLES AREA: There is fair to good smallmouth action in the main river from Needles south to the I-40 bridge and on down into Topoc Gorge, mostly on small cranks. Slowly improving striper action, but this bite still very spotty above Needles. Catfish improving on cut baits, but still just fair. Still a few rainbows showing with a couple at 4 1/2 and 2 1/2-pounds weighed in Wednesday this week. Information: Needles Marina at 760-326-2197.
TOPOCK AREA: The smallmouth and striper bites are good throughout Topock Gorge. The striper numbers have climbed every week and there are now quite a few two to five-pound fish in the region in 10 to 12 feet of water with anchovies the best bait. The stripers are best on small plastics and nightcrawlers with the fish running from dinks to four pounds. Also some topwater for both species. The bluegill redear action is still good but fewer big fish are showing. A few cats are showing in both the main river and marsh. Largemouth bass fair in the marsh, with some decent topwater action early and late in the day. Topock Marsh can be accessed by boat at North Dike, Catfish Paradise, and Five-Mile Landing. Information: Phil’s Western Trader at 928-768-4954 or Capt. Doyle’s Fun Fishing at 928-768-2667.
HAVASU: The redear and bluegill are about the only bites of note here right now. The fish have mostly dropped off beds, but they are showing all around the lake with a lot of fish up in the river mouth and in most coves. Best bite in six to 20 feet of water. Nightcrawlers are the best bet with a lot of quality redear over a pound and up to three pounds. The largemouth action is slow to fair with the best action early in the day on frogs on top near the tules or on Senko-type baits resembling bluegill or crawdads. The smallmouth are just plain tough with a few showing on rocky points on crawdad cranks or jigs. Stripers are slow to spotty with some topwater action early in the morning on schools of shad, but most of the bite is in 35 to 40 feet of water on main lake drop-offs or river channels. There was a 26-pounder caught Tuesday on an anchovy, but most are two to four pounds. Channel catfish slowly improving but flatheads still mostly slow. Information: Bass Tackle Master (formerly Angler’s Pro Shop) at 928-854-2277.
PARKER STRIP: Fair to good catfish and smallmouth bass action. The cats are showing in most of the pools on cut baits, while the smallmouth bass are along the rip rap and starting to whack small cranks and swim baits. Bluegill and redear are good in the backwaters and quiet water in the main river. Few flathead reports.
BLYTHE: Overall very good action on most species with air temps cracking over 100 degrees this week. The catfish action has been particularly good in both the main river and local canals. Lots of bass to five pounds showing on plastics, cranks, and even surface baits now, but many of the backwaters are very warm with better action in the main river for bass. Abraham Garcia, Riverside, three bass to two pounds and one 16-pound flathead. Mike Bohannan, Sacramento, two bass to three pounds, a three-pound channel catfish. The smallmouth bite is also very good in the main river, especially around rip-rap. Also good panfish action. The most neglected bite on the river is the decent action on striped bass from six to 15 pounds at the diversion dam. The best action has been out of the main current and close to the shoreline rocks. Information: B&B Bait 760-921-2248.
PALO VERDE: All the bites have broken wide open in the Palo Verde Lagoon and the main river on this part of the river, and the flathead action has simply been off the hook since Memorial Day weekend. The average fish are 12 to 18 pounds, but one trio of anglers kept only their five biggest flatheads for a weekend of fishing and the combined weight was around 200 pounds. The best baits are live bluegill, goldfish and tilapia. The channel catfish bite is also very good. Excellent action on bluegill and the largemouth bass bite has also been good, with morning and evening topwater and a lot of crankbait fish. Few reports on smallmouth and stripers in the main river, and still no crappie reports. Air temperatures are supposed to crack 105 again this weekend. Information: Walter’s Camp 760-854-3322 Thursday through Monday.
PICACHO AREA: Good largemouth bass action in the backwaters and river margins, and the catfish -- both flatheads and channels -- are very good with some quality flatheads being caught. Bluegill good, too.
MARTINEZ LAKE AREA: Largemouth bass action has been good with some flurries of excellent action on topwater. Flatheads are really good on live bluegill and goldfish. Channel cats are good on cut baits in both the main river and backwater lakes. Bluegill also showing in excellent numbers, but most are small. Information: 928-783-9589 Thursday through Monday or Martinez Lake Resort.
YUMA AREA: Largemouth bass action is good in the whole region with the fish whacking plastics, cranks, and spinnerbaits. There is also a good topwater bite early and late in the day. The catfish bite is also good with some good catches on channels on cut baits and a flurry of quality flatheads on live goldfish and bluegill.

LOWER DESERT WATERS

SALTON SEA: The tilapia bite has been excellent again this past week. The average size of the fish is mostly from 3/4 to 1 1/2-pounds with an occasional bigger fish. The best bite has been at the state park headquarter’s jetty and the newly reopened Yacht Club jetty. All of the action is still on nightcrawler pieces. Information: Salton Sea State Recreation Area ranger station 760-393-3052.
ALAMO RIVER: No reports.
COACHELLA, HIGHLINE CANALS: No reports.
ALL AMERICAN CANAL: No reports.
FINNEY-RAMER: No reports.
WEIST LAKE: No reports. Information: 760-352-3308.
SUNBEAM LAKE: No reports.
LAKE CAHUILLA: No reports. Information: 760-564-4712.

EASTERN SIERRA

For up-to-date road and campground information can call the following U.S. Forest Service offices: For the Big Pine to Lone Pine region, call 760-876-6222; for the Bishop Region, call 760-873-2500; for the Mammoth Lakes region, call 760-924-5500; for the Lee Vining region, call 760-647-3044; and for the Bridgeport region call 760-932-7070. Lodging and guide information: Bishop Chamber of Commerce 760-873-8405 or Bishop, Mono County Tourism 760-924-1743. Top Eastern Sierra fishing report web sites are: Ken's Sporting Goods - Home (Bridgeport region), The Trout Fly Mammoth Lakes, California, and Sierra Drifters Fly Fishing Guide Service, Mammoth Lakes. Flyfishing Guide Service for Trout. Fly Fish Owens River from guided driftboats in Bishop. Flyfish Crowley Lake and Bridgeport in guided flats boats named the Trout Magnet. Full service outfit.
WEST WALKER RIVER REGION: The West Walker River is blown out with run-off with muddy condition and tough fishing. The Little Walker River up high and other area creeks are high, but very fishable and have pretty good fishing. Kirman Lake in excellent on brookies to 18 inches (and four pounds or more) and cutthroats to 25 inches mostly on scud patterns and seal buggers. Float tubes needed because there is little shore access. Won’t be long before the damselflies start hatching. Information: Ken’s Sporting Goods 760-932-7707.
BRIDGEPORT REGION: Overall, the trout action has been improving at both Twin Lakes with a lot of pan-sized fish to two pounds showing on Power Bait, Gulp! Eggs, and nightcrawlers for the bait anglers, and trollers are getting fish on a wide variety of lures. Another quality brown trout came out on Tuesday this week when Paul Nielson, Sherman Oaks, landed a 7-15 on a kokanee Trophy Stick. The East Walker River has been very good this week for most anglers, with a lot of surface fish to 18 inches now on caddis patterns. Flows have been around 200 cfs again. Bridgeport Reservoir is still excellent for still fishing or trolling, but the boat bite is still better than from shore with rainbows to four pounds and browns to five pounds reported. The usual baits and trolling lures are working. The midge bite for fly anglers is also starting in the flats near Buckeye Bay. Warm weather finally cleared the ice off the Virginia Lakes, and there has been a pretty good bite on wild brook trout on spinners. Information: Ken’s Sporting Goods 760-932-7707 or Ken's Sporting Goods - Home, Twin Lakes Resort (Lower Twin) 760-932-7751, Annett’s Mono Village (Upper Twin) 760-932-7071.
JUNE LAKE LOOP REGION: Fishing is pretty good on all four lakes, June, Gull, Silver and Grant, on the usual floating dough baits (salmon egg glitter and salmon peach have been the hot Power Bait colors) and inflated nightcrawlers, especially at the stream mouths and outlets. A lot of nice browns have been coming from Silver Lake in the past week along with some holdover cutthroats and rainbows. Daron Dondero, Romoland, had a 3-4 rainbows on a pink Tasmanian Devil. The Silver Lake Resort and The Federation of Fly Fisherman's annual Rush Creek Cleanup and Free Hotdog Roast starts 9 a.m. Saturday, June 19. Rush Creek is good between Silver and Grant on planted trout, and the lower stretches just fair on wild fish. Higher elevation waters are still mostly inaccessible due to ice and snow, but that is going fast now. Information: Ernie’s Tackle at 760-648-7756.
MAMMOTH AREA: Crowley Lake is pretty good on floating baits, inflated nightcrawlers, with improving fly action on midge pupae. Also still some nice cutthroats and browns showing. Convict Lake is good for planted fish. Fair action in Twin Lakes out of Mammoth but no plants in basin yet. Most everything is completely ice free in this region now, except at the highest elevations. Information: The Troutfitter at 760-934-2517, Convict Lake Resort at 760-934-3800, Crowley Lake Fish Camp at 760-935-4301.
BISHOP AREA: A reminder that the Bishop Creek Canyon Summer Classic Trout Derby is ongoing this month. Entry fee is just $5, with the money used to plant trout in the drainage, and there are tagged fish planted worth from $30 to $300 -- but you must be pre-entered to claim the prize. Trophy Alpers’ trout are planted this whole month and the DFG is now planting all the waters in the region, too. Sabrina Lake is filling quickly and the action has improved, even though wind, snow, and hot temperatures have all been part of the mix this past week. Dustan Moore, Bakersfield, landed a 3-4 Alpers’ on a Panther Martin, while Chris Henderson, El Monte, had a 2-12 rainbow to top off his limit. South Lake became fully ice-free only on June 6, and the bite has been good at the seasonal stream inlets and main inlet at the back of the lake with the fish still in a spawning mode. Trollers are getting a few browns from 11 to 14 inches. South Fork of Bishop Creek has been good on eggs and worms. All three forks planted by the DFG this week. Keith Hills, Upland, caught a 2-12 rainbow from Parchers Hole on chartreuse Power Bait. Intake II has been excellent, getting the North Lake stockings. North Lake is not being planted yet by DFG and it could be August before it is cleared for plants. Most of the back country still has a lot of snow and ice. Pleasant Valley Reservoir is good for planted rainbows on floating baits and small lures. Lower Owens just fair. Information: Sierra Drifters Guide Service 760-935-4250, Culver’s 760-872- 8361, Brock’s 760-872-3581.
BIG PINE TO LONE PINE AREA: Generally fair to good action after DFG plants again this week on all the creeks. Information: 760-876-4444 or go to Lone PineChamber of Commerce | the Other Side of California.

WESTERN SIERRA

BOB’S BAIT CARP DERBY: The month-long Bob’s Bait Carp Derby kicked off June 1 with a $100 cash prize going to the angler who weighs in the biggest carp during June at Bob’s Bait in Bakersfield. The current leader is Polo Cantu, Bakerfield, with a 16-pounder caught from the aqueduct this week. For more information, call Bob’s Bait at 661-833-8657.
LAKE ISABELLA: The crappie action just won’t seem to die, and there is still a pretty fair bait with the best action for boat anglers on live minnows in Jauchin and Brown’s coves in the South Fork arm. Most are half- to three-quarter pounders with the occasional bigger fish, but limits are still being caught. The largemouth bass bite has been fair with a lot of nice quality fish from four to six pounds and some bigger. Cranks, Senko-type baits, and plastics are best. The catfish action also remains very good in Stein and Robinson coves on frozen shad and clams with lots of fish from two pounds and up. Trout action is still fair to good at the auxiliary dam on Power Bait and nightcrawlers. Jered Brown, Isabella, had three trout to two pounds. Bluegill finally starting to improve. Information: Bob’s Bait 661-833-8657.
KERN RIVER: Flows have dropped in the upper river, but the fishing is still tough. Stocks each week are keeping the bite pretty fair. The lower river is at 2,700 cfs and it was also stocked this week. Patient, careful fishermen can get limits by focusing on the quieter pockets. Information: Kern River Fly Shop 760-376-2040 (or Fly Fishing the Kern River) or James Store 760-376-2424.
AQUEDUCT NEAR TAFT: The catfish and striper action remains very good. Lots of cats showing on cut baits, and the striper bite continues to be mostly on blood and sand worms or shad. Polo and Andy Cantu, both Bakersfield, had stripers at five, four, and three pounds on blood worms and shad. Damian Peradia, Bakersfield, had a 6-8 cat on stink bait. Information: Bob’s Bait 661-833-8657.
HART PARK LAKE: Very good bluegill action on wax worms with a lot of hand-sized fish showing, and the carp are good on homemade dough baits or Powder Bait. Only a few bass are showing on plastics and nightcrawlers.
TRUXTUN LAKE: Good bluegill bite, and the carp bite has been good on Powder Bait. Fair to good catfish bite on nightcrawlers and shad. Bass and crappie spotty.
RIVER WALK PARK: The bluegill bite is good on wax worms, and the carp action also is good on homemade dough baits and Powder Bait. There are a few bass showing on minnows, nightcralwers, and plastics.
MING LAKE: The carp bite is very good on Powder Bait and other dough baits. There has also been a very good bite on bluegill, mostly on wax worms and meal worms, and the bass action is slow with a few on plastics.
BRITE LAKE: No reports.
BUENA VISTA LAKES: Continued good catfish action on frozen shad, dip baits, or green garlic nightcrawlers, with most of the cats running from two to five pounds and showing from the small lake. The lake is being planted with catfish every couple of weeks, and there is a five-fish limit on the cats here. A fair number of stripers on bloodworms, minnow, and Zoom Flukes or similar surface swim baits. The bluegill action has been very good on wax worms, but the crappie have been very slow. Carp good. Information: Bob’s Bait 661-833-8657.
WOOLLOMES LAKE: The bluegill bite is good on red worms, meal worms, or wax worms, and a few bass are showing on plastics. Pretty good carp action, too.
SUCCESS LAKE: Pretty good bass action Senkos and plastics, and some bluegill and catfish also starting to show. Water level coming up. Information: 559-781-2078.
KAWEAH LAKE: The largemouth bass bite has been fair to good with a lot of fish on plastics and some on topwater and reaction baits. The redear and bluegill are really starting to take off in the shallows. Some catfish beginning to show. Information: 559-597-2526.

CENTRAL COAST LAKES

SAN ANTONIO: There continues to be a very good striped bass bite here with a lot of six to 10-pound fish and enough in the double digits to make things really interesting with fish from 14 to 20-plus reported each week. The best action has been on trolled shad-like swim baits or live or frozen shad. Also some topwater action for anglers throwing to boils early and late in the day. Guide Bob Caffey (troutonly@msn.com) is really plugged into this striper bite, and the best reports on this action continue to come from the Forum section of FishingNetwork.net. The catfish action is also improving and there has been some pretty good crappie action, especially if you can get live shad. Few other reports. Information: 805-472-2818.
NACIMIENTO: The white bass action is fair in the Dip Creek area on slow-trolled Roostertails and silver spoons. Both the smallmouth and largemouth bites are fair with some topwater early and late in the day and then better action in deep water after the dawn-dusk flurries on top. The crappie bite has slowed down with spotty action on live minnows or small jigs tipped with Crappie Nibbles. The catfish bite is improving, and anglers targeting carp are seeing excellent action. Information: 805-238-1056 or Lake Nacimiento Resort and Marina.
SANTA MARGARITA: There is generally a pretty good bite on bass, crappie, and bluegill/redear here. The bass are showing on topwater and live shad, if you can dip a few at dawn, in really good numbers, with a slightly lesser bite on plastics and cranks. Most are two to three pounders, but there was a 10-pound class fish off the end of the dock Wednesday ignoring everything anyone tried to tempt her with. The crappie bite has been fair to good, and what they lack in numbers, they’ve been making up in size with a lot of two to three-pound fish. The best bite is in the back of the narrows on the small jigs or live shad, and a 10 to 12 fish catch for a good angler has been common. Good crappie, 10 to 12 fish per half day, back of narrows. The bluegill and redear are good in most coves, but the fish are mostly hand-sized with a few bigger ones. Catfish are slow. The marina store is open Wednesday through Sunday. Information: 805-438-1522.
LOPEZ: Fair to good largemouth and crappie action, and the bluegill bite is also good. The bass have mostly been showing off Strawberry Flats early in the morning on topwater, cranks, and plastics. Rowdy Donald, 3, Grove Beach, caught a six-pounder largemouth. The crappie bite has been best off the F Dock and at the dam with catches of five to 10 fish pretty common, but some of the fish are up into the two-pound range. Best action has been on small jigs tipped with meal worms or Crappie Nibbles. Smaller bluegill and redear are showing in most coves and off the F Dock on red worms and meal worms. Some catfish showing. Information: 805-489-1006.

TROUT PLANTS

Barring adverse weather, water or road conditions, the following lakes and streams, listed by county, will be restocked with catchable-size rainbow trout from the Department of Fish and Game hatcheries this week. For updates in Southern California and the Eastern Sierra Nevada, you can call the DFG recording at 562-594-7268, or for updates in the Western Sierra, you can call 559-243-4005, x183. For trout plants statewide, you can visit the DFG's web site at California Department of Fish & Game Fisheries Fish Planting Schedule by Regions.
LOS ANGELES: Jackson Lake.
ORANGE: Trabuco Creek.
RIVERSIDE: Hemet Lake, Strawberry Creek.
SAN BERNARDINO: Mojave Narrows Regional Park lake, Seccombe Park Lake.
INYO: Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek Dam Intake No. 2, George Creek, Goodale Creek, Independence Creek, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, lower Bishop Creek, lower Owens River from Stewart Lane to Laws, Middle Fork Bishop Creek, Rock Creek Lake, Shepherd Creek, South Fork Bishop Creek, Symms Creek, Taboose Creek, Tinemaha Creek, Tuttle Creek.
MONO: Bridgeport Reservoir, Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Deadman Creek, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Gull Lake, June Lake, Lee Vining Creek, lower Twin Lake near Bridgeport, lower Virginia Lake, Lundy Lake, Mammoth Creek, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Robinson Creek, Rock Creek from French Camp to upper bridge at Rock Creek Lodge, Rock Creek from Paradise Lodge to Tuff Campground, Rush Creek, Sherwin Creek, upper Owens River from Benton Crossing to Crowley Lake, upper Twin Lake near Bridgeport, upper Virginia Lake, Virginia Creek.
KERN: Kern River from Democrat Beach to Lower Richbar, Kern River from Powerhouse No. 3 to Riverside Park, Kernville, Kern River from Sandy Flat to Democrat Beach.
TULARE: Kern River from Brush Creek to Fairview Dam, Kern River from Fairview Dam to Falling Waters Lodge.
FRESNO: Big Creek near Huntington, Dinkey Creek, Kings River below the Pine Flat Reservoir, Rancheria Creek, San Joaquin River below the Friant Dam, Tamarack Creek, Wishon Reservoir.
MADERA: Corrine Lake, Fish Creek, Lewis Creek, lower Chiquito Creek, Upper Big Creek, West Fork Chiquito Creek.
TULOUMNE: Lyons Canal, Middle Fork Stanislaus River, Moccasin Creek, Pinecrest Lake, Powerhouse Stream, South Fork Stanislaus River, Stanislaus River Clark Fork.

CATFISH PLANTS

The following lakes, listed by county, will be stocked this week with one-pound catfish by private hatcheries under contract with the Department of Fish and Game.
LOS ANGELES: Cerritos Park lake, Downey Wilderness Park Lake, El Dorado Park lakes, John A. Ford Park lake, La Mirada Lake, Legg Lake, Peck Road Park lake, Puddingstone Reservoir, Santa Fe Flood Control Basin.