The summer season is kicking off this week at Corona Lake, but the trout don't seem to know there's a changing of the guard, continuing to bite at a very good pace. Many anglers are reporting limits of the brightly-colored, full-finned Sierra Rainbows.

The top rainbow reported this past week was an 11-pound trout caught by Adam Smith, Temecula, while fishing with rainbow Nitro Bait from a boat. Steve Weitzeil, Murietta, caught a 10-pound rainbow, and Johnny Moor, Rancho Cucamonga, landed a 9 1/2-pound rainbow. Another 9 1/2-pounder was caught by Joe Espinoza, Corona, while David Sandova, Ontario, caught a 7 1/2-pound rainbow.

Most of the trout are in the pound to 1 1/2-pound range and limits were common, especially for anglers fishing in deep water near the dam, making long casts from shore, or fishing from boats at mid-lake. Rainbow and chartreuse Nitro Bait has been the best for the trout.

Catfish will be planted weekly starting this week. This season each plant will have trophy cats from eight to 15 pounds, with an eight to nine pound average on the trophy fish. The average cat will be in the two to 2 1/2-pound range. In addition, carp and tilapia will be part of the loads at least every other week, and the lake has already been seeded with 1/2- to pound-sized tilapia that grew into the 2 1/2-pound range by late summer last year.

Corona Lake is open seven days a week with fishing allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these $20 passes has a five-fish limit. The popular 24-hour fishing passes are now offered every Friday and Saturday nights. These passes have a 15-fish limit and cost $60. The family special, where mom and up to three kids 12 or under can help dad catch his limit, will apply on these all-night passes. For more Corona Lake fishing information, call (951) 277-4489 or log on at http://www.fishinglakes.com.