Lake Elevation: 1668.71
Surface water temp: 57-62 degrees
Fish Plants: DVL will stock 1000 pounds of Mt. Lassen trout the week of January 5th.
Lake Hours: 7:00am to 4:00pm
Weather: The weather has been frigid. 30's in the morning and up to the 50's in the afternoon.

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BASS

Anglers have been finding it increasingly difficult to catch bass. Decreasing surface temps have driven bass to deeper water. Catches between 40 and 50 feet have not been uncommon. Ice jigs, Carolina rigged plastics, and underspins got the deep bass this week. There have been some exceptions with bass still being caught on surface swimbaits and shaker heads.

TROUT

Trout fishing at DVL has been great for some, but fair for most. There were some notable fish this week, but over all quantities were low. Nightcrawlers, Kastmasters, mini jigs, Powerbait, and trout worms have been the best baits to use for trout. Along the east dam, and the third cove to the right of the marina were the best reported spots this week. Jeremy McFarlane of Hemet released 25 trout and kept five at 8.62 pounds fishing with Powerworms, Powerbait, and Kastmasters. Keith Draxten of Hemet caught a 9 pound trout fishing from shore with a Panther Martin. Joe Vargo of Costa Mesa caught an 8 pound trout fishing from shore with a nightcrawler. Josh Haltrop of Calimesa caught a 9.05 pound trout fishing near the east dam with a jig. Joseph Casarez of Hemet caught a 11.32 pound trout fishing from shore with Powerbait.

STRIPER

Striper continued to bite this week, but not as feverishly as weeks past. The Z plug, rock Hard, and Shakerheads remained the best baits for striper. Arron Trevino of Rancho Cucamonga caught a 12.13 pound striper fishing from shore with a Z plug. Vhris Nickerson of Hemet caught a 14.62 pound striper fishing from shore with a fluke. Kevin Vyekawa of Menifee caught an 11.53 pound striper, but would not release his choice of bait or location of catch.

CATFISH

Catfish has not been the preferred speicies for anglers, but those targeting cats have done quite well. Terry "Pontoon" Lairson of Huntington Beach caught his two biggest cats at 11.50 and 10.50 fishing with mackerel near the quarry. Chris "Trollmeister" Hagopian of Redondo Beach caught his two biggest at 13.57 and 11.2 pounds also fishing with mackerel near the quarry.

PANFISH

There were no panfish reports this week. The panfish bite has been slow and will probably remain that way until surface temps increase in the spring.

LAKE RECORDS

- Lake Record Striper November 11, 2005: Art Berry of Hemet; 29.77 lb. striper caught at East Dam using swimbait.
- Lake Record Largemouth Bass March 16th 2007: Mike Long of Poway, 16.43 lb bass. He was fishing the west dam with a 6" "Real Trout" Rago swimbait.
- Lake Record Crappie: 3.0 pounds landed by Keith Thomas. He was fishing with shad.
- Lake Record Blue Gill: John Arganda, of Menifee, holds the lake pan fish record by bringing in a 3.06 pound blue gill. He got it on a night crawler fishing near the saddle dam.
- Lake Record Catfish October 29, 2008: Jason Walsh, of Temecula, caught a 42.56 pound catfish using an LA Slider near the inlet tower.
- Lake Record Trout, December 3, 2008: Cesar Cruz of Hemet holds the DVL trout record at 15.06 pounds. He was fishing on the north corner of the east dam with a Thomas Buoyant lure.