Lake Elevation: 1740

Surface water temp : 60 - 66 degrees

Fish Plants: Rainbow trout, 2,400 pounds April 5th.

Lake Hours: 6:45 am - 6:00 pm.

Weather: Temperatures have been in the 80 's. There were some high winds in the afternoon early in the week Light fog has been common in the morning so we advise that you be prepared to use your navigation lights.

Bass: DVL bass action has been exceptional. Most successful anglers have been pounding the shore lines in the 5- 20 foot range with Senkos, Ikas, brush hogs, and lizards using Texas or dropshot rig. Most anglers focusing on the beds have found that gravely and sandy areas have been ideal spots to find the spawning fish. There has been some big fish caught on swim baits at 20 ??? 30 feet. Most bass have been up on beds in the backs of coves. Rawson cove has been the most reported bass cove this week, with the third cove of the shore line fishing area, the north corner of the east dam and around the saddle dam also producing well. Shoreline anglers have had consistent catches, but with less success than the boat anglers.

Notables:
9 year old Jacob Casarez of Hemet while fishing from shore got a 4.6 pound bass that was hungry for crawdads.
Brian Hildebrand of Indio got a 4.22 pound bass on a spinner bait fishing the point east of the marina.
Al Lecense of Nuevo got a 27.0 pound limit with the kicker at 7.40 pounds. He was fishing the west dam at 25 feet with Optimum swimbaits.
William Belvel of Riverside got a 4.27 pound bass on the east side with Billy B's Bass Bait.
Honree Davis of Winchester got 4 bass at 11.2 pounds on the east dam fishing with plastic worms.
Mark Jarrett of Hisperia got a 5.05 pound bass fishing on the east dam with nightcrawlers.
Mike Morris of Orange got a 9.5 pound bass fishing beds in 5 feet of water with a green Baby Brushhog.

Trout: Trout fishing improved tremendously this week. Shoreline and boat anglers have been getting limits with Kastmasters, Power Bait and Roostertails being the top baits. The marina has been the top spot for stockers. Holdovers have made appearances on the west dam, east dam, south shoreline, and near restroom 2. Most trout have been pulled from 10- 20 feet either by trolling crank baits or drifting night crawlers. Victor Henandez of Moreno Valley got a 5.5 pound trout fishing in the second cove of the shoreline area with a Roostertail. Brandon Williams of Lake Elsinore got a 7.87 trout fishing from the bank with a roostertail. Brian Attadonna of Sun City got a 8.46 pound trout off the bank fishing with a fly.

Striper: ??Jim Dixon of Valle Vista got two stripers at 9.7 and 10.2 pounds. He was fishing the inlet area with Spooks. Matt Thompson of Hemet got a 9.46 pound striper fishing the west dam at 20 feet with a trout pattern Z-Plug. Joe Gener of French Valley got 9lb striper at 12 pounds each. He was fishing from shoreline with a trout pattern plug.

Catfish: Tim Parrish of Huntington Beach got a 19.14 pound blue catfish fishing with purple plastic worms on the west dam.

Panfish: ??Kenan Moore of Menifee got his two largest crappie at 1.93 and 2.09 pounds. He was fishing the south east shore with night crawlers.

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: DVL would like to congratulate Mike Long of Poway who became the new Largemouth bass record holder this week with a 16.43 pound 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, broke 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.
NEW Lake Record Catfish January 19, 2007: Congratulations to Doug Hagadorn of Valley Center! He caught a 32.80 pound catfish. He was fishing at 60 feet with a Pig N' Jig around the first island on the north shore.
Lake Record Trout, March 12, 2005: Shawn Luhmann got a 11.30 pound rainbow trout on the shoreline fishing area.

Jeffrey R. Leatherman
Diamond Valley Marina, Manager
(951) 926-7201