Lake Hours: 6:45am to 6:15pm
Fish Plants: DVL will stock 1000 pounds of Mt. Lassen trout the week of April 6th.
Weather: The weather was warmer this week with highs in the 80's with little or no wind.

Stop by the Marina and tell us about your fish!

BASS
The spawn is still on! Senkos and Ikas in watermelon, drop shot rigged 6" plastics in purple, and Texas rigged watermelon brush hogs were the most reported baits. The south corner of the east dam and west dam, behind restroom 3 and near restroom 2 were the hot spots for bass. Kevin Nakada of San Diego caught a 6.7 pound bass fishing a swim bait by the west dam. E. Torres of Los Angeles caught a 5 pound largemouth jigging by the West Dam. Joey Ayrsold of Rancho Cucamonga caught a 2.85 pound bass fishing with green power bait from the shoreline. Tom Urmin of Menifee caught a 8.6 pound largemouth fishing with a 6 inch plastic in the 3rd cove of the shoreline.

TROUT
Trout fishing was great this week for boaters and shore anglers. Powerbait, nightcrawlers, and mini jigs. Dylan Jund of Rancho Cucamonga caught a 5.44 pound trout fishing Powerbait on the shore line. Oscar Ruiz of Hemet caught a 1.7 pound trout fishing a lure from the shoreline. Ed Sakamoto, Kent Shoji, James Higashida, Neil Higashida of Rolling Hills caught a total of 23.95 pounds of trout using mini jigs near the east dam. Matt Johnson of Hemet caught a 7.3 pound trout fishing with powerbait in the 3rd shoreline cove.

STRIPER
The striper fishing is slow with only one catch reported this week. One angler caught a 22 pound striper on a Fish Taco lure near the east dam. The most common baits for striper are swimbaits and large plugs either trolled or fished on the points.

CATFISH
The catfish are stirring! There were several large catches reported this week. Arden Hanline Jr. of Spring Valley caught a 21.20 pound catfish fishing with a Huddleston swimbait off a boat in the 3rd shoreline fishing cove. Chris Couch of Ontario caught a 6 pound and 15 pound catfish on nightcrawlers near the wave attenuator. The most common baits have been mackerel, anchovies, and shrimp.

PANFISH
Panfish season is rearing its head with more frequent catches of crappie and sunfish. The fish are gradually moving into the shallows, so the hot bite is just around the corner. Tanner Bliss of Menifee caught a 2.55 pound crappie using a Rapala in 10 feet of water on the east dam.

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 nightcrawler 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, March 14, 2009: Andrew Aralos of Hemet caught a 15.45 pound trout. He was fishing with Powerbait near the east dam.