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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 70's. There were some high winds in the afternoon on Tuesday resulting in a lake closure.

Bass: There have been no complaints from anglers as bass fishing has remained exceptional at DVL. 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. ??The largest bass of the week was caught by Jason Blauvelt of Peoria Arizona. He got the 10.44 pound fatty in 6 feet of water on a tube jig. He was fishing in Rawson Cove.


Trout: Trout fishing has been holding steady 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. John Thompson of Huntington Beach got a 7.79 pound trout fishing on the east dam at 12 feet. Kenneth Jacobs of Moreno Valley got a 10 pound limit in the third cove of shoreline using night crawlers. Jesse Dinkins of Hemet released 8 fish around all 3 pounds each. He was trolling the west dam in 50 feet of water. All the fish were caught at 25 feet on a size 1 silver bikini Needlefish. Jose Palafox of San Diego got the biggest trout of the week weighing 10.31 pounds. He was fishing with Powerbait from shore.

Striper: ??There were no striper reports this week.

Catfish: There were no catfish reports this week.

Panfish: ??There were no Panfish reports this week.

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.