Diamond Valley Lake Fish Report

Diamond Valley Lake - Hemet, CA (Riverside County)


by Diamond Valley Lake Staff
7-27-2009
(951) 926-7201
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Fish Plants: Contact the marina for future trout plants.
Lake Hours: 5:45am to 7:00pm
Weather: Temperatures have been nothing but hot remember to bring sun block and plenty of water!

Stop by the Marina and tell us about your catch!

BASS
For bass anglers there seems to be no end to the exceptional bite. Throw swimbaits, crankbaits, and jerkbaits in the morning for big bass. For the remainder of the day plastics are the way to go! Texas rigged worms in oxblood, prism shad, and morning dawn, fat Ikas in watermelon or green pumpkin, and Carolina rigged brush hogs are your best bet. If you don't care about size the drop shot is a nearly guaranteed method. Fish the points or try lead core trolling jointed Rapalas along the dams. Most reports have bass hanging around 35 feet. Stephanie Reschke caught a 7 pound bass drop shotting a Margarita mutilator Roboworm in the south west corner.

TROUT
DVL trout are MIA. Bass anglers are reporting unintentional catches of holdover trout in Rawson cove or the corners of the dams. Try throwing mini jigs or night crawlers in 15 to 30 feet of water.

STRIPER
Anglers reported a few small striper catches this week on swimbaits. The most reported spots have been Rawson cove, near the rock quarry, and by restroom 2. Juan Miranda of Hemet caught a 12.55 pound trout on the east dam with a swimbait.

CATFISH
Cat fishing was slow this week. The saddle dam and Rawson cove were the most reported spots for cats. Most cut baits will work. Mackerel, anchovies, and nightcrawlers being the top baits.

PANFISH
The panfish bite is wide open! Anglers reported mass quantities of blue gill, red ear sunfish, and crappie. Try mini jigs, mealworms, or nightcrawlers along the dams, and let the kiddies play with the smaller fish on the surface while you go for the meatier fish in 10 to 15ft of water.

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: Michael Wolf of Redondo Beach caught a 3.45 pound bluegill fishing with trout Krilla near the rock quarry.

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.



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