The cooler temperatures helped the bite improved even more this week with anglers using Power Bait ( especially garlic, salmon peach and orange), night crawlers, jigs and lures to catch trout. Hot spots included the grassy point and eastern logged shore of lake 3 as well as the northern and eastern shores of lake 2. Catfish continue be strong on dough baits, night crawlers, mackerel and shrimp. Lots of limits are being caught.Hot spots include the eastern shore of lake 2 near the wall and the western shore of lake 3 near the pump house. Bass are biting senkos and tube jigs with anglers reporting bass up to 4 lbs. Hot spots include the eastern shore of lake 2 near the wall and the western shore of lake 3 from the pump house to the bridge. Anglers are using meal worms, night crawlers and small jigs to catch bluegill on the western shore of lake 2 and the western shore of lake 3 with fish weighing up to 2 pounds.

The Lakes\' Hatchery stocks trout every Friday year round.
This year the Lakes\' hatchery is amping up the weekly trout stockings with bigger fish overall.
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday--7am to 4pm. For more information call (760)240-1107 or go to www.jessranchlakesnews.com.