Lake Elevation: 1662.72
Surface water temp: 60 - 63 degrees
Fish Plants: 2,000 pounds of Mt. Lassen rainbow trout will be planted on Thurs April 1st. (Trout plants are subject to change)
Lake Hours: 6:45 am to 6:00 pm
Weather: Temperatures have been in the 50's in the morning and rising to the high 70's in the afternoon.

Stop by the Marina and tell us about your fish!

BASS
Live on spawn! The small bass up in the shallows are biting better than previous weeks, but not quite up to some anglers' standards. The drop shot worked moderately well with purple and oxblood worms. Brush hogs and lizards in watermelon and green pumpkin were reported heavily. Senkos and Ikas made the hot list this week.

TROUT
DVL is all about big trout. Nightcrawlers, mini jigs, and trout worms were the most reported baits. Shore anglers seemed to do better than the boaters. The trout were caught in as little as 3 feet of water so light line is a must. Vic Vaniman of Riverside caught a 13.25 pound trout fishing with a nightcrawlers. Christopher Turgeon of Riverside caught a 12.27 pound trout fishing with a Lip Ripperz mini jig. Mike Schulz of Menifee aught a 5.04 pound trout fishing with a Lip Ripperz mini jig. Matthew Ranger of Fontana caught a 13.22 pound limit fishing from shore with trout worms.

STRIPER
The Lassen plant revived the striper bite this week. Stripers are always on the move, but the most consistent spots have been the inlet tower or the east dam. Anglers have caught striper on swimbaits, either trolling as deep as 50 feet, or throwing into boils. Kris Massie of Hemet caught a 17.36 pound striper fishing from shore with a BBZ. Steve Ekema of Hemet caught a 22.58 pound striper fishing near the marina with a Castaic swimbait.

CATFISH
Not many cats were caught this week. Rawson cove and the inlet are great to drop some bait. Most cut baits, nightcrawlers, or Hog Wild will catch the cats.

PANFISH
Crappie fishing took off this week with many reports of 2 pound slabs and a new lake record. Michael Hernandez of Hemet caught 2.36 pound Crappie fishing with a white crappie jig. Jesse Mena of Hemet caught a 3.47 pound crappie breaking the DVL panfish record. Jesse was fishing near the saddle dam with a white crappie jig.

LAKE RECORDS
Lake Record Striper
January 3, 2010: Jason Walsh of Temecula busted the long standing DVL striper record with a 30.87 pound record. Jason was fishing with a custom plug on the mid lake point.

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
Jesse Mena of Hemet caught a 3.47 pound crappie fishing near the saddle dam with a white crappie jig.

Lake Record Red Ear Sunfish
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.