Wide open trout action at Corona Lake, more big Tailwalkers coming this week
They were planted two weeks ago, and they are going in again this week.
Another load of trophy Nebraska Tailwalkers to 15 pounds will go into Corona Lake again this week. Since the plant two weeks ago, the bite on the big rainbows has been wide open with many five-fish stringers topping 20 pounds and the parade of big fish has been impressive.

The best action has been on chartreuse Eagle Claw trout bait, small trout jigs, or garlic-scented nightcrawlers, but anglers are getting fish on a wide variety of trout baits, lures, and specialty combos.

Top rainbow landed this past week was a 20 1/4-pound rainbow caught by Nicolae Zaharia, Hacienda Heights, fishing near the dam from shore with chartreuse dough bait. An 11-pound Tailwalker topped a 33-pound stringer caught by Alex Creton and Carlos Gaona, both Covina, on jigs. Arturo Velazquez, Kerry Gayagas, and Patrick Equpilag, all Elsinore, were float tube fishing with green floating biat to land three trout weighing 20 pounds, including a 10-pounder. Brad Bush, San Bernardino, caught a 9 3/4-pound rainbow on a nightcrawler to top off his 17 3/4-pound stringer. Bryn Larson, Rialto, and Gabriel Tejeda, Anaheim, teamed up to land trout at 6 3/4, 7 1/2, 8 1/2, 8 1/2, and 9 1/2 pounds on lures. Nine-pounders were posted by Andrew Anthony, Mira Loma, and John Hancock, Lake Elsinore.

Other impressive stringers included, a 29 1/2-pound, five-fish catch posted by Lindon Gjurshaj, Yorba Linda, that was topped off by an 8.4-pounder. Jim Reid, Brad Taylor, and Lewi McEleowue, Homeland, landed 11 rainbows for 37 1/2 pounds total, while Tim Rogers, Covina, caught four trout that weighed in at 27 1/2 pounds.

Quite a few browns to five pounds or so continue to show on anglers stringers, especially those fishing jigs, spoons, and spinners, and the sturgeon are pretty fair, especially for anglers targeting them. The best sturgeon posted this week was a 40-pounder battled and released by Ken Hawkins and Gary McCoy, both Ontario.

Corona Lake is open seven days a week with fishing allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these passes is $22. Seniors pay only $20, with a special $17 pass sold on Wednesdays. All of these passes have a five-fish limit. For kids 4 to 13, a three-fish pass is just $9. The 24-hour passes now sold every Friday and Saturday through the summer. They cost just $60, and anglers can bring a spouse and up to three kids to help fill the 24-hour pass 15-fish limit. Camping at Corona Lake is also free with a 24-hour pass. For Corona Lake fishing information, call 951-277-4489 or log on at http://www.fishinglakes.com