Lake Elevation: 1665.39
Surface water temp: 67 - 70 degrees
Fish Plants: Scheduled trout plants will resume when surface temps decrease.
Lake Hours: 5:45am to 6:45pm
Weather: Temperatures have been in the 60's in the morning and rising to the high 80's in the afternoon.

BASS
In the morning pummel the points for a topwater whopper. When the sun is high you have to be sly by fishing at 15 or 25 feet with a jig, drop shot, or Carolina rig. Bass are biting drastic on plastic. Fish a straight tail, brush hog, or big worm to nail a lunker largemouth. Don't get nervous the shad will bring bass to the surface. Slam the east dam with shad baits to bring in a bass on the blitz.

TROUT
Wondering about the trout? The water is getting hot but the bite hasn't cooled. The shad are up mad so use a crank or spoon to limit by noon. Nightcrawlers, mini jigs, and Powerbait are still great.

STRIPER
The striper bite has wound down but some can still be found under cloud cover. Stripers are tired of trout and feeding on shad, so fish a spoon or scrounger to get a 20 pounder. Ted Blackburn of Hemet caught a 12.56 pound striper fishing from shore with a Lunker Punker.

CATFISH
Fishing at DVL for a channel or blue cut bait will do. Anchovies, Mackerel or shrimp won't leave your line limp. The attenuator is the best place to anchor to catch a cat just like that. Terry " Pontoon" Lairson of Huntington Beach caught a 16.33 pound cat fishing near the attenuator with mackerel.

PANFISH
Bluegill is bold but crappie is spotty. Shore anglers should fish in the twigs with worms or jigs. From a boat fish the dams with a worm and a float.

LAKE RECORDS
Lake Record Striper
April 17, 2010: Jesse Mena of Hemet broke the DVL striper record with 33.27 pounds. He was fishing near the inlet tower with a Lunker Punker.

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: Bob Baker of La Mesa caught a 52.81 pound catfish fishing with a Yo Zuri lure.

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.