Lake Elevation: 1740

Surface water temp: 67 - 71 degrees

Fish Plants: Last trout plant May 17th, 2007.

Lake Hours: 6:00 am - 6:30 pm.

Weather: There have been dense fog in the morning, burning off by 10am. Highs this week were in the 90's.

Bass: The Shad are up!??It was another week of wide open bass fishing at DVL with 1-2 pound??spawning bass being caught in the backs of coves and along the dams as well as larger post spawn fish being picked up on the points. Successful anglers seeking bedded fish have been working sandy or gravely areas in the backs of the coves generally in 5- 15 feet of water. For those seeking a larger catch fishing deeper has been effective. The most reported baits for spawning bass have been Yamamoto Senkos and Ikas in watermelon or green pumpkin as well as Carolina or Texas rigged plastics 6-10? with purple and green being the most reported colors. There have been many anglers getting hefty limits drop shotting 4? morning dawn Roboworms on the points 25 feet down.

Rawson Cove has been the most reported bass cove this week, with the third cove of the shore line fishing area, the north corner of the east dam, the west dam, and around the saddle dam also producing well. Shoreline anglers have had consistent catches, but with less success than the boat anglers. Shore angler Clyde Cook of Hemet got a 6.5 pound bass in the third cove using a Rapala. Josh Hand got a 6.5 bass, but declined to state his location or technique. Frank Galayda of St. George, UT got his two biggest bass totaling 9.18 pounds. he was drop shotting plastics in Rawson cove. Andy and Erik Ramirez got their biggest bass at 8.28 pounds. They were fishing with spinner baits from shore.

Trout: There has been a spectacular trout bite at DVL. There have been wide open limits for recently stocked trout, with shore anglers have the most success. The hottest lure for the stockers has been the rooster tail with night crawlers or Powerbait also being consistent baits. Holdover trout have been spread throughout the water column. Reports have trout being caught from 10 - 40 feet either by trolling spoons or cranks, or drifting night crawlers. Hot lures for trolling are Needlefish, Kastmasters, Team Diawa minnow lures, and shad pattern Rapalas. ??Ryan Rutherford of Corona got a 6.37 pound holdover trolling the marina with a Diawa SC Shiner lure. Ken Claus of Beaumont got a four holdovers totaling 7.65 pounds. he was trolling the wave attenuator with Needlefish. Hans VanDerVeen of Beaumont was also trolling the wave Attenuator with Needlefish and picked up his limit weighing 12.21 pounds. Nick Licata of Temecula got a 5.28 pound trout fishing from shore with Powerbait. Guy Thomas of Paloma got the biggest trout of the week weighing 7.09 pounds he was fishing with powerbait from shoreline.

Striper: Matt Thompson of Hemet got an 8.96 pound striper fishing the north shore with a shad pattern swimbait.

Catfish: There were some reports of catfish caught near Rawson Cove or in the third cove of shoreline fishing. Most reported baits have been night crawlers or mackerel.

Panfish: There were small amounts of crappie and blue gill caught this week. Cody Nelson of Hemet got a pound crappie. He was fishing with night crawlers in the south east corner of the lake.

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: DVL would like to congratulate Mike Long of Poway who became the new Largemouth bass record holder this week with a 16.43 pound 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: John Arganda, of?? Menifee, broke the lake pan fish record by bringing in a 3.06 pound blue gill. He got it on a night crawler fishing near the saddle dam.

Lake Record Catfish January 19, 2007: Congratulations to Doug Hagadorn of Valley Center! He caught a 32.80 pound catfish. He was fishing at 60 feet with a Pig N' Jig around the first island on the north shore.

Lake Record Trout, March 12, 2005: Shawn Luhmann got a 11.30 pound rainbow trout on the shoreline fishing area.