The bite on rainbow trout from one to five pounds has remained good to excellent at Corona Lake this past week, and quite a few catfish, bass, and crappie continue to be caught by anglers targeting the warm water species.

Trout plants continue to be weekly and most stringers have at least one quality fish over three pounds as the anchor to the catch. The best bite continues to be on floating dough baits in chartreuse with garlic scent. Inflated nightcrawlers with garlic are also a good bet, and quite a few anglers are still getting rainbows on small trout worms and jigs.

Joey Rodriguez, Corona, had three rainbows from shore on small jigs. The stringer weighed 9 1/2 pounds and his best trout was a 5 1/2-pounder. Bailey Vanh, Covina, landed five trout for 10 1/4 pounds total on green dough baits, and his best fish was a 3 1/2-pounder. Jack Streelman, Corona, landed five trout to 2 1/4-pounds, while Dusty Adams and Doug Pom, both Moreno Valley, had nine trout to three pounds. Brad Bush, Highland, landed five trout to two pounds on Lip RipperZ jigs while Lester Llamas, Tujunga, had five trout and a 1 1/2-pound crappie tubing. Vickie Onishi, Glendora, had 10 rainbows for 20 pounds total, while James and Nilsa McMaster, Ontario, had eight rainbows to three pounds.

Corona Lake and and its sister water Santa Ana River Lakes will have special stocks this month of a some new, giant, full-finned trophy rainbows topping 12 pounds called Big Bad Reds. Keep an eye on the SARL/Corona web site -- www.fishinglakes.comn -- for more information on when these plants begin. Catfish are being landed by anglers fishing cut baits in the trees as the fish start to poke around in the shallows. A number of three to eight-pounders have been reported each of the past two weeks. Quite a few crappie are showing from the flooded trees on small jigs fished in four to eight feet of water. The largemouth bass bite has also been pretty fair with fish on spawning beds and whacking plastic worms and small jigs. 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. 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 are available the weekend nearest the full moon each month, with the next overnight fishing is tentatively set for April 15-16. These passes cost $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 www.fishinglakes.com.