Weekly plants of Silver King catfish and tilapia are keeping the action sizzling for both species at Santa Ana River Lakes. Most of the cats are from 1 1/2 to three pounds and full-permit limits have been common, while the tilapia are running up to two pounds.

Santiago Palacios of West Covina came out Saturday and bought a day permit and then decided to stay for the 24-hour fish Saturday night. He took home 20 cats with a total weighed of 44 pounds. He was fishing the marshmallow-shrimp combo.

The catfish are cruising above the bottom and are being caught when baits are around a foot above the bottom, so most anglers are fishing shrimp, mackerel, or meal worms in combination with marshmallows, or inflated nightcrawlers with marshmallows for even more buoyancy. Most anglers are using slip sinkers with 18-inch leaders. Even anglers fishing for tilapia with bobber-suspended nightcrawlers pieces are getting a few catfish.

The catfish are being planted twice a week, usually on Tuesday and Friday, and the tilapia are added at least once a week.