Lake Elevation: 1740

Surface water temp: 70 - 75 degrees

Fish Plants: Rainbow trout, 2,400 pounds May 17th.

Lake Hours: 600 am - 6:30 pm.
Effective June 16th. Lake Opens 5:30am, closes 7:00pm.
The Lake View Trail closes at 12 noon daily.

Weather:??There has been light fog in the morning, burning off by 10am. Highs this week were in the 90's. Mild to moderate winds in the afternoons.

Bass: ??Bass fishing was tough for DVL anglers this week, 1-2 pound bass have been prevalent in the backs of coves and along the dams as well as a few larger fish being picked up off the points. For those seeking a larger catch, fishing deeper has been effective. The most effective bait has been live shad. DFG does permit the use of one scoop of live shad from a regulation dip net. The shad have been packed thick in the backs of coves all over the lake. Dipping shad can be difficult, so the use of shad replica lures is highly advised. When fishing in a bait school try your best to match the size and color of the bait. Flukes, Suspending Jerk Baits, Lipless Cranks, and Tailspins have been great baits for fishing bait schools. The most reported artificial baits for bass have been Yamamoto Senkos and Ikas in watermelon or green pumpkin as well as Carolina or Drop Shot rigged plastics 4-6" with purple, green, or shad pattern being the most reported colors.

Rawson Cove has been the most reported bass cove this week, with the third cove of the shoreline fishing area, the rock quarry, 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.

Trout: There has been a consistent trout bite at DVL. Boaters have done considerably better than shore anglers. 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 or live shad. Hot lures for trolling are Needlefish, Kastmasters, Team Diawa minnow lures, and shad pattern Rapalas. The west dam, east dam, and the rock quarry.?? Marc Brown of Westminster got a 6.22 pound trout trolling a Needlefish at 40 feet on the west dam.

Striper: There have been striper sightings, but no reported catches. Striper fishing seems to be at it's best early in the morning, in the late afternoon, or on overcast days. Fishing near the inlet tower is advised for those seeking striper. Trout swim baits, Plugs or stickbaits have been the most reported lures for striper.

Catfish: Brett and Ken Radabaugh of Menifee got 32 pounds of catfish while fishing the south side of the wave attenuator with night crawlers.

Panfish: There were massive amounts of crappie and blue gill catches this week. The east dam, the rock quarry, and the wave attenuator have been the most reported spots.

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 on the shoreline fishing area.