The season's only plant of Lightning Trout kicked the hot trout action at Corona Lake into a different spectrum with the gold and crimson trout highlighting many of the stringer reported over the past week, and trophy rainbows continued to show.

The biggest trout reported was an eight-pound rainbow caught by 12-year-old Cody May, Wildomar, fishing the mid-lake sand bar with orange and white floating bait. Sven Hansen, Wildomar, landed a 7.7-pounder rainbow on a green Power Mouse at the dam, while Steve Perez, Coachella, topped off his five-fish, 25-pound stringer with a six-pound rainbow caught at the dam on Lip RipperZ jigs and Power Worms. Mike McMann, Fontana, also landed a six-pound rainbow at the dam on a green dough bait.

There were a lot of five-fish stringers that weighed from 10 to 15 pounds reported, and Jamie and Damon Grunkemeyer, Riverside, had five Lightning Trout to 2 1/4 pounds fishing yellow PowerBait at the dam. Jeff and Brian Delaney, Riverside, caught 10 trout for 23 pounds, including Lightning Trout to 2 1/2 pounds, fishing nightcrawlers off the south shore.

The bite has been good on a wide range of floating dough baits in bright colors, and the "mouse" combos with a floating bait head and a trout plastic or nightcrawler tail have also been very good. Small jigs and trout plastics have also been good bets, and adding a garlic scent to all the different baits or lures had been a good idea.

The crappie continue to show in the south end of the lake in the flooded brush with fish up to two pounds or better reported on small jigs, and the catfish action is also kicking into gear for anglers targeting the cats with cut baits or nightcrawlers. Pedro, Juan and Josh Galvin, all Pomona, had 12 catfish for 22 3/4 pounds fishing nightcrawlers in the south end of the lake.