The trout have been elusive on Skinner Lake, and the Bass are just starting to bed up

Lake Skinner - Temecula, CA (Riverside County)


by Lake Skinner Marina Staff
4-16-2012
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Lake Skinner has been cold and rainy. The temperatures have been in the 60's and the winds caused some murkey waters. Rainbow Trout have been on the move and somewhat elusive, but when caught they bite on bright colored PowerBait. Largemouth Bass are starting to bed up and anglers fishing them in the shallows have been using purple rooster tails and PowerBait 4" worms in watermelon. Stripers have been biting on anchovies and swimbaits in spoons, poppers and rapalas over at the inlet area.


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