The catfish bite at Corona Lake has continued very good for anglers fishing mackerel, shrimp, and nightcrawlers, with the best bite for boat anglers fishing on the outside edges of weed beds and other structure in the middle part of the lake. Shore anglers are seeing nearly as good results along the dam shoreline and the whole west shoreline.

Jose Mancia, Los Angeles, landed a six-pound cat on shrimp to top off his catch, while Earl Pierce, Temecula, had a five-pound cat on a homemade bait on his stringer. Cole Rosell, Murrieta, also landed a five-pound catfish on mackerel.

Jeff and Michele Estrella, Pomona, had a 42-pound stringer of 19 catfish fishing shrimp near the boat dock. The best fish was a 3-pound, nine-ouncer. Leo Rivera, Riverside, landed five cats for 12 pounds total with his top fish a 3 1/2-pounder from a float tube.

In addition to the twice-weekly plants of catfish going into Corona Lake, tilapia are also added once a week, and the panfish are starting to show in pretty fair numbers for anglers tossing nightcrawler pieces for them. Corona Lake is also hosting five Biggest Catfish Derbies every weekend. Entry fee is $5 for any of the five permit time frames -- from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday evening, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday evening. (There will be no derbies for the mid-day special at noon or the 24-hour fishing pass holders. All of the derbies feature a 100 percent payout of the whole pot to the angler catching the biggest catfish. If 20 anglers enter at $5 each, the biggest catfish caught among those 20 anglers wins that angler the whole $100 pot.