Anglers continue to take home quality stringers of rainbow trout at Corona Lake. Five-fish limits of trout averaging from one to two pounds have been the norm for both shore and boat or float tube anglers over the past week, and the top fish was a 10 1/2-pounder caught by Jimmy Whirl, Temecula on green PowerBait. The best shore action has been from the cove behind bait shop all the way to the dam with the best action in the deeper water in this stretch. Anglers fishing from boats or float tubes are getting most of their fish from the dam to the upper end of the lake along the main channel. Floating dough baits or Power Mice Tails rolled in the new Hatchery Dust, scent-doused nightcrawlers, small trout jigs and trout plastics have all been good baits for the trout. Francisco Alvarado and Jonathan Herrera, both Corona, had a pretty typical double limit of 10 trout that weighed in at 13 pounds and was topped off with a 2 1/2-pound rainbow. The stringer was caught on rainbow PowerBait near the boat dock.

The catfish are little fished, but Steve and Victor Fimbres, from Mexico, had six catfish to five pounds from shore behind the bait shop with trout entrails. Heavy weekly plants of rainbows averaging around a pound are made each week, and those plants always have a hefty component of rainbows from five to eight pounds along with super trophies topping 10 pounds and going well up into the teens. Corona Lake is open on a seven-days-a-week schedule. Fishing is allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these passes is $25. Seniors pay only $23, with a $20 special on Wednesdays. All of these passes have a five-fish limit. For kids 4 to 13, a three-fish pass is just $12. The 24-hour passes are only sold the weekend nearest the full moon, and those two days will be Feb. 22-23 this month. The 24-hour passes cost $75 and have a 15 fish limit. An angler can bring his wife and up to three kids 17 and under and all can help fill the 15-fish limit on one of these passes, and camping is free at Corona with a 24-hour pass.