Fishing Report : Winds Hold Down Southland Activity
Windy weather has kept most Southland salt water fishing activity to a minimum this week.
Reports from U.S. anglers at Cabo San Lucas indicate windy weather is hampering anglers there, too. Reports from mainland Mexico, however, are that results have been good all week at Zihuatanejo and Acapulco for sailfish, and an occasonal 200- to 500-pound blue marlin.
--summary goes here-- Freshwater
High winds dropped fishing pressure at Southland reservoirs to almost nothing for much of this week, but the weather didn’t stop fishermen at San Diego County lakes from a productive haul of big largemouth bass.
At Lake Otay this week, nine bass weighing between 10 and 14 pounds were checked in. At Lake Hodges, eight 12-pound bass were caught.
WILLOW BEACH--Low fishing pressure because of wind, but some shore fishing success for small rainbow trout.
LAKE MEAD--High winds all week, no reports.
BULLHEAD CITY--Some success from shore on striped bass. Jack Galvies, Bullhead City, nine stripers from shore in Mohave Valley Wednesday. Stripers to 15-0 reported caught from Fort Mohave to Davis Dam, from shores. Some success on largemouth bass in Lake Mohave coves.
SALTON SEA--Still a good orangemouth corvina bite at Red Hill area, with some limits reported. Croaker good in North Shore, Bombay Beach areas. Tilapia good in afternoons.
LAKE CACHUMA--Good bass fishing in the shallows of the east end with plastic worms, live crawdads. Other species slow.
LAKE CASITAS--Windy, cold. Fair to good for trout, crappies, bass in windless periods. Bass moving into shallows.
LAKE PYRAMID--Some small stripers reported. Good for trout.
LAKE PIRU--Limits of small bass reported from the east bank, the north end and Bobcat Canyon. Trout improved.
LAKE CASTAIC--Trout limits. Some limits of bass in 2- to 3-pound class. Windy, cold.
LAKE ISABELLA--Good shore fishing for trout. Good bass fishing from shores in some areas, good to excellent from boats. Best bass fishing of season now.
SAN DIEGO LAKES--Otay: Big-bass hunting time underway. San Vicente: Fair for bass, trout. Miramar: New lake rainbow trout records on two successive days: Dave Turner, San Diego, 7-2 last Saturday; Papa San Haruato Otsuji, San Diego, 7-10 Sunday. El Capitan: Best fishing for big crappies in Southern California now, according to city lakes manager Jim Brown. Tim Bass, Santee, 3-4 crappie. Numerous crappies between 2-0 and 3-8 this week. Hodges: Eight bass between 12-8 and 13-11 this week.
IRVINE LAKE--Good trout fishing this week. Crappies improved. Good for bass. Good catfish action from shores.
PERRIS RESERVOIR--Slow.
LAKE IRWINDALE--Very good fishing for trout, bass.
VAIL LAKE--Don Hawkins, Riverside, 20 crappies from shore. Bill Leyland, Lake Elsinore, 9-8 bass. Gordon Reed, Riverside, 8-6 bass. Catfish moving into shallows.
LAKE SILVERWOOD--Del East, San Bernardino, two 8-0 stripers trolling, by dam. Crappie John Beale, half a dozen crappies over 2-0 Wednesday. Fair for largemouth bass.
BISHOP AREA--Good fly fishing for brown trout in wild trout stretches of Lower Owens River during recent mayfly hatch. Good results on 12- to 13-inch rainbows in Pleasant Valley Reservoir.
Trout Plants
A list of waters scheduled to be planted by the Department of Fish and Game, weather and road conditions permitting, by counties:
LOS ANGELES--Big Rock Creek, Castaic Lake, Castaic Lagoon, Crystal Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Little Rock Creek, Little Rock Reservoir, Malibu Creek, Pyramid Lake, San Dimas Reservoir, Santa Fe Reservoir.
ORANGE--Laguna Niguel Park Lake, Trabuco Creek.
RIVERSIDE--Cahuilla Lake, Dark Canyon Creek, Fuller-Mill Creek, Strawberry Creek.
SAN DIEGO--Doane Pond, San Luis Rey River, San Vicente Lake, Sweetwater River.
SANTA BARBARA--Santa Ynez River.
VENTURA--Piru Lake, Reyes Creek, Rose Valley Lakes, Santa Paula Creek, Sespe Creek (Upper, Lower).
SAN BERNARDINO--Colorado River (Needles), Cucamonga Creek, Lytle Creek (Middle, North forks), Santa Ana River.
KERN--Hart Park Lake, Kern River (Borel Powerhouse to Democrat Dam, KR3 Powerhouse to Lake Isabella), Ming Lake.
NOTE: An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Department of Fish and Game’s Hot Creek Trout Hatchery near Mammoth Lakes Monday but caused no damage, officials said. Earthquakes in recent years have caused considerable damage at the 40-year-old hatchery.