Fishing Report : Patience Pays Off on East Walker River

For several days, high winds had blown Eastern Sierra fly fishermen off their favored waters, including the East Walker River, one of the state’s blue-ribbon wild trout streams.

Blane Willis of Terra Bella waited patiently for a couple of days. Finally, on Tuesday, the winds subsided. At about 7 p.m., using a yellow marabou fly, he caught an 8-pound 3-ounce brown trout.

WILLOW BEACH--Trollers report half-limits of rainbow trout at El Dorado buoy, about 12 miles downriver from resort. Shore fishing slow.

LAKE MEAD--Good fishing but windy at times. Good striped bass reports from most areas from fishermen working anchovy baits at 30 to 60-foot depths. Best reports from Iceberg Canyon, Temple Bar. Largemouth bass fair to good at Iceberg Canyon, Temple Bar.

BULLHEAD CITY--Improved striper fishing this week 10 miles downriver. Jerry Boyett, Tucson, 10-8 striper, drifting with anchovy. Davis Dam whitewater at times good for stripers, but not consistent. Good trolling for pan size rainbows at Lake Mohave, river, Topock Marsh.

SALTON SEA--Good orangemouth corvina results at several sea areas--Red Hill, Corvina Beach, Desert Shores. Drifting with live baits best bet. Croaker and tilapia at Bombay Beach good. Sargo fair.

LAKE CACHUMA--Good trout trolling results near dam. Slow for bass.

LAKE CASITAS--Harry Jioras, Arcadia, 14-0 largemouth with live crawdad on bottom at 15-foot depth. Several limits of small-to-medium size largemouth bass this week.

PYRAMID LAKE--Good for catfish, crappie, bluegill. Some trout limits from shore. Stripers fair. Hours: 6 a.m.--8:30 p.m.

LAKE CASTAIC--Trout, bass limits this week.

LAKE ISABELLA--Some bass limits by fishermen from boats, shore results slow. Good night catfish results.

SAN DIEGO LAKES--Hodges: Slow, all species. Otay: Fair for bass, slow for catfish. All others slow.

LAKE IRWINDALE--No trout limit until May 27, when lake closes for maintenance and planting of catfish. Lake reopens June 5.

VAIL LAKE--Good for catfish, bass, bluegill. Jim Arnold, Wildomar, 8-0, 11-9 catfish. Dave Rash, El Toro, 8-12 bass. Good early morning bass surface bite.

LAKE SILVERWOOD--Butch Augustine, San Bernardino, 30-8 striper Tuesday. Some striper limits this week. Good for largemouth bass. Catfish in shallows of Miller Canyon. Good crappie fishing.

LAKE HENSHAW--Q.F. Holyfield, Los Angeles, nine channel catfish weighing 33-0. Bass fair. Crappie slow.

BISHOP AREA--Sabrina Lake now ice-free. North Lake ice free but road closed; fishermen must hike one mile. South Lake has open water in Boiler Cove; road closed, hike required. Stream fishing generally spotty. Lower Owens River running high, fast, but good fly fishing in evening, when brown trout are rising. Crowley Lake good for Sacramento Perch, but trout fishing spotty.

CONVICT LAKE--Inlet area yielding limits for early morning fishermen from shore, boats. Fly-and-bubble rigs work for browns. Good fishing in Convict Creek with standard baits.

JUNE LAKE LOOP--June: Early morning trolling best bet. Some success by bait fishermen from shores. Gull: Fair for trollers, still, shore fishermen. Silver: Good results reported by evening fly fishermen.

BRIDGEPORT AREA--Good to excellent fly fishing on East Walker River, in windless periods. Big browns taken at Bridgeport Reservoir this week. Kelvin Kato, Glendale, 5-8 brown on reservoir from shore, with lure. Other waters generally slow--some reports of improved fly fishing results at Upper, Lower Twin Lakes.

Saltwater

SAN SIMEON--6 anglers (1 boat): 1 ling cod, 90 red rock cod, 1 sea trout. MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--14 anglers (1 boat): 1 ling cod, 40 rock cod, 170 red snapper.

SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--19 anglers (1 boat): 73 calico bass, 1 cabazon, 15 rockfish.

VENTURA (Ventura Landing)--19 anglers (1 boat): 16 calico bass, 24 sand bass, 37 rockfish, 2 cabazon. 1 halibut.

OXNARD--123 anglers (6 boats): 23 salmon, 108 calico bass, 40 whitefish, 5 barracuda, 12 halibut, 610 rockfish, 420 rock cod.

PORT HUENEME--35 anglers (2 boats): 225 rock cod, 20 salmon, 4 halibut, 2 barracuda.

MALIBU--50 anglers (2 boats): 159 calico bass, 13 sand bass, 2 halibut, 6 barracuda, 32 rockfish, 150 rock cod, 10 cow cod.

MARINA DEL REY--56 anglers (2 boats): 38 barracuda, 1 halibut, 97 calico bass, 24 sand bass, 10 bonito, 2 cow cod, 240 rock cod.

REDONDO--44 anglers (2 boats): 26 calico bass, 6 sand bass, 164 barracuda, 24 mackerel, 17 rockfish.

SAN PEDRO (22nd St. Landing)--86 anglers (2 boats): 3 yellowtail, 1 white sea bass, 4 halibut, 233 calico bass, 91 barracuda, 12 whitefish, 70 blue perch, 180 mackerel. (Ports ‘O Call)--106 anglers (4 boats): 112 calico bass, 3 sand bass, 1 halibut, 1 bonito, 72 whitefish.

LONG BEACH (Belmont Pier)--42 anglers (2 boats): 112 calico bass, 80 mackerel, 47 sand bass, 1 halibut, 12 barracuda, 7 bonito. (Queen’s Wharf)--36 angles (1 boat): 110 calico bass, 11 sand bass, 1 halibut, 114 rockfish, 6 whitefish.

SEAL BEACH--35 anglers (1 boat): 150 rockfish, 130 whitefish, 28 sand bass.

NEWPORT (Newport Landing)--21 anglers (2 boats): 41 barracuda, 66 sand bass, 37 calico bass, 4 rockfish, 23 mackerel. (Davey’s Locker)--98 anglers (4 boats): 1 barracuda, 26 bonito, 146 calico bass, 16 sand bass, 27 rockfish, 7 whitefish, 66 mackerel.

DANA WHARF--116 anglers (6 boats): 329 bass, 67 barracuda, 2 rockfish, 59 mackerel.

OCEANSIDE--73 anglers (2 boats): 7 bonito, 312 calico bass, 4 yellowtail, 47 rockfish.

SAN DIEGO (H&M; landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--308 anglers (14 boats): 247 yellowtail, 168 barracuda, 75 bonito, 322 bass, 215 mackerel, 81 rockfish. (Seaforth)--113 anglers (4 boats): 10 yellowtail, 35 barracuda, 2 bonito, 276 calico bass, 7 sand bass, 18 rockfish, 78 mackerel. (Islandia)--59 anglers (3 boats): 248 calico bass, 5 sand bass, 1 bonito, 2 barracuda, 3 yellowtail, 67 mackerel, 24 rockfish.

Trout Plants

LOS ANGELES--Big Rock Creek, Bouquet Canyon Creek, Castaic Lake, Castaic Lagoon, Crystal Lake, El Dorado Park Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Jackson Lake, Legg Lakes, Little Rock Creek, Malibu Creek, Peck Road Park Lake, Piru Creek (Frenchman’s Flat), Piru Lake, Puddingstone Lake, Pyramid Lake, San Gabriel River (East, West, North forks).

SAN BERNARDINO--Arrowbear Lake, Cucamonga Creek, Green Valley Lake, Holcomb Creek, Mill Creek, Santa Ana River, Santa Ana River (South Fork), Silverwood Lake.

RIVERSIDE--Dark Canyon Creek, Fuller-Mill Creek, Fulmor Lake, Hemet Lake, Perris Lake, Strawberry Creek.

ORANGE--Trabuco Creek.

SAN DIEGO--Cuyamaca Lake, Doane Pond.

SANTA BARBARA--Cachuma Lake.

VENTURA--Casitas Lake, Santa Paula Creek.

KERN--Alder Creek, Brite Valley Lake, Cedar Creek, Erskine Creek, Hart Park Lake, Kern River (Democrat Dam to KR1 Powerhouse, Johnsondale Bridge to Fairview Dam), Nobe Young Creek, Peppermint Creek (Upper, Lower), Poso Creek, South Creek, Tule River (Middle, North, South forks of Main Fork, Cedar Slope area), White River.

INYO--Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle, South, Intake II), Georges Creek, Independence Creek, Lone Pine Creek, Lower Owens River (below Tinemeha, Laws Bridge downstream to Stewart Lane), Shepherds Creek, Taboose Creek, Tinemeha Creek, Tuttle Creek.

MONO--Bridgeport Reservoir, Buckeye Creek, Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Deadman Creek, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Green Creek, Gull Lake, June Lake, Lee Vining Creek, Little Walker Lake, Little Walker River, Lundy Lake, Mammoth Creek, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Upper Owens River (Benton Crossing, Big Springs), Pine Creek, Pleasant Valley Reservoir, Reversed Creek, Robinson Creek, Rush Creek, Rock Creek (Paradise Camp to Tom’s Place, Tom’s Place upstream to Rock Creek Lake), Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Swauger Creek, Twin Lakes Bridgeport (Upper, Lower), Virginia Creek, Walker River (Chris Flat Campground to town of Walker, Leavitt Meadows Campground to Sonora Bridge).