Striped Bass Peak on the Colorado River

Fishing for striped bass on the Colorado River at Bullhead City, Ariz., reached a high point for the year this week.

“Good fishermen are catching five and six stripers a day,” reported Joanne Moreland of Smitty’s Bait and Tackle in Bullhead City.

Successful fishermen, she said, were drifting with anchovies downstream from Davis Dam to the pipeline and Sunshine Marina areas.

WILLOW BEACH--Limits of rainbow trout reported by boat fishermen two and three miles downstream from resort, drifting with standard baits.

LAKE MEAD--Good bait fishing for small stripers at 30- to 50-foot depths, some occasional surface boils. Good largemouth bass fishing in upper basin areas off points, 15 to 30 feet, with live bait, plastics. Fair for catfish.

BULLHEAD CITY--Good striper action augmented by good rainbow trout fishing on Lake Mohave, trolling days, nights.

SALTON SEA--Good orangemouth corvina fishing. Mike Cameron, Indio, 26-4 corvina off North Shore, live bait. Best action now North Shore to Bombay Beach. Good for tilapia, croaker everywhere. Sargo slow.

LAKE CACHUMA--Good trout fishing in Cachuma Bay, dam area. Trolling best bet. Other species slow.

LAKE CASITAS--Trout limits this week. Trolling best bet, six to seven colors, near dam, in Coyote Arm, Big Island. Drifting with nightcrawlers productive at dam. Good catfish reports in Wadleigh Arm, five-foot depths with cut mackerel. Fair to good for bass at Station Canyon, casting from boats.

PYRAMID LAKE--Xang Moo Xiang, Santa Barbara, striper limit weighing 22-12. Good striper results all week. Anchovies best bet. Good for catfish.

LAKE PIRU--Good trout fishing, trolling six to eight colors near dam, in center of lake. Lures best, but still-fishing with cheese at dam productive, too. Catfish improved at north end, Santa Felicia Cove, with cut mackerel, nightcrawlers. Fair for bass in coves with nightcrawlers, plastics.

CASTAIC LAKE--Larry Tukuhara, Woodland Hills, 8-12 largemouth bass with plastic worm. Good overall bass fishing. Some limits this week. Trout slow.

LAKE ISABELLA--Good for bass, crappie, catfish, trout. Some silver salmon showing up this week in South Fork, 1 1/2 to 2 pounds. Bass good in North, South forks, off points and in brushy areas. Early mornings, late evenings best.

SAN DIEGO LAKES--Otay: Best area producer of big largemouth bass, but still rated fair for quantity. Channel catfish to 19-2 this week. Miramar: Good trout fishing around buoy line, using nightcrawlers. Big red-ear sunfish in rear of coves. El Capitan: Some big blue catfish this week, to 18-12. Slow, overall. Sutherland: Good channel catfish action. Bass slow. Hodges: Fair for bass overall, skilled fishermen getting some limits. Fair to slow for channel catfish.

IRVINE LAKE--Catfish best bet, plentiful limits. Good for crappie. Trout slow.

BIG BEAR LAKE--Good trout fishing for trollers and still-fishermen. Rock Wall, Zebra Room best still-fishing spots. Shore fishing good at dam, Shelter Cove. Standard baits best for still-fishermen. Good catfish results at Eagle, Juniper points, Stanfield Cutoff.

VAIL LAKE--Good for bass, catfish. Crappie slow. Robert Lyons, Los Angeles, 10 catfish weighing 92-8, largest 10 pounds. Dennis Stevenson, San Diego, 8-2, 8-13 bass the same day with plastic worm.

LAKE HENSHAW--Good results for bass, catfish. Limits of bass this week, to 10 pounds. Plastic worms best.

BISHOP AREA--Good trolling at Lake Sabrina. Jim Alser, Aspendell, 7-0 brown. Roy Allen, 4-6 brown shore fishing with nightcrawlers. Shore fishing fair to good with bait, lures. Area streams, including Lower Owens River, running high, roily. Good fly-and-bubble results Intake II and North Lake. Pleasant Valley Reservoir: Water clearing, but fishing only fair. Back country report: Many lakes still completely or mostly frozen over.

CONVICT LAKE--Fair to slow. Inlet best bet. Good results at two back country lakes, Genevieve, Mildred.

JUNE LAKE LOOP--June: Good trolling action on one color. Still-fishing best bet between June, Big Rock Resort marinas, in weedy areas. Gull and Silver: trolling good for fishermen using three to four colors. Rush Creek: Albert Casas, Pico Rivera, 5-6 rainbow with red eggs.

BRIDGEPORT AREA--Slow fly fishing on East Walker River--high, roily water. Spin fishermen having better results. Art Drummond, Salinas, seven-pound brown at Big Hole one day, two of five each the next. Good action on Bridgeport Reservoir, all techniques working well. Upper, Lower Twin Lakes good from shores only, with garlic marshmallows. Robinson Creek improved, but no limits yet. Small lures best. Fly-and-bubble rigs best at Virginia Lakes for small rainbows.

Saltwater

The Times accepts and publishes the catch count as a public service. Any responsibility for accuracy is that of the landing operator.

SAN SIMEON--28 anglers (1 boat): 4 ling cod, 16 rock cod, 364 red rock cod, 18 red snapper, 22 bass, 1 salmon.

MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--37 anglers (2 boats): 7 ling cod, 116 rock cod, 35 red rock cod, 20 red snapper, 2 salmon.

AVILA BAY (Port San Luis)--24 anglers (1 boat): 36 red rock cod, 26 yellow bass, 56 rock cod.

SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--31 anglers (2 boats): 268 calico bass, 22 mackerel, 10 rockfish.

VENTURA (Ventura Landing)--49 anglers (1 boat): 150 calico bass, 1 barracuda, 100 rockfish, 40 whitefish, 1 cabazon.

OXNARD--151 anglers (5 boats): 341 calico bass, 25 blue perch, 35 whitefish, 4 barracuda, 719 rockfish, 435 rock cod.

MALIBU--40 anglers (2 boats): 125 calico bass, 120 rock cod, 4 cow cod, 11 rockfish.

MARINA DEL REY--135 anglers (4 boats): 1 halibut, 11 barracuda, 99 sand bass, 61 calico bass, 165 rock cod, 1 bonito.

REDONDO--189 anglers (7 boats): 1 yellowtail, 33 bonito, 443 calico bass, 20 sand bass, 12 barracuda, 2 halibut, 1 bluefin tuna, 1 white sea bass, 62 rockfish. Barge--61 anglers: 1 yellowtail, 46 bonito, 6 sand bass, 8 barracuda, 2 halibut, 915 mackerel, 10 rockfish.

SAN PEDRO (22nd St. Landing)--203 anglers (7 boats): 2 white sea bass, 260 barracuda, 55 bonito, 325 calico bass, 425 sand bass, 75 rockfish. (Ports ‘O Call)--129 anglers (5 boats): 2 yellowtail, 258 calico bass, 69 sand bass, 83 barracuda, 2 bonito, 1 white sea bass, 179 mackerel.

LONG BEACH (Belmont Pier)--101 anglers (3 boats): 855 sand bass, 70 barracuda, 86 calico bass, 1 halibut, 285 mackerel. (Queen’s Wharf)--63 anglers (2 boats): 3 yellowtail, 26 barracuda, 12 bonito, 265 calico bass, 73 sand bass, 119 rockfish, 7 whitefish, 150 mackerel. SEAL BEACH--62 anglers (1 boat): 560 sand bass, 200 mackerel, 50 barracuda.

NEWPORT (Newport Landing)--86 anglers (4 boats): 42 barracuda, 466 sand bass, 152 calico bass, 119 mackerel. (Davey’s Locker)--185 anglers (6 boats): 315 barracuda, 2 bonito, 1 halibut, 10 rockfish, 87 calico bass, 378 sand bass, 90 mackerel, 1 sole, 22 blue shark, 4 mako shark.

DANA WHARF--190 anglers (7 boats): 828 bass, 301 barracuda, 8 bonito, 1 yellowtail, 4 rockfish, 282 mackerel.

OCEANSIDE--101 anglers (4 boats): 95 barracuda, 3 bonito, 128 calico bass, 125 sand bass, 1 halibut, 5 rockfish, 311 mackerel.

SAN DIEGO (H&M; landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--373 anglers (21 boats): 153 yellowtail, 385 barracuda, 250 bonito, 526 bass, 221 rockfish, 8 white sea bass. (Seaforth)--215 anglers (7 boats): 55 yellowtail, 56 barracuda, 21 bonito, 170 calico bass, 23 sand bass, 49 rockfish, 107 mackerel. (Islandia)--170 anglers (6 boats): 8 yellowtail, 95 barracuda, 4 bonito, 248 calico bass, 11 sand bass, 1 halibut, 23 whitefish, 28 rockfish, 4 cabazon, 70 mackerel.

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--Bouquet Canyon Creek, Jackson Lake, Little Rock Creek, Little Rock Reservoir.

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

RIVERSIDE--Hemet Lake, Perris Lake.

SAN DIEGO--Doane Pond.

KERN--Alder Creek, Cedar Creek, Erskine Creek, Kern River (Democrat Dam to KR1 powerhouse, Borel powerhouse to Democrat Dam, Isabella Dam to Borel powerhouse, KR3 powerhouse to Lake Isabella).

TULARE--Bone Creek, Deer Creek, Dry Meadow Creek, Kern River (South Fork), Kern River (Fairview Dam to KR3 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, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, North Lake, Lower Owens River (below Tinemeha, Laws Bridge downstream to Stewart Lane), Shepherds Creek, Taboose Creek, Tinemeha Creek, Tuttle Creek.

ALPINE--Carson River (East, West forks), Markleeville Creek, Pleasant Valley Creek, Silver Creek.

MONO--Bridgeport Reservoir, Buckeye Creek, Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Green Creek, Gull Lake, Hilton Creek, June Lake, Lee Vining Creek, Little Walker River, Lundy Lake, Mammoth Creek, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Upper Owens River (Benton Crossing, Big Springs), 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), Rock Creek Lake, Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Swauger Creek, Trumbull Lake, Twin Lakes Bridgeport, Twin Lakes Mammoth, Virginia Creek, Virginia Lakes, West Walker River (Chris Flat campground to town of Walker, Leavitt Meadows campground to Sonora Bridge).