Albacore Plentiful but Small

The San Diego sportfishing fleet is still finding scattered schools of smaller albacore, but the excitement generated by the arrival of the popular tuna earlier this summer has subsided somewhat.

Mike Laurs of the National Marine Fisheries Service in La Jolla said such concentrations of small albacore are common, but that they usually are accompanied by fish in the 15- to 30-pound range, which is not the case now.

Trout Plants

A list of waters scheduled to be planted by the Department of Fish and Game, weather and road conditions permitting, by counties.

RIVERSIDE--Fulmor Lake, Hemet Lake.

SAN BERNARDINO--Gregory Lake, Santa Ana River, Santa Ana River (South Fork), Silverwood Lake.

SANTA BARBARA--Lake Cachuma.

VENTURA--Lake Casitas.

INYO--Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle and South forks), Diaz Lake, Goodale Creek, Independence Creek, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, North Lake, Owens River (Laws Bridge downstream to Steward Lane), Pine Creek, Pleasant Valley Reservoir, Rock Creek (Rock Creek Lake to the end of the road), Rock Creek Lake, Taboose Creek, Tinnemeha Creek, Tuttle Creek.

MONO--Convict Lake, Lake George, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Gull Lake, June Lake, Lake Mary, Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining Creek (South Fork), Little Walker River, Lundy Lake, Mamie Lake, Mammoth Creek, McGee Creek, Owens River (Benton Crossing and Big Springs), Robinson Creek, Rock Creek (Paradise Camp to Tom’s Place upstream to Rock Creek Lake), Rush Creek, Silver Lake, Tioga Lake, Trumbull Lake, Twin Lakes Bridgeport, Twin Lakes Mammoth, Virginia Creek, Virginia Lakes, Walker River (Chris Flat Campground to town of Walker, Leavitt Meadows Campground to Sonora Bridge).