FISH REPORT

FRESHWATER

17. CASTAIC LAKE--Striped bass and largemouth bass equally active. Danny Stevens, Los Angeles, 15-pound striper on a surface plug. Jeff Smith, Northridge, 10-pound striper on an inflated night crawler at 40 feet. John Phillips, Saugus, 10-pound largemouth on a surface lure. Jim Syling, Lancaster, with guide Pat Buckley, 10 largemouth, largest 9-3, on mudsuckers in lower lake. Some catfish. David Toth, Castaic, 12-pound catfish, while spinnerbait fishing for largemouth bass.

18. LAKE PIRU--Those trolling Needlefish and Kastmasters in Santa Felicia Cove and Reasoner Cove are catching an occasional trout, but don’t expect to fill a stringer. Largemouth bass and catfish fairly active, with bass hitting night crawlers and crawdads, and catfish hitting mackerel.

19. PYRAMID LAKE--Not much happening. A few stripers were caught on anchovies, a few largemouth and smallmouth were landed on plastics and a few catfish were taken on anchovies and chicken livers.

20. LAKE CACHUMA--Trout best bet, but few limits. Needlefish lures trolled at east end best bet. Largemouth bass hitting spinnerbaits in mornings, plastic worms in afternoons.

21. LAKE CASITAS--Largemouth bass activity has picked up, with the larger bass hitting trout-like lures. Porter Hall, Ventura, 12-8 bass. Smaller bass hitting smaller surface lures in mornings and evenings, and dark-colored plastic worms during the day. Catfish bite slow.

22. CORONA LAKE--No guesswork. Grab a boat in late afternoon, motor over to the trees, bait up with mackerel and wait. The catfish will come. Lots of limits this way. Other species slow.

23. SANTA ANA RIVER LAKES--See Corona Lake, but don’t look for trees or boats. There aren’t any. Just cast mackerel and chances are you’ll be reeling in catfish.

24. IRVINE LAKE--Deeper holes in Santiago Flats best bet for big blue catfish, but smaller channel cats biting throughout the lake. Still a few trout coming up on the hook, but the summer sun soon will take care of that. Bluegill bite fair on red worms-bobber combos. Crappie bite fair on mini-jigs fished in flats.

25. LAGUNA NIGUEL LAKE--Only lake mentioned in this space open from 6 a.m.-midnight seven days a week, which is good if you like catfish because most are being caught at night. Bring a lantern, some mackerel, and have at it. The fish are in the shallows. Morning anglers catching some bass; those using night crawlers catching more than others.

26. LAKE SKINNER--Some small stripers being caught, but the bite is not predictable. Try anchovies. Catfish and largemouth bass bites fair.

27. LAKE PERRIS--Largemouth bass bite slow to fair, with fish averaging 3-4 pounds, biting mostly on night crawlers at east end and dam. Bill Urmin, San Dimas, 10-4 bass, on a waterdog at east end. Lots of small bluegill biting in same areas, mostly on crickets and mealworms.

28. SAN DIEGO CITY LAKES--Want bass? Try Sutherland, where anglers caught and released 961 (including a 10-10) in the past week. An additional 111 were kept. Want bluegill? If you can’t catch them at San Vicente, take up another sport--nearly 5,000 were caught by fewer than 400 anglers. Catfish bite fair at Hodges and Sutherland. Crappie bite fair at Hodges.

29. LAKE CUYAMACA--Trout active one day, bass the next, catfish the next. Top catches: a 10-12 catfish on a night crawler and a 9-12 bass on a night crawler.

30. BIG BEAR LAKE--Trout are deep and scattered; some are getting limits, others are getting skunked. Largest rainbow an 8-pounder, on a night crawler at Gray’s Landing. Largest catfish a 10-12, on a night crawler at east ramp. Noteworthy: Cliff Divelbiss, 91, Laguna Hills, a 6-12 trout, on a night crawler at Windy Point.

31. BISHOP--South Lake just received 1,500 fingerling brown trout and 40 fish from 2-6 pounds. Bishop Creek best bet for steady action, with bait (try salmon eggs), lures (silver) and flies (green mosquitoes) all producing. Owens River fair on crickets and worms.

32. MAMMOTH LAKES AREA--Crowley Lake yielding limits of rainbows and browns averaging 1-4 pounds. An 8-7 rainbow (caught on a night crawler at Layton Springs) topped the list. Perch fishing fantastic. Other best bets: Rock Creek Lake (big brooder rainbows), Lake Mary (huge Alpers) and Convict Creek (small browns and rainbows). Crowley Lake and Convict Lake slow to good. Other areas fair.

33. JUNE LAKE LOOP--Hard to go wrong at any lake. Yellow Power Bait the hot ticket at Gull, rainbow Power Bait and Sierra Gold at June, nothing in particular at Silver (a 3-5 was caught on a Cahill-pattern fly), and Rapalas at Grant. Rush Creek so-so.

34. BRIDGEPORT AREA--Bridgeport Lake good for boaters still fishing with night crawlers and Sierra Gold in Buckeye Channel, with rainbows 2-4 pounds common. Virginia Lakes and Trumbull Lake good bets for limits of pan-size rainbows and an occasional larger Alpers rainbow. Twin Lakes about the same. Trollers using Kastmasters, Rapalas and small streamer-pattern flies doing well. Shore fishermen doing fair with a variety of lures in mornings, and with baby night crawlers and salmon eggs or Sierra Gold and Power Bait during day. East Walker River running too fast for most, especially fly fishermen, but lure fishermen are taking some quality-sized trout very early and late in day. First two miles of river best bet.

SALTWATER

2. MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--13 anglers (1 boat): 4 ling cod, 91 rock cod, 100 rockfish. (Bob’s Sportfishing)--17 anglers (2 boats): 2 ling cod, 73 red rock cod, 157 assorted rock cod, 5 pacific snapper, 1 salmon.

3. AVILA BEACH--2 anglers (41 boats): 369 assorted rock cod, 246 red rock cod, 16 ling cod.

4. SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--51 anglers (2 boats): 109 calico bass, 21 sand bass, 2 white sea bass, 152 barracuda, 1 ling cod, 14 rockfish, 1 sheephead. (Hornet’s Landing)--5 anglers (1 boat): 50 calico bass, 1 white sea bass, 8 barracuda, 20 mackerel.

5. VENTURA--43 anglers (2 boats): 35 calico bass, 395 sand bass, 7 barracuda, 1 sculpin. (Harbor Village)--30 anglers (2 boats): 300 sand bass, 2 barracuda, 1 white sea bass.

6. OXNARD (Cisco’s)--144 anglers (8 boats): 185 barracuda, 307 calico bass, 2 halibut, 27 rockfish, 508 sand bass, 5 sculpin, 4 sole, 1 yellowtail, 10 blue perch, 5 whitefish.

7. PORT HUENEME--45 anglers (3 boats): 113 calico bass, 291 sand bass, 19 barracuda, 1 sculpin, 1 cabezon, 2 rockfish, 1 sole.

8. MARINA DEL REY--179 anglers (6 boats): 4 halibut, 3 yellowtail, 8 barracuda, 100 calico bass, 438 sand bass, 38 sculpin, 24 whitefish, 5 bonito, 1 sole, 8 starfish. (In-Seine)--121 anglers (3 boats): 16 halibut, 1 white sea bass, 2 yellowtail, 345 sand bass, 45 calico bass, 14 barracuda, 145 bonito.

10. SAN PEDRO (L.A. Harbor Sportfishing)--144 anglers (4 boats): 1,033 sand bass, 615 barracuda, 2 bonito, 1 yellowtail. (22nd St. Landing)--277 anglers (9 boats): 16 yellowtail, 180 calico bass, 986 barracuda, 1,074 sand bass, 94 bonito, 6 sculpin, 6 whitefish, 9 sheephead, 121 blue perch, 27 giant squid, 20 rockfish, 1 cabezon.

11. LONG BEACH--157 anglers (4 boats): 26 albacore, 37 yellowtail, 179 bass, 31 calico bass, 850 sand bass, 11 bonito, 4 sculpin, 4 rockfish, 4 yellowtail, 1 bluefin tuna, 6 dorado. (Belmont Pier)--55 anglers (3 boats): 190 barracuda, 382 sand bass, 2 sculpin.

12. SEAL BEACH--137 anglers (4 boats): 3 yellowtail, 306 barracuda, 904 sand bass, 18 bonito, 16 giant squid.

13. NEWPORT BEACH (Newport Landing)--220 anglers (6 boats): 2 bluefin tuna, 28 yellowtail, 414 sand bass, 31 calico bass, 423 barracuda, 8 bonito, 3 halibut, 22 sculpin, 1 sheephead, 428 giant squid. (Davey’s Locker)--337 anglers (7 boats): 2 albacore, 12 dorado, 1 white sea bass, 500 giant squid, 33 yellowtail, 224 bonito, 946 barracuda, 275 calico bass, 654 sand bass, 4 sculpin, 12 sheephead, 5 halibut, 29 rockfish, 57 blue perch, 8 opal eye, 1 black sea bass (released).

14. DANA WHARF--296 anglers (13 boats): 4 bluefin tuna, 1 dorado, 48 yellowtail, 62 barracuda, 85 bonito, 282 calico bass, 747 sand bass, 49 mackerel, 1 cabezon, 3 halibut, 9 rockfish, 12 sculpin, 211 giant squid.

15. OCEANSIDE--197 anglers (7 boats): 101 yellowtail, 18 barracuda, 61 bonito, 37 calico bass, 621 sand bass, 6 halibut, 5 sculpin, 1 sheephead, 40 mackerel.

16. SAN DIEGO (H&M; Landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--289 anglers (15 boats): 216 albacore, 328 yellowtail, 25 bluefin tuna, 22 yellowfin tuna, 10 dorado. (Seaforth)--226 anglers (10 boats): 27 albacore, 1 yellowfin tuna, 308 yellowtail, 124 bonito, 289 barracuda, 206 kelp bass, 31 sand bass, 85 mackerel. (Islandia)--114 anglers (5 boats): 1 white sea bass, 232 barracuda, 36 bonito, 149 yellowtail, 16 sand bass, 181 calico bass, 1 sting ray, 6 sculpin, 17 rockfish, 34 mackerel.

TROUT PLANTS

LOS ANGELES--Jackson Lake. SAN BERNARDINO--Jenks Lake, Lake Gregory, Santa Ana River. RIVERSIDE--Fullermill Creek, Fulmor Lake, San Jacinto River (North Fork). INYO--Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle, South forks and Intake II), Cottonwood Creek, Georges Creek, Goodale Creek, Independence Creek, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, North Lake, Owens River (Laws Bridge downstream to Steward Lane and below Tinnemaha), Pleasant Valley Reservoir, Rock Creek Lake, Shepards Creek, South Lake, Taboose Creek, Tinnemaha Creek, Tuttle Creek. MONO--Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Deadman Creek, George Lake, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Gull Lake, June Lake, Lake Mary, Lee Vining Creek, Little Walker River, Lundy Lake, Mamie Lake, Mammoth Creek, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Owens River (Benton Crossing), Pine Creek, Robinson Creek, Rock Creek (Paradise Camp to Tom’s Place and Tom’s Place upstream to Rock Creek Lake), Rush Creek, Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Swauger Creek, Trumble Lake, Twin Lakes Bridgeport, Twin Lakes Mammoth, Virginia Lakes, Walker River (Chris Flat Campground to town of Walker and Leavitt Meadows Campground to Sonora Bridge).

CATFISH PLANTS

LOS ANGELES--Downey Park Lake, El Dorado Park Lake, Puddingstone Reservoir. ORANGE--Carr Park Lake, Centennial Park Lake, Greer Park Lake, Huntington Park Lake, Ralph Clark Park Lake, Tri-City Park Lake.