Fish Report

FRESHWATER

CASTAIC LAKE--Largemouth bass are scattered, with some fish in the shallows but many still very deep. Jigs and live bait are the top catchers. Some stripers. Mike Gonzales, Castaic, caught a 13-pounder on a Castaic swimbait. Trout are active in both lakes, but biting better in the lower lake.

PYRAMID LAKE--Small striped bass are providing fair action on anchovies. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are biting sporadically at 20-40 feet. Crankbaits and plastic worms best. Some catfish are being caught on night crawlers.

CASITAS LAKE--Bass fishing is improving. Jeff Jue, Santa Paula, 11 1/2-pound bass on a swimbait. Rick Miller, Ventura, 10 1/2-pound bass on a plastic worm. Ken MacDonald, La Mirada, 10-pound bass on a swimbait. Lots of smaller fish biting on night crawlers, crawdads and plastic worms. Trout fishing remains very good, Power Bait working for shore fishermen, Needlefish lures for trollers. Zsolt Halda, Tarzana, eight crappies, largest 2 1/2 pounds, on white mini-jigs.

CACHUMA LAKE--Trout are still the main attraction, with lots of limits. Fish to five pounds biting best on Needlefish lures and Power Bait. Largemouth bass action is picking up, with plastic worms doing the best.

LAKE PIRU--Trout fishing remains fair and trollers using shad-pattern Rapalas and orange Needlefish are doing best. The fish are deep, though, so lead-core line of two-four colors is recommended. Bass fishing is slowly improving. Try crankbaits or night crawlers.

IRVINE LAKE--Big trout remain the top draw and inflated night crawlers, Serra Gold and Power Bait remain the top catchers. A cash contest is underway through Sunday. Details: (714) 649-9111.

SANTA ANA RIVER LAKES--Top trout was a 17-pound 2-ounce catch by Karey Sharp, Long Beach, on chartreuse Power Bait. She had never fished before. Lots of lunkers were being landed before the mini-heat wave slowed the bite.

CORONA LAKE--Big trout are still showing regularly, but the bite began to slow as the week progressed. Top trout was one 16-4 by Nolia Hartley, Bell, on rainbow Power Bait.

LAGUNA NIGUEL LAKE--Trout fishing is still good on rainbow and chartreuse Power Bait, but bass fishermen are doing well too. Some hooked trout were even attacked by voracious bass.

OSO RESERVOIR--The pre-spawn bass bite is going strong and scores of fish averaging two-four pounds are fairly common. Plastic worms and spinnerbaits are good choices.

SILVERWOOD LAKE--Largemouth bass are on the rise. Wayne King, Montclair, caught a 13 1/2-pounder on a grub at 15 feet in Cleghorn Cove. Some trout.

LAKE PERRIS--Largemouth bass action is fair for mostly smaller fish. Al Miqueleiz, Huntington Beach, caught a 12-pound 2-ounce bass on a six-inch purple RoboWorm. Trout fishing remains fair on chartreuse and rainbow Power Bait, and for trollers using Needlefish.

SAN DIEGO CITY LAKES--Strong bass bites are in progress at Lower Otay, where a 12-pounder was caught on a Rapala; El Capitan, a nine-pounder on a plastic worm, and San Vicente, an eight-pounder on a crawdad. Trout season is coming to a close, but Miramar is still producing. Otay yielded a 48-pound blue catfish for Dern Bounthavizy, San Diego, who used mackerel.

LAKE JENNINGS--Trout fishing is tapering off but bass fishing is improving, with the males moving into the shallows to stake out their nests. Catch and release is advised. Top trout was a 9-pound 2-ounce catch by Bill Schneeberg, Chula Vista, on Power Bait in Sentry Cove.

DIXON LAKE--Water levels are down because of maintenance and although access has improved, fishing has subsided. Some trout, bass and catfish.

LAKE CUYAMACA--Limits of trout are the rule for those using Sierra Gold, inflated night crawlers and Power Bait. Rapalas, Trout Teasers and Roostertails are also working.

SALTWATER

MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--13 anglers (1 boat): 50 red rock cod, 45 rock cod, 100 rockfish.

AVILA BEACH (Avila Beach Sportfishing)--18 anglers (1 boat): 29 rock cod, 49 rockfish, 30 red rock cod.

SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--16 anglers (2 boats): 2 sand bass, 1 barracuda, 2 whitefish, 12 lingcod, 130 red snapper, 57 rock fish.

OXNARD (C.I.S.C.O.’s)--19 anglers (1 boat): 15 red snapper, 22 rockfish, 8 sculpin, 5 whitefish.

PORT HUENEME--24 anglers (2 boats): 26 rock cod, 4 lingcod, 34 rockfish, 3 sculpin, 1 whitefish.

MARINA DEL REY--38 anglers (3 boats): 14 halibut, 155 sculpin, 60 rockfish, 18 whitefish, 12 red rock cod.

REDONDO--28 anglers (3 boats): 16 whitefish, 61 sculpin, 54 rockfish, 3 lingcod.

SAN PEDRO (L.A. Harbor Sportfishing)--34 anglers (3 boats): 6 yellowtail, 1 white sea bass, 171 sand bass, 2 halibut, 15 sculpin, 8 red snapper, 8 whitefish, 1 barracuda, 1 sargo. (22nd St. Landing)--18 anglers (1 boat): 61 sculpin, 86 whitefish, 25 sheephead, 78 rockfish, 23 red snapper.

LONG BEACH (Pierpoint Landing)--36 anglers (3 boats): 7 yellowtail, 26 calico bass, 51 sand bass, 3 white sea bass, 2 whitefish, 5 sheephead, 2 sculpin, 1 sargo. (Los Alamitos Bay, Marina Sportfishing)--13 anglers (1 boat): 26 rockfish, 4 lingcod, 33 salmon grouper, 5 red snapper.

NEWPORT BEACH (Newport Landing)--17 anglers (1 boat): 41 sculpin, 2 sand bass, 1 rockfish. (Davey’s Locker)--32 anglers (2 boats): 1 calico bass, 19 sand bass, 21 sculpin, 9 sheephead, 8 rockfish, 60 mackerel, 16 blue perch, 6 whitefish.

DANA WHARF--27 anglers (3 boats): 2 calico bass, 2 sand bass, 72 rock cod, 1 halibut, 1 sheephead.

SAN DIEGO (Seaforth)--56 anglers (3 boats): 288 barracuda, 10 rockfish, 6 sculpin. (Islandia)--34 anglers (2 boats): 12 barracuda, 1 sand bass, 1 calico bass, 51 rock cod, 1 sculpin, 2 rockfish.

TROUT PLANTS

LOS ANGELES COUNTY--Alondra Park Lake, Belvedere Park Lake, Cerritos Lake, Crystal Lake, Echo Park Lake, El Dorado Park Lake, Hollenbeck Park Lake, Kenneth Hahn Park Lake, La Mirada Park Lake, Legg Lake, Lincoln Park Lake, Magic Johnson Park Lake, Puddingstone Reservoir, San Dimas Reservoir, San Gabriel River (East, West and North forks), Santa Fe Reservoir. ORANGE--Carr Park Lake, Greer Park Lake, Trabuco Creek. RIVERSIDE--Cahuilla Park Lake, Evans Lake, Rancho Jurupa Park Lake. SAN BERNARDINO--Glen Helen Park Lake, Mojave Narrows Park Lake, Prado Park Lake, Seccombe Park Lake, Yucaipa Park Lake.