FRESHWATER

Los Angeles County

CASTAIC LAKE--Striped bass are hitting trout-pattern lures and several fish topping 10 pounds were caught in the last week. Largemouth bass and trout are being caught in both lakes.

PYRAMID LAKE--Trout fishing is fair in the marina area, with Thomas Buoyant lures and Power Bait getting most. Largemouth bass fishing is fair with crankbaits. Striped bass are not active.

Ventura County

LAKE CASITAS--Catfish are biting on mackerel and trout are hitting night crawlers and trolled lures. Action is fair to good for both. The bass bite is fair and a 7 1/2-pounder was caught on a Castaic Trout.

LAKE PIRU--Trout are biting on trolled rainbow Rapalas and shad-bikini-pattern Needlefish. Bait fishermen using Power Bait and inflated night crawlers are getting some limits. Bass are biting sporadically on plastic worms, jigs and night crawlers.

Santa Barbara County

LAKE CACHUMA--Trout are the best bet. Hunter Williams, 4, Santa Ynez, five trout totaling 12 pounds, on a Rapala at Arrowhead Island. Lots of limits as the water has cooled to an almost ideal 60 degrees. Bass and red-ear perch fishing is slow to fair.

Orange County

IRVINE LAKE--Trout fishing is good along the west shore, where fish averaging two-three pounds have been biting. Those using light tackle--two- to four-pound-test line--are doing best. Top catch, a 16 1/2-pound rainbow by 10-year-old Michael Speaker, Orange, on a Rapala at Rocky Point.

LAGUNA NIGUEL LAKE--Last week’s trout opener was deemed a success, with many filling their five-fish limits in an hour or less. More than a dozen fish weighed in at five pounds or more. The next stocking of the Utah-raised rainbows is Tuesday.

SANTA ANA RIVER LAKES--Dave Pierson, Garden Grove, took home a five-fish stringer of trout totaling 79 pounds 10 ounces, a lake record. Chartreuse Power Bait fished on small hooks has been the ticket, though small jigs and Kastmasters are working too.

San Bernardino County

JESS RANCH LAKES--Trout averaging 1-1 1/2 pounds are the main attraction, but catfish are getting some attention too. Use Power Bait for trout and trout guts for catfish.

Riverside County

CORONA LAKE--Two trout weighed in at 15 pounds and a few others at 10 or more. The bite is good for much smaller fish, with Power Bait and mini-jigs producing.

LAKE PERRIS--No big bass were reported, but lots of small and medium-sized fish are being caught on live shad and crawdads. Trout action has been good all week in the Sail Cove area, with Power Bait the top producer.

LAKE SKINNER--Fishing is fair for most species. Top catch is an 11-pound striped bass caught on live shad. Swim-baits and night crawlers are best for largemouth bass; Power Bait and spinners for trout; mackerel and night crawlers for catfish.

San Diego County

LAKE CUYAMACA--Trout are being caught on night crawlers and Power Bait. A four-pounder was landed, but the average fish weighs about a pound.

DIXON LAKE--Trout averaging 1-1 1/2 pounds are biting on lures and live bait. Catfish action is fair for those using mackerel.

LAKE POWAY--Trout are biting on lures and bait and a nine-pounder was caught on a Thomas Buoyant. Several limits were reported.

SAN DIEGO CITY LAKES--Blue catfish weighing 61, 55 and 34 pounds were caught on mackerel at San Vicente, where the action is also fair for bass, trout and bluegills Miramar and Murray are the best bets for trout.

Eastern Sierra

Sierra Drifter guide Tom Loe reports a decrease in flows on the Lower Owens River and that fishing is fair to good to excellent, depending on the weather. His clients have fooled some large rainbows and browns on streamer flies. On the wild-trout section, the big news is the baetis hatch occurring about noon and lasting an hour or so. Blue duns and blue-winged olives sizes 16-18 are the hot tickets. At the Owens Gorge, Brock’s Flyfishing Specialists reports a decreased flow and very good fishing for those casting small caddis and midge patterns. At Pleasant Valley Reservoir, rainbows and browns are cooperating for those casting small spinners and spoons and fly fishermen using olive or black woolly buggers and matukas, among others.

SALTWATER

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MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--13 anglers (1 boat): 15 albacore.

AVILA BEACH (Patriot Sportfishing)--24 anglers (2 boats): 62 red rockcod, 19 albacore, 27 red snapper, 1 cowcod.

SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--5 anglers (1 boat): 15 whitefish, 26 rockfish, 5 sculpin, 3 sheephead.

OXNARD (Cisco’s)--34 anglers (2 boats): 10 whitefish, 5 sculpin, 210 rockfish, 40 red snapper, 32 calico bass.

PORT HUENEME--16 anglers (1 boat): 1 yellowtail, 3 whitefish, 5 sheephead, 2 sculpin, 80 rockfish.

MARINA DEL REY--55 anglers (4 boats): 21 halibut, 87 sand bass, 130 rockcod, 33 sculpin, 5 cabezon, 8 sole, 1 sheephead.

REDONDO BEACH--40 anglers (3 boats): 22 halibut, 125 sculpin, 29 sand bass, 5 sole.

SAN PEDRO (22nd St. Landing)--6 anglers (1 boat): 20 calico bass, 35 sculpin, 25 rockfish, 1 thresher shark.

LONG BEACH (Sportfishing/Berth 55)--24 anglers (2 boats): 14 barracuda, 31 calico bass, 29 sand bass, 3 rockfish, 24 whitefish, 32 sheephead, 23 sculpin, 43 blue perch, 6 bonito. (Marina Sportfishing)--18 anglers (1 boat): 82 rockfish, 3 red snapper, 1 cowcod, 15 sole.

NEWPORT BEACH (Newport Landing)--11 anglers (1 boat): 110 sculpin. (Davey’s Locker)--11 anglers (1 boat): 47 sculpin, 4 sand bass.

DANA WHARF--9 anglers (1 boat): 1 sand bass, 2 halibut, 50 rockfish.

OCEANSIDE (Helgren’s)--22 anglers (2 boats): 2 black seabass (released), 9 calico bass, 9 sand bass, 5 halibut, 18 halibut (released), 2 soupfin shark.

SAN DIEGO (Islandia)--25 anglers (2 boats): 37 rockfish, 25 mackerel, 21 sand dabs, 160 rockcod.

TROUT PLANTS

LOS ANGELES COUNTY--Alondra Park Lake, Belvedere Park Lake, Crystal Lake, Echo Park Lake, El Dorado Park Lake, Kenneth Hahn Lake, Legg Lake, Lincoln Park Lake, Magic Johnson Park Lake, Peck Road Park Lake, Puddingstone Lake, Pyramid Lake, Santa Fe Reservoir, Hansen Lake, San Gabriel River (East and West forks). RIVERSIDE--Lake Hemet and Lake Perris. SAN BERNARDINO--Lake Silverwood. SAN DIEGO--Lake Cuyamaca.

--Compiled by PETE THOMAS