FISH REPORT
FRESHWATER
Los Angeles County
CASTAIC LAKE--Excellent fishing for striped bass with sardines, anchovies and live shad. Dave Lombardoz, Valencia, caught three stripers totaling 40 pounds on one trip, then returned to catch five more weighing 52 pounds. Largemouth action has been very good for those using live shad, plastics or crankbaits in the shallows. Some bluegills are being caught on meal worms and red worms, and a few catfish are starting to show.
Ventura County
LAKE CASITAS--Bass still biting. Top bass this past week was a 10-pound 2-ounce fish by Andre Friedrichsen, Ojai, on a crawdad. Live bait, plastics and some swim baits working. Catfish bite remains good. Randy Crabtree, Oakview, caught four fish topped by a 25-pounder. Trout action has been good for deep trollers fishing the Wadleigh Arm and east shoreline with six to seven colors of leadcore line and Needlefish.
LAKE PIRU--Trout fishing is fair. Trolling most effective in deeper water with bikini Needlefish or Rapalas. Nightcrawlers are also effective for bass and trout. Topwater lures at the north end early are producing bass. Crappies and red-ear perch taking redworms or mealworms.
Santa Barbara County
LAKE CACHUMA--The trout bite remains fair to good, especially for trollers fishing the dam area and the deeper water of Cachuma Bay. Most trollers are working four to six colors of leadcore with Needlefish or flashers and a nightcrawler. The red-ear perch bite continues in Jackrabbit and behind the island on nightcrawler pieces. Bass still biting early in the morning on topwater, plastics, crawdads and nightcrawlers.
Orange County
ANAHEIM LAKE--Catfish action remains good with many anglers posting limits of fish averaging 1 1/2-three pounds.
IRVINE LAKE--Catfish bite remains strong, with good action along the west shore, on the flats and off Trout Island. The dam has also been good. Cut baits and the marshmallow-mealworm combo have been good. Most of the cats are one- or two-pounders but some bigger fish are showing. The top cat, a 48-pounder, was caught by Jay Russel, Los Angeles. The trout bite has slowed but some are still being caught in the deeper waters, and largemouth bass are taking plastics and crankbaits early and late in the day.
LAGUNA NIGUEL LAKE--Excellent catfish bite for shore and boat anglers. Lance Kerrins, Garden Grove, caught a $5,000-tagged blue cat on a piece of hot dog. Bass bite is fair, night crawlers best.
OSO RESERVOIR--Good bass action, with the fish showing on plastics, jigs, crankbaits, spinnerbaits and swimbaits. Catfish also biting on Berkley Power Bait near the dam in about 10 feet of water.
San Bernardino County
SILVERWOOD LAKE--Catfish action fair to good, most showing at the dam and in coves and taking cut baits. Trout bite is fair, with most of the action in Miller Canyon for trollers and still fishermen working deeper water. Largemouth bite fair to good on plastics, swimbaits and crankbaits. Stripers are slow.
BIG BEAR LAKE--Trout action slow to fair, fish showing off Gray’s Dock and the Rock Wall for shoreline anglers. Trollers are seeing fish over much of the lake. The bass bite continues fair and there is a good bite on panfish in most shallows. Catfish are active in the Stanfield Marsh.
LAKE GREGORY--Trout action fair after a DFG plant last week. Trolled Needlefish, Power Bait, Trout Teaser jigs or other small spinners and spoons best. There is also a decent bite for panfish.
GREEN VALLEY LAKE--Trout fishing good to excellent, with many limits being reported. A few bass, crappies and bluegills are also being caught. Wayne Pat Chin, Santa Monica, landed a 9-8 trout.
HESPERIA LAKE--Catfish biting; limits common on mackerel. Anglers can fish from 6 p.m. to midnight. Two catfish plants each week.
JESS RANCH LAKES--Catfish biting but bluegill bite is slow. Trout bite is fair, rainbow Power Bait being most productive.
CUCAMONGA-GUASTI--Good catfish action. Anglers can fish now from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturdays. No state fishing license required.
Riverside County
LAKE PERRIS--The bass bite continues but there are a lot of small fish showing. Live bait best but anglers are getting fish on a wide variety of artificials. Trout to six pounds have been reported for trollers working off Sail Cove and along the face of the dam with Needlefish, or similar shad-like lures. Bluegills are being caught on crickets and waxworms.
EVANS LAKE--The bass action is still fair, and the panfish action is good.
LAKE ELSINORE--The catfish bite has been good. Rex Harrison, Elsinore, landed a 21-pounder. The crappie bite is also still surprisingly good, and there have been a few bass to three pounds.
CORONA LAKE--Quality catfish showing in a very good bite. The best action continues at night at the south end of the lake. Mackerel and shrimp are the best baits, especially when doused with Hog Wild.
LAKE SKINNER--Stripers and largemouth bass are biting. Stripers are best at the marina, inlet and along the south shoreline, mostly on anchovies, but there has been some surface action in the mornings for anglers tossing topwater and swim baits. The largemouths are showing on live baits and plastics, mostly along the south shorelines and in the east end. The catfish bite is very good at the dam and inlet on cut baits.
SALTON SEA--The corvina is good to excellent over much of the sea. On the west shoreline, shore and boat anglers have been successful from Riveria Keys to Bessie’s Post south to the old Navy pier.
San Diego County
SAN DIEGO CITY LAKES--Fair-to-good bass fishing at Hodges. El Capitan yielding bass, catfish and bluegills. Bass and bluegill bites excellent at San Vicente.
LAKE CUYAMACA--Excellent fishing for trout. Bass, crappies and catfish also biting. Inflated crawlers and Sierra Gold still most productive for trout.
Eastern Sierra
BRIDGEPORT AREA--is very good, despite heavy weed growth. Fish are showing at Sandy Point, Rainbow Point and in the Buckeye Channel in a bait-only bite. East Walker River still red hot. The water is off-color but it has not hurt the nymphing, and there has been some dry-fly action. The West Walker is now very fishable. Virginia Lakes all very good with some Alpers’ rainbows, especially for the float tubers fishing streamers. Both Upper and Lower Twin have yielded limits of pan-sized rainbows.
JUNE LAKE LOOP--Action steady. Mostly small fish but a few Alpers rainbows to six pounds. Silver Lake has been hot for fly anglers fishing from tubes. June and Gull are good for trollers or anglers still fishing with Power Bait. Grant Lake is a sleeper with a very good evening bite on dry flies fished behind a float. Parker and Walker lakes are providing action, especially for anglers fishing smaller lures for browns.
MAMMOTH AREA--Crowley Lake has been outstanding for fly anglers but just fair for trollers and bait fishermen. Midge hatch continues, starting about 9 a.m. and providing action until the wind starts. Twin Lakes, Mamie, George and Mary all producing pan-sized rainbows. Some good mid-morning dry-fly action at Upper Twin near the falls. Convict Lake continues to turn out some nice rainbows.
BISHOP AREA--Generally good action. Sabrina and South lakes have been particularly good. Water level in the lower Owens remains high and the river is tough to fish. The Owens River Gorge is good with a lot of browns to 16 inches. Pleasant Valley Reservoir is good in the evenings, especially for tubers fishing at the upper end.
SALTWATER
The Times accepts and publishes the catch count as a public service. Any responsibility for accuracy is that of the landing operator.
MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--69 anglers (2 boats): 1 ling cod, 69 red rock cod, 155 rock cod, 155 rockfish, 2 halibut.
AVILA BEACH (Patriot Sportfishing)--49 anglers (2 boats): 80 rock cod, 123 rockfish, 46 red rock cod, 121 bolina, 1 ling cod.
SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--38 anglers (2 boats): 118 calico bass, 101 sand bass, 1 sculpin, 65 mackerel, 12 barracuda, 10 rockfish.
OXNARD (Cisco’s)--183 anglers (7 boats): 16 white sea bass, 18 yellowtail, 11 white fish, 1 sole, 3 sculpin, 44 sand bass, 107 rockfish, 30 red snapper, 2 halibut, 208 calico bass, 162 barracuda. (Captain Hook’s/Gold Coast)--22 anglers (1 boat): 16 calico bass, 80 sand bass, 2 barracuda, 2 halibut.
MARINA DEL REY--101 anglers (6 boats): 22 white sea bass, 3 halibut, 95 sand bass, 152 calico bass, 2 sculpin, 28 barracuda, 110 red bass. REDONDO BEACH--158 anglers (7 boats): 388 calico bass, 63 sand bass, 264 barracuda, 1 halibut, 6 sculpin, 5 sole, 6 white sea bass.
SAN PEDRO (L.A. Harbor Sportfishing)--138 anglers (5 boats): 1 yellowtail, 809 sand bass, 268 barracuda, 72 calico bass, 3 sculpin, 1 sole. (22nd St. Landing)--215 anglers (8 boats): 5 yellowtail, 1 white sea bass, 128 calico bass, 1,220 sand bass, 302 barracuda, 5 sculpin, 6 sheephead, 25 whitefish, 75 blue perch, 7 sole.
LONG BEACH (Pierpoint Landing)--135 anglers (5 boats): 197 barracuda, 192 calico bass, 601 sand bass, 1 rockfish, 3 sculpin.
NEWPORT BEACH (Newport Landing)--125 anglers (5 boats): 426 sand bass, 4 yellowtail, 73 barracuda, 71 calico bass, 62 white fish, 6 sheephead, 1 halibut, 1 sculpin, 3 sole. (Davey’s Locker)--264 anglers (7 boats): 4 albacore, 5 yellowtail, 476 sand bass, 240 calico bass, 130 barracuda, 2 halibut, 50 mackerel.
DANA WHARF--272 anglers (12 boats): 1,296 sand bass, 67 calico bass, 4 barracuda, 1 yellowtail, 3 halibut, 5 sheephead, 19 albacore.
SAN DIEGO (H&M; Landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--193 anglers (12 boats): 56 albacore, 4 bluefin tuna, 382 yellowtail. (Seaforth)--221 anglers (7 boats): 14 albacore, 81 yellowtail, 2 bonito, 42 barracuda, 59 calico bass, 12 rockfish. (Islandia)--123 anglers (4 boats): 4 barracuda, 14 bonita, 111 yellowtail, 1 halibut, 123 kelp bass, 1 rockfish.
TROUT PLANTS
RIVERSIDE COUNTY--Fulmor Lake, Lake Hemet. SAN BERNARDINO--Big Bear Lake. SAN DIEGO--Cuyamaca Lake. INYO--Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle, North, South forks and Intake II), Cottonwood Creek, Independence Creek, Georges Creek, Goodale Creek, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, North Lake, Owens River (below Tinnemaha), Pine Creek, Rock Creek (Rock Creek Lake to the end of the road), Rock Creek Lake, Shepards Creek, South Lake, Taboose Creek, Tinnemaha Creek, Tuttle Creek. MONO--Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Deadman Creek, Ellery Lake, George Lake, 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), Robinson Creek, Rock Creek (Paradise Camp to Toms Place and Toms Place upstream to Rock Creek Lake), Rush Creek, Saddlebag Creek, Saddlebag Lake, Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Tioga Lake, 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).
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--Compiled by JIM MATTHEWS
Outdoor News Service
