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TROUT PLANTS

Barring adverse weather, water or road conditions, the following lakes and streams, listed by county, will be restocked with catchable-size rainbow trout from the Department of Fish and Game hatcheries this week. For updates in Southern California and the Eastern Sierra Nevada, you can call the DFG recording at 562-594-7268, or for updates in the Western Sierra, you can call 559-243-4005, x183. For trout plants statewide, you can visit the DFG's web site at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fish/Hatcheries/FishPlanting/index.asp.

LOS ANGELES: Bouquet Canyon Creek, Jackson Lake.

ORANGE: Trabuco Creek.

RIVERSIDE: Fulmor Lake, Hemet Lake.

SAN BERNARDINO: Big Bear Lake, Green Valley Lake, Gregory Lake, Jenks Lake, Lytle Creek (Middle & North Forks), Miller Canyon Creek, Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake, Santa Ana River, Santa Ana River South Fork.

SAN DIEGO: Cuyamaca Lake, Doane Pond.

INYO: Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek Intake II, Bishop Creek Lower, Bishop Creek (Middle & South Forks), Cottonwood Creek, Georges Creek, Goodale Creek, Independence Creek, Lone Pine Creek, North Lake, Owens River (below Tinnemaha), Owens River (Section 2), Pleasant Valley Reservoir, Rock Creek Lake, Sabrina Lake, Sheperds Creek, South Lake, Taboose Creek, Tinnemaha Creek, Tuttle Creek.

MONO: Bridgeport Reservoir, Buckeye Creek, Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Deadman Creek, Ellery Lake, George Lake, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Gull Lake, June Lake, Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining Creek South Fork, Little Walker Lake, Little Walker River, Lundy Lake, Mamie Lake, Mammoth Creek, Mary Lake, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Owens River (Section 3), Robinson Creek, Rock Creek (Sections I and II), Rush Creek, Saddlebag Creek, Saddlebag Lake, Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Tioga Lake, Trumble Lake, Twin Lake Bridgeport (Lower and Upper), Twin Lakes Mammoth, Virginia Creek, Virginia Lake (Lower and Upper), West Walker River (Sections 2 and 3).

FRESNO: Big Creek near Huntington, Rancheria Creek, South Fork San Joaquin, Tamarack Creek, Ward Lake.

MADERA: Fish Creek, lower Chiquito Creek, West Fork Chiquito Creek.

TULARE: Balch Park (eastern and western lakes), Hedrick Campground Pond, Middle Fork Tule River, North Fork of Middle Fork Tule River at Wishon Campground, Peppermint Creek, South Fork of Middle Fork Tule River, South Fork of Middle Fork Tule River at Camp Nelson, South Fork of Middle Fork Tule River at Ceder Slopes.

TUOLUMNE: Beaver Creek, Lyons Canal, Lyons Reservoir, Middle Fork Stanislaus River, Middle Fork Tuolumne River, Moccasin Creek, Pinecrest Lake, Powerhouse Stream, South Fork Tuolumne River, Stanislaus River Clark Fork.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:41:49 by Terrence
Posted in SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAIN WATERS | |        

MATTHEWS’ PICKS OF THE WEEK

1. The bluegill bite at Diamond Valley Lake remains our No. 1 pick. There have been a lot of nice stringers of fish with so many over a pound they don’t rate a second glance now. There’s also a good crappie bite with fish over two pounds again this week, lots of catfish, good bass action, and a few big stripers showing on swimbaits. Easy choice. For an update, call the marina staff at 951-926-7201 or Last Chance Bait and Tackle at 951-658-7410.

2. Sutherland’s bass bite is bumping the Salton Sea tilapia bite out of this spot, but that’s only because the heat at the Salton Sea has been almost unbearable. 115 degrees! Sutherland is closer to the coast and has an excellent largemouth bass bite, and most anglers were fishing for bluegill, carp, and catfish, so those numbers don’t tell how good it’s been. For lake information and rental boat reservations call 619-668-3274 or e-mail -email-.

3. We’re keeping Havasu in the No. 3 spot in spite of the heat (110-plus this week). The smallmouth bass fishing has just been excellent with a lot of fish topping the two-pound mark. While the lack of shad means the topwater action isn’t that great, there is an excellent jig and plastic bite. The fish are keying on crawdads, so any bait that resembles a ‘dad has been very productive. For an update, check with Angler’s Pro Shop in Lake Havasu City at 928-854-2277.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:39:01 by Terrence
Posted in MATTHEWS’ PICKS OF THE WEEK | |        

FRESHWATER HOT SPOTS

TROUT: The local mountain waters are seeing good action at Big Bear Lake, Green Valley Lake, Lake Gregory, and Lake Hemet all worth fishing. Green Valley cranked out fish over six pounds again this week. In the Sierra, the bites are good on planted fish from north to south, especially the Bishop Creek drainage where SCE planted Alpers’ trout late last week. For fly anglers, the East Walker River and Crowley Lake are all worth fishing with good bite. In the High Desert, Jess Ranch is still a good bet.

LARGEMOUTH BASS: The largemouth bass bites are turning back on with a lot of excellent morning and evening topwater bites. Top picks are Diamond Valley, Sutherland, and Casitas. Both are producing great average-sized fish, perhaps in the three to four-pound range. Other good bets including Santa Margarita on the Central Coast, Castaic, Piru, Skinner, and Silverwood. In San Diego County, the Barrett remains good, but Upper Otay, Wohlford, Lower Otay, El Capitan, and Hodges are all worth fishing. On the lower Colorado River, the smallmouth bass bite from Lake Havasu downstream is very good in the main river, and the largemouth bite is pretty darn good all in the backwaters of the lower river.

STRIPED BASS: There is pretty good striper action at all of the Southern California striper spots with Pyramid, Skinner, Silverwood, Castaic and Diamond Valley all cranking out fish, mostly on anchovies. Best fish are showing at Diamond Valley, which had a couple in the 20-pound class this week. The California aqueduct near Taft is also good (and anglers are reminded there is an 18-inch minimum size here). On the Colorado River, Lake Mohave is good on fish to five pounds on anchovies in the coves by the power lines. Havasu is slow, however, and Willow Beach turned spotty again. A few big wipers are being caught at Elsinore each week, and wipers planted at Hesperia Lake are showing in decent numbers.

PANFISH: Excellent action a Lopez Lake with crappie to three pounds and a solid one-pound average. Nearby Santa Margarita is nearly as good. The Lake Isabella crappie bite is still going strong, and the fish are in the South Fork arm. Diamond Valley also has a very good bite on crappie. The bluegill and redear bites are wide open just about everywhere. Diamond Valley and Lake Perris are hot. But just about every water with bluegill is really cranking. Also the tilapia bite at the Salton Sea just won’t go away. Still excellent action if you can take the heat. Tilapia are also being planted each week now at Santa Ana River Lakes and Corona Lake.

CATFISH: The lower Colorado River flathead and channel catfish action remains good. The Blythe-Palo Verde region to Yuma is hot for the big flatheads, and the channels are showing from Mead to Mexico. Other places of note include Hesperia Lake (which is getting double loads of catfish plants each week), Jean’s Channel Cats, Irvine Lake, Corona Lake, and Santa Ana River Lakes. While they’re not catfish, the big plants of three to five pounder sturgeon that went into Santa Ana and Corona two weeks ago remain very slow. Baffling.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:38:31 by Terrence
Posted in FRESHWATER HOT SPOTS | |        

GLEN HELEN

GLEN HELEN: Excellent catfish action with county catfish plants each week through the summer. The bluegill bite is also good with a lot of smaller fish showing on small worms, meal worms, and crickets fished under bobber. Carp are fair to good on dough baits. Information: 909-887-7540.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:37:52 by Terrence
Posted in INLAND VALLEY LAKES SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY | |        

PRADO

PRADO: Catfish action is good to excellent with the best bite on shrimp, mackerel, and nightcrawlers fished at lots six, seven, and eight. There is a good bass bite and excellent bluegill action. The carp bite is also very good on the same baits being used to catch catfish. Information: 909-597-4260.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:37:20 by Terrence
Posted in INLAND VALLEY LAKES SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY | |        

JESS RANCH

JESS RANCH: Trout action was very good again this past week with most fish near or over two pounds. The best bite has been on Power Bait, especially in colors salmon peach, spring green, and garlic. Nightcrawlers and a variety of jigs and lures are also working well for trout. The catfish bite is also very good on Power Bait, nightcrawlers, shrimp, and mackerel. Gary Chinn, Barstow, caught a limit of catfish with a five pounder topping his catch. The bass bite is fair with the best action on Senkos and spinnerbaits fished at the south eastern shore of lake two or the northern shore of lake three. The bluegill bite is just fair but should continue to improve as the weather warms up. The lake will be planting tagged trout and catfish for July 4. Anglers who catch these tagged fish will receive prizes. The lake is open Wednesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it is stocked with trout each week on Fridays from its own hatchery. The lake will also be stocking catfish every Thursday all summer long. Lake information: 760-240-1107 or www.jessranchlakesnews.com.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:37:01 by Terrence
Posted in HIGH DESERT LAKES | |        

DIAMOND VALLEY

DIAMOND VALLEY: The bluegill bite has continued very good with a lot of nice stringers showing along the dams on jigs, crickets, wax worms, and nightcrawler pieces. While nothing like the recent lake record 3 1/2-pound fish was caught, there have been quite a few fish in the one-pound class. The largemouth bass bite is still good, but a little off from recent weeks, and the average size has dropped a little with more two to three-pound class fish and fewer over three. But the fish are still showing on just about any presentation or bait, from trolling to topwater. Most of the fish are in 20 to 35 feet of water. Rick Rivera, Menifee, landed a seven-pound bass throwing a swimbait along the west dam, while Louie Vega, Hemet, caught the biggest bass of the week fishing from shore with a jerkbait. The fish was a 9.04-pounder. Trout spotty with the best action for anglers fishing in boats off the two dams. Trolling slow, but some fish showing on drifted nightcrawlers. Stephen Rozena, Redlands, caught a 3.65-pound trout fishing with anchovies, while Danny Martins, Murrieta, landed a 3.2-pound trout fishing with jigs near the east dam. Stripers have been spotty, but a few quality fish are showing on swimbaits. Russell Nievar, Anza, caught a 24-pound, and John Balderson, Sage, landed a 20-pounder. Catfish are very consistent with a lot of quality fish showing for boat and shore anglers on cut baits. The saddle dam, Rawson Cove, near the quarry, and along the east dam and the top areas, but shore angler Bruce Clement, Yucaipa, caught a 5.51-pound cat fishing with chicken liver in the third cove to the right of the marina. The crappie bite is almost untapped but some good catches of quality fish are coming in each week. Danny Martins, Murrieta, caught 11 crappie totaling 10.63 pounds fishing with jigs along the east dam. Johnny Millage, Banning, landed a 2.44-pound crappie fishing near the rock quarry with nightcrawlers, while Trevor Plume, Hemet, caught a 1.46-pounder. The launch ramp remains closed due to low water levels. There is a petition going around to get a launch ramp extension (check with Last Chance B&T). Lake information: 800-590-LAKE, marina 951-926-7201, Last Chance Bait and Tackle 951-658-7410 or www.dvmarina.com.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:35:35 by Terrence
Posted in RIVERSIDE COUNTY | |        

PERRIS

PERRIS: The bluegill and redear bite remains wide open with a lot of 1/2 to 1 1/2-pound fish showing. The best bet for bluegill continues to be in deeper water for boat and float tube anglers, but the marina is also a good bet. Best action on crickets, meal worms, wax worms, or small jigs tipped with a bait. Jeff Feaster, Yorba Linda, caught a 1-4 bluegill on a cricket at the marina. The bass bite remained very good this past week with the best bite on plastics and nightcrawlers. Joe Bennett, San Bernardino, landed a 10-pound bass. Trout action is fair. Good carp bite at Lots 5 and 6, the east end, Rock Climber's Cove area. A few catfish are also being caught, but mostly by accident by bluegill, bass, and trout anglers. Ralph Wynn, Hemet, landed a 14-pound catfish on a nightcrawler at the east end of the lake. Information: marina 951-657-2179, state park 951-940-5600.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:35:17 by Terrence
Posted in RIVERSIDE COUNTY | |        

SKINNER

SKINNER: The striped bass action was good for smaller fish at the dam and inlet on anchovies or chicken liver. Dale Brooks, Murrieta, landed six stripers to four pounds on anchovies at the inlet. Kathy Jenkins, Temecula, caught four stripers to three pounds on chicken liver at the east end. The largemouth bite is best on dark plastics and nightcrawlers fished along the south shore. The catfish bite is picking up with mackerel and chicken liver working best. Ron Smith, Moreno Valley, caught three catfish to four pounds on chicken liver at Social Security Point. Some bluegill are showing in the early morning or late afternoon on mealworms and nightcrawlers. Carp action is fair on dough baits. Crappie and trout are slow. Information: store 951-926-1505 or marina 951-926-8515.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:35:03 by Terrence
Posted in RIVERSIDE COUNTY | |        

ELSINORE

ELSINORE: There continues to be a fair to good catfish and carp bite, with the best action early and late in the day. Also a spotty bite on largemouth bass, and a few wipers to eight pounds continue to show. There is an 18-inch minimum size on the wipers. Crappie are tough now with only a few being caught. Small bluegill are good. Information: Seaport Boat Launch at 951-245-9308, Elsinore West Marina at 951-678-1300.

Thursday 02 July 2009 - 11:34:48 by Terrence
Posted in RIVERSIDE COUNTY | |        

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