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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: Castaic Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Hansen Dam, Legg Lakes, Little Rock Reservoir, Peck Road Park lake, Puddingstone Reservoir, Santa Fe Dam.

ORANGE: Centennial Park lake, Mile Square Park lake, Ralph Clark Park lake, Tri-City Park lake, Yorba Park lake.

SAN DIEGO: Cuyamaca Lake.

RIVERSIDE: Hemet Lake, Lake Cahuilla, Evans Lake, Rancho Jurupa Park lake.

SAN BERNARDINO: Cucamonga-Guasti Park lake, Prado Park lake, Glen Helen Park lake, Seccombe Park lake, Yucaipa Park lake.

FRESNO: Avocado Lake, Fresno Regional Sports Complex pond, Kings River below the Pine Flat Reservoir, Pine Flat Lake, San Joaquin River below the Friant Dam.

KERN: Brite Valley Lake, Hart Park Lake, Lake Truxton, Lake Woollomes, Ming Lake, The Park at River Walk Lake.

MADERA: Bass Lake, Eastman Lake, Hensley Lake.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:17:15 by Terrence
Posted in TROUT PLANTS | |        

FRESHWATER HOT SPOTS

TROUT: Finally, most of the Los Angeles County urban waters have been cleared for trout plants and received fish last week, and the rest of them this week. The bite is good everywhere again. Other top bets continues to be Hesperia Lake, Corona Lake, Irvine Lake, Santa Ana River Lakes, and all of the San Bernardino County Park lakes, which received trophy trout last week and most double plants this week with county and state fish going in. In San Diego County, Lake Cuyamaca remains the best bet in this region with limits showing in less than an hour for good anglers.

BLACK BASS: The largemouth bass bites are breaking wide open across the region and the poorer weather has not seemed to slow down this action. The good weather finally forecast should make all of these bites just explode this week. The movement of fish up onto beds to spawn is increasing daily, and top bets include Diamond Valley Lake, Casitas, Castaic (especially the lagoon), El Capitan, Lower Otay, Hodges, Perris, Skinner, Cachuma, and Puddingstone. The smallmouth action on the Colorado River looks like it might be poised to take off again, too, with very good reports at Havasu and the lower river again this week. Cachuma’s smallmouths are also picking up.

STRIPED BASS: Diamond Valley and Castaic are still the top bets, with some very good catches out of both this past week. Castaic cranked out a number of stripers over 10 pounds, while DVL had fish to over 18 pounds reported (and probably a lot more not reported). Silverwood, the aqueduct near Taft, and Pyramid have all been producing a fair number of fish, and all three bites have shown improvements again this week in spite of the weather. On the Colorado River, the big news is the action at Havasu looked like it might be opening up a little at mid-lake of Windsor Beach and up at the mouth of the river, but the fish have moved off the surface. Also a budding bite at the Palo Verde Diversion Dam.

PANFISH: Some budding bites to report here, with crappie and redear starting again at Perris. Also still some crappie showing at Topoc Marsh on the Colorado River and there were some real quality fish starting to show at Casitas and the Buena Vista Lakes near Taft. The fledgling bites at El Capitan and Otay seemed to stay in a holding pattern or slow down. The tilapia bite at the Salton Sea improved this week with better conditions and this is the bite to watch with the warmer weather forecast. A bite to watch: Lake Havasu’s redear action up in the mouth of the river and Topoc Gorge backwaters.

CATFISH: Hesperia Lake has been pretty good, and certainly better than anyplace else for cats. Hesperia had a 2,000-pound plant two weeks ago to keep it perking. A few cats are showing at Corona Lake and Santa Ana River Lakes, and a few fish are also showing in Casitas’ Santa Ana Arm. The channel catfish action was also picking up along the whole lower Colorado River, especially in the warmer backwaters and irrigation ditches, and there were a handful of flatheads reported, too.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:16:46 by Terrence
Posted in FRESHWATER HOT SPOTS | |        

MATTHEWS’ PICKS OF THE WEEK

1. The bass bite is already excellent at Diamond Valley Lake, with fish all over the shallows fanning out beds. With decent weather -- finally -- and a coming new Moon on Monday, this is easily the top pick for this week. There will be at least five bass topping 10 pounds landed, and thousands of four to six pounders from this, Southern California’s No. 1 freshwater fishery this week. For updates, call the marina at 951-926-7201 or Last Chance Bait and Tackle 951-658-7410.

2. The second-best bass bite in a region of exploding bass bites is clearly going to be Casitas. Anglers here are already having 25 fish days, and this weekend could be one of those epic spring fishing events for bass anglers who like to throw baits to visible fish on beds all day. The water is crystal clear in spite of the rains. Call the marina for an update at 805-649-2043.

3. Our out-on-a-limb pick is the Salton Sea. The tilapia bite has been just so-so for weeks, but it was starting to turn around early this week and with the warm weather forecast, this is likely to be the first big weekend for anglers at the Sea. Bring a big ice chest and plan on catching lots and lot of 1/2 to 3/4-pound fish. The big boys might not be in yet, but the bet is on a wide open bite. If you want an update, call the Salton Sea State Recreation Area ranger station at 760-393-3052.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:16:44 by Terrence
Posted in MATTHEWS’ PICKS OF THE WEEK | |        

LOPEZ

LOPEZ: The bass bite has been fair to good this past week with more fish starting to move shallow with the best bite on plastics and cranks. Top spots have been Cottonwood Cove and near the launch. Crappie have been pretty good at the ranger’s boat house and Strawberry Flats on jigs or red worms. Few other reports. Information: 805-489-1006.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:16:41 by Terrence
Posted in CENTRAL COAST LAKES | |        

SANTA MARGARITA

SANTA MARGARITA: The bass bite is really starting to take off with a lot of fish flooding into the shallows. Plastics and small reaction baits are getting the most fish. A few crappie are showing on small jigs, too, but the fishing pressure has been very light. The marina store is open Wednesday through Sunday. Information: 805-438-1522.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:16:30 by Terrence
Posted in CENTRAL COAST LAKES | |        

NACIMIENTO

NACIMIENTO: Very little fishing pressure with the weather this past week, but there continues to be a very good spotted bass bite on jigs, plastics, and swim baits. No reports on other species. Information: 805-238-1056 or www.nacimientoresort.com.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:16:20 by Terrence
Posted in CENTRAL COAST LAKES | |        

SUCCESS LAKE

SUCCESS LAKE: DFG trout plant two weeks ago. Just fair action. The bass action is fair to good with more fish starting to move shallow. The best action is still in 12 to 20 feet of water on plastics and jigs. Information: 559-781-2078.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:16:08 by Terrence
Posted in WESTERN SIERRA | |        

KAWEAH LAKE

KAWEAH LAKE: DFG trout plant two weeks ago with a spotty bite. Slow action on other species with only a few bass and the odd redear showing, but all the warmwater species seem to be improving. Information: 559-597-2526.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:15:58 by Terrence
Posted in WESTERN SIERRA | |        

WOOLLOMES LAKE

WOOLLOMES LAKE: DFG trout plants this week and two weeks ago and the bite has been pretty good. The bluegill bite is starting to improve on red worms or meal worms.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:15:48 by Terrence
Posted in WESTERN SIERRA | |        

BUENA VISTA LAKES

BUENA VISTA LAKES: While the trout action is slowing down, a few decent rainbows continue to be caught by anglers fishing garlic-flavored or enchanced floating baits or nightcrawlers. The big news is the crappie bite has really started to take off on live minnows, and some of the fish are real slabs. Ricky Franklin, Bakersfield, had a nice batch of fish on minnows, including a 2-8 as his top crappie. A few catfish are also starting to show on frozen shad. Information: Bob’s Bait 661-833-8657.

Thursday 11 March 2010 - 11:15:38 by Terrence
Posted in WESTERN SIERRA | |        

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