Big Trout & Big Cats are on the chew at Santa Ana River Lakes

Despite the warmer weather the past few days huge trout and lots of nice limits are still being pulled out of S.A.R.L.  Anglers in boats and float tubes have the advantage with the deeper water.  It’s recommended that trout shore fisherman put on extra weight to cast out to the deeper waters. Heaviest fish of the week was landed by Santiago Palacios of West Covina landing a 14 1/2 lb. catfish using mackerel at “The Road” in the Big Lake.  413718_508587685845884_2067385666_oSteve Zookzwad of Baldwin Park brought up a huge 13 lb. rainbow trout using a Trout King jig from his float tube near the Pump House.  Nshan Masihi of Glendale caught a 11 lb. 12 oz. trout using 2lb test line with Captain America dough bait at the Pump House.  Jay Lamori of West Covina managed to hook and land a 11 lb. 9 oz. trout using orange-green power mouse fishing from shore at the Big Pipe. Art & Shiela Harvey of Orange did two back to back 24 hour fishing/camping sessions and ended up with 17 fish a mixture of both trout and catfish.  The total weight of the stringer was 33 lbs. 8 oz. using white mice tails at Chris’ Pond.  Santa Ana River Lakes is open seven-days-a-week. Fishing is allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these passes is $25. Seniors pay only $23 with a $20 special on Wednesdays. All of these passes have a five-fish limit. For kids 4 to 13, a three-fish pass is just $12. There are 24-hour passes offered on Friday and Saturday night on weekends nearest the full moon each month for $75. An angler can bring his or her spouse and three kids 17 years or younger on that $75 permit, and all can help catch the 15-fish limit. Camping at SARL is thrown in for free. For Santa Ana River Lakes fishing information, call 714-632-7830 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.

Super Trout, Lightning Trout, Sierra Bows & Catfish all being caught at Corona Lake

Seems like everything was hungry last week at Corona Lake.  The most productive fishing has been by the dam in a boat or from shore. Forest Zinkl of Fallbrook landed a 14 lb. 8 oz. Super Trout fishing by the Boat Dock using Power Bait.  473152_508639375840715_1430616904_oAdrian Pintor of North Hollywood got both a huge rainbow and a big Lightning Trout.  Adrian’s rainbow weighed in at 12 lbs. 10 and his lightning trout weighed in at 5 lbs. 7 oz.  Adrian was fishing with jigs off the shore at the dam. Alyanna Landeros of Mira Loma caught a 5 pound Lightning Trout using G Bait from shore.  Ismael Landeros of Mira Loma caught himself a 5 lb. 12 oz. catfish using fresh shrimp off the shore.  Baltasar Lopez of Sun City caught 4 catfish totaling 9 1/2 lbs. with his largest cat weighing in at 3 pounds.  Baltasar was using trout guts from the shore at the dam.  Corona Lake is open on a seven-days-a-week schedule. Fishing is allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these passes is $25. Seniors pay only $23, with a $20 special on Wednesdays. All of these passes have a five-fish limit. For kids 4 to 13, a three-fish pass is just $12. The 24-hour passes are only sold the weekend nearest the full moon. The 24-hour passes cost $75 and have a 15 fish limit. An angler can bring his wife and up to three kids 17 and under and all can help fill the 15-fish limit on one of these passes, and camping is free at Corona with a 24-hour pass. For Corona Lake fishing information, call 951-277-4489 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.