FISH REPORT
FRESHWATER
Los Angeles County
CASTAIC LAKE--Largemouth bass action is very good, with fish running 1-5 pounds biting on night crawlers and plastic worms. An 8-8 was caught on a spinnerbait. Striped bass are biting occasionally on trout-pattern lures and night crawlers. Some catfish.
PYRAMID LAKE--Bass fishing is fair to good and plastic worms are best. Catfish and bluegill action is nearly as good.
Ventura County
LAKE CASITAS--Largemouth bass is fair early and late, as the fish are close to the surface. It’s slow during the day. Trout are biting at 30 feet on Night crawlers and Needlefish. Catfish action has slowed.
LAKE PIRU--Trout fishermen are getting strikes trolling deep with Needlefish and by dropping Power Bait and night crawlers. Bass actioN s fair at the north end and in backs of coves. An 8-pounder was caught on a purple plastic worm. Crappie are active at the east end.
Santa Barbara County
LAKE CACHUMA--Trout action remains best, at the dam and outside the harbor. The fish are at 40-50 feet. Bass fishing is slow to fair, with a surface bite taking place at dawn. Some red-ear perch.
Orange County
ANAHEIM LAKE--Opens July 3 for catfish season.
IRVINE LAKE--Catfish are biting in the shallows at about 15 feet. Very few big fish. Bass fishing is fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms. Trout remain fairly active early along the west shore.
LAGUNA NIGUEL LAKE--Catfish are biting on the usual baits. Fishing is good lake-wide but best at mid-lake. An 18-pounder caught on shrimp tops the list.
SANTA ANA RIVER LAKES--Closes Monday. Catfish action is fair.
San Bernardino County
BIG BEAR LAKE--Trout fishing has slowed and very few limits were reported. Night crawler-flasher combos are working best.
GREEN VALLEY LAKE--The trout are deep and boaters using Power Bait are doing best. Fishing is slow to fair overall.
JESS RANCH LAKES--Trout fishing is good for pan-size fish on Power Bait, and catfish action is slow to fair.
Riverside County
CORONA LAKE--Catfish action is going strong as limits are the rule in evening hours. A 12-8 tops the list. Garlic-scented mackerel works best.
LAKE PERRIS--Bluegill are biting best, primarily on crickets at the marina and east end. Trout are still being caught on night crawlers at the dam. Bass fishing is slow, but they’re being caught at the island and marina. Some catfish.
LAKE SKINNER--Largemouth bass and catfish are willing takers of standard baits and lures. An 8-4 bass was caught on a night crawler at the south shore. Striped bass are biting at the inlet, on the surface early and deep during the day. The bluegill bite is fair.
San Diego County
LAKE CUYAMACA--A 7-4 trout was caught on a Panther Martin but the trout bite has slowed. The bass bite is fair the the crappie bite is exceptional.
DIXON LAKE--Trout fishing has slowed. Night fishing for catfish is productive, but fishing otherwise is slow.
LAKE POWAY--Catfish action is best and the top cat was a 14-pounder on mackerel in Half Moon Bay. Bluegill and bass are biting too.
SAN DIEGO CITY LAKES--Bluegill are very active at Lower Otay and San Vicente. Bass fishing is fair at those lakes and at Sutherland and El Capitan. Catfish action is fair at Hodges.
Eastern Sierra
BISHOP AREA--A 10-9 Alpers rainbow was caught on a Mepps lure in the South Fork of Bishop Creek. Creek fishing is good and the high lakes are fair to good. A 6-11 rainbow was caught on a Stinger lure in South Lake.
MAMMOTH LAKES AREA--Crowley Lake has had an algae bloom but trout fishing has been good at Alligator Point and Sandy Point. Perch are biting on mini-jigs in McGee Bay. Convict Lake is only fair. The basin lakes, Mamie, Mary, Twin and George are fair to good and producing some plump rainbow trout.
JUNE LAKE LOOP--Morning has been best at all lakes, as the fish are going deep during the day. Trollers and bait fishermen are doing well for trout to about four pounds, using Rapalas, Needlefish, night crawlers and Power Bait. Rush Creek is fair on salmon eggs and small spinners.
BRIDGEPORT AREA--Virginia Lakes are very productive for mostly pan-size fish biting on standard lures and baits. Lots of limits. The best bet for quality fish is Bridgeport Reservoir, where inflated night crawlers are enticing trout averaging 2-3 pounds and some a bit larger. Twin Lakes are fair. The East Walker River flows have been fluctuating, hampering the effort. The West Walker is good on most baits, lures and flies.
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)--30 anglers (2 boats): 60 rockcod, 80 rockfish, 13 albacore.
SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--32 anglers (1 boat): 12 calico bass, 33 mackerel, 1 whitefish, 67 rockfish, 37 sand bass, 11 sheephead. (Hornet’s Landing)--5 anglers (1 boat): 10 red snapper, 21 rockfish, 15 mackerel.
OXNARD (Cisco’s)--169 anglers (7 boats): 112 barracuda, 299 calico bass, 1 halibut, 1 lingcod, 30 red snapper, 160 rockfish, 50 sand bass, 37 sculpin, 11 sheephead, 112 whitefish, 8 white seabass. (Captain Hook’s)--18 anglers (1 boat): 21 calico bass, 159 sand bass, 6 barracuda, 1 white seabass.
PORT HUENEME--78 anglers (4 boats): 17 white seabass, 63 calico bass, 5 sheephead, 159 barracuda, 1 halibut, 25 rockfish, 4 sand bass, 7 sculpin, 75 whitefish, 65 blue perch.
MARINA DEL REY--125 anglers (4 boats): 2 halibut, 3 barracuda, 53 sand bass, 179 calico bass, 3 sculpin.
REDONDO BEACH--59 anglers (3 boats): 1 yellowtail, 258 calico bass, 35 sand bass, 49 barracuda, 2 bonito, 1 sculpin, 12 perch, 10 rockfish.
SAN PEDRO (L.A. Harbor Sportfishing)--65 anglers (4 boats): 4 white seabass, 2 yellowtail, 327 sand bass, 78 calico bass, 79 barracuda, 1 halibut. (22nd St. Landing)--169 anglers (7 boats): 6 yellowtail, 435 calico bass, 361 sand bass, 285 barracuda, 2 sculpin, 3 whitefish, 26 blue perch, 4 bonito.
LONG BEACH (Sportfishing/Berth 55)--122 anglers (5 boats): 879 sand bass, 17 barracuda, 1 white seabass, 1 sculpin. (Marina Sportfishing)--125 anglers (4 boats): 41 barracuda, 1,043 sand bass, 10 sculpin, 1 halibut. (Pierpoint Landing)--120 anglers (5 boats): 16 albacore, 4 yellowtail, 21 barracuda, 1 calico bass, 711 sand bass, 3 sculpin.
NEWPORT BEACH (Newport Landing)--106 anglers (6 boats): 35 albacore, 3 yellowtail, 1 white seabass, 19 barracuda, 3 bonito, 175 calico bass, 453 sand bass, 1 halibut, 2 sheephead. (Davey’s Locker)--190 anglers (7 boats): 29 albacore, 2 yellowtail, 1 bluefin tuna, 364 barracuda, 339 sand bass, 185 calico bass, 15 bonito, 1 halibut, 2 sheephead, 1 sole.
DANA WHARF--282 anglers (8 boats): 11 albacore, 941 sand bass, 3 white seabass, 3 halibut, 128 calico bass, 73 barracuda, 260 mackerel, 1 sheephead.
OCEANSIDE (Helgren’s)--175 anglers (7 boats): 63 albacore, 15 yellowtail, 3 white seabass, 123 barracuda, 248 calico bass, 206 sand bass, 1 halibut, 4 sculpin.
SAN DIEGO (H&M; Landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--269 anglers (15 boats): 518 albacore, 7 bluefin tuna, 97 yellowtail, 2 dorado. (Seaforth)--205 anglers (8 boats): 171 albacore, 3 dorado, 24 yellowtail, 2 bonito, 213 barracuda, 369 kelp bass, 14 sand bass, 54 rockfish, 3 ocean whitefish, 2 sheephead, 3 sculpin, 1 halibut. (Islandia)--94 anglers (4 boats): 13 yellowtail, 119 barracuda, 272 calico bass, 2 sculpin, 1 sheephead, 32 rockfish, 19 mackerel, 52 albacore, 1 dorado.
TROUT PLANTS
LOS ANGELES--Bouquet Canyon Creek. RIVERSIDE--Fulmor Lake. SAN BERNARDINO--Lake Gregory. SAN LUIS OBISPO--Lake Lopez, Santa Margarita Lake. INYO--Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle, North, South forks and Intake II), Cottonwood Creek, Georges Creek, Goodale Creek, Independence Creek, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, North Lake, Owens River (below Tinnemaha), Pleasant Valley Reservoir, 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, Ellery Lake, Green Creek, Lee Vining Creek (South Fork), Lundy Lake, McGee Creek, Mammoth Creek, Mill Creek, Reversed Creek, Rush Creek, Saddlebag Lake, Sherwin Creek, Swauger Creek, Tioga Lake, Trumble Lake, Virginia Creek, Virginia Lakes, Walker River (Chris Flat to Walker and Leavitt Meadows to Sonora Bridge).
Compiled by PETE THOMAS
