Lake Elevation: 1668.43
Surface water temp: 57-62 degrees
Fish Plants: DFG has been dropping thousands of pounds of trout. DVL will stock 1000 pounds of Mt. Lassen trout this week of January 22nd.
Lake Hours: 7:00am to 4:00pm
Weather: The weather has been warm up to the 80's with little or no wind.

Stop by the Marina and tell us about your fish!
BASS

Bass are in their typical winter mode. Some fish can be caught early and late on swimbaits. For the remainder of the day, bass have been caught on the jigs and football jigs 50-60 feet down. Thomas Hyde of Imperial Beach caught a 8.5 pound bass fishing along the west dam with a swimbait. Alex Nowicki released a 3 pound smallmouth fishing with a nightcrawler near the east dam.

TROUT

There has been a decent trout bite for shore anglers as well as boaters. The east dam and the third cove to the right of the marina have been the most reported spots for great trout action. Alex Nowicki of Wildomar caught four trout totaling 17 pounds his biggest at 5 pounds. He was fishing near the east dam with nightcrawlers. Craig Adkinson of Team Phenix rods caught a 10.10 pound trout fishing with mini jigs near the east dam.

STRIPER

The striper bite has slowed tremendously due in part to warmer weather. Swimbaits and topwater lures generally work well for striper. Stripers have been caught from the surface down to 50 feet. Trolling with lead core line will help get your lure to desired depths.

CATFISH

2009 has already proven to be great for big cats. Eddy Gonzales caught a 20.28 pound catfish fishing near the east dam with mackerel. Kevin Kohlbatz of San Jacinto caught a 22.09 pound catfish using shrimp in the third cove to the right of the marina.

PANFISH

There were no panfish reports this week. The panfish bite has been slow and will probably remain that way until surface temps increase in the spring.

LAKE RECORDS
- Lake Record Striper November 11, 2005: Art Berry of Hemet; 29.77 lb. striper caught at East Dam using swimbait.
- Lake Record Largemouth Bass March 16th 2007: Mike Long of Poway, 16.43 lb bass. He was fishing the west dam with a 6" "Real Trout" Rago swimbait.
- Lake Record Crappie: 3.0 pounds landed by Keith Thomas. He was fishing with shad.
- Lake Record Blue Gill: John Arganda, of Menifee, holds the lake pan fish record by bringing in a 3.06 pound blue gill. He got it on a night crawler fishing near the saddle dam.
- Lake Record Catfish October 29, 2008: Jason Walsh, of Temecula, caught a 42.56 pound catfish using an LA Slider near the inlet tower.
- Lake Record Trout, December 3, 2008: Cesar Cruz of Hemet holds the DVL trout record at 15.06 pounds. He was fishing on the north corner of the east dam with a Thomas Buoyant lure.