Lake Elevation: 1668.16
Surface water temp: 58-60 degrees
Fish Plants: DFG continues to inundate the lake with catchable and fingerling trout. DVL will stock 1000 pounds of Mt. Lassen trout the first week of March.
Lake Hours: 6:30am to 4:45pm
Weather: The weather was warmer this week with highs in the 80's with little or no wind.

Stop by the Marina and tell us about your fish!

BASS
It was another good week for bass anglers at DVL, but they had to work harder than previous weeks. Drop shot rigged worms, Texas rigged creature baits, Senkos, and swimbaits all caught fish recently. Most reports have bass holding between 10 and 25 feet on the points. .

TROUT
DVL trout anglers had a phenomenal week. Shore and boat anglers had massive trout and huge limits. Powerbait, nightcrawlers, mini jigs, and Kastmasters all caught rainbows in 5-10 feet of water. Jeremy Hammond of Murrieta got a 6.19 pound trout fishing to the right of the marina with a nightcrawler. Jeremy Campbell of Lakewood caught a 6.14 pound trout fishing near the east dam with a Kastmaster. Roy Leevano caught a 7.58 pound trout fishing from shore with a plastic crawdad. Michael Boochie of Murrieta caught a 6.93 pound trout fishing from shore with nightcrawlers. Matt Thompson and Jack Kashersky of Hemet caught their limits totaling 49.39 pounds fishing with Kastmasters near the inlet. Mark Franco of Temecula caught a 35.3 pound limit with his biggest at 8 pounds fishing with mini jigs near the east dam.

STRIPER
Striper fishing was slow this week, but the trout plant coming this week should improve the bite. Stripers are always on the move, but the most consistent spots have been the inlet tower or the east dam. Anglers have caught striper on swimbaits, either trolling as deep as 50 feet, or throwing into boils.

CATFISH
Winter time is not the best time to fish for cats, but there has been some big fish caught over the past few months. Mackerel, anchovies and shrimp have been the typical baits. Joseph Alvarnto of Riverside caught an 11.13 pound catfish fishing from shore with anchovies.

PANFISH
Pan fishing has been typical for winter conditions, but that is not to say that the opportunity is non existent. Brandon Taylor of Mira Loma caught a 2.76 pound Crappie fishing with a spoon along the east dam.

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.