Lake Elevation: 1740

Surface water temp: 60 - 64 degrees

Fish Plants: Rainbow trout, 2,400 pounds April 19th.

Lake Hours: 6:30 am - 6:00 pm.

Weather: Most of the week the temps have been in the mid 60's.There were some high winds on the 11th and 12th that required lake closures.

Bass: Bass fishing has been holding strong at DVL. Most successful anglers have been pounding the shorelines in the 5- 15 foot range with Senkos or Ikas, or Carolina rigging brush hogs or lizards. Most anglers focusing on the beds have found that gravely and sandy areas have been ideal spots to find the spawning fish. There has been some reports of post- spawn and Pre -Spawn fish being caught on crank baits or swim baits off the points. Most bass have been up on beds in the backs of coves or along the dams. Rawson Cove has been the most reported bass cove this week, with the third cove of the shore line fishing area, the north corner of the east dam and around the saddle dam also producing well. Shoreline anglers have had consistent catches, but with less success than the boat anglers. Jeff Harper of Hemet released a 21.75 pound limit totaling 21.75 pounds. He was using swimbaits in Rawson cove. The biggest bass of the week was caught by 10 year old Tabatha Mahoney of Murrieta who was fishing a brush hog near restroom 2.

Trout: Trout fishing has been holding steady this week. Shoreline and boat anglers have been getting limits with Kastmasters, Power Bait and Roostertails being the top baits. The marina has been the top spot for stockers. Holdovers have made appearances on the west dam, east dam, and saddle dam. Most holdover trout have been pulled from 10- 25 feet either by trolling spoons or drifting night crawlers. Brad Smith got a 4.74 pound holdover on the west dam drifting night crawlers at 27 feet. Mike Kim of Chino got a 4.67 pound trout fishing from shore with a mini jig. Kenny and Stanley Kasper of San Jacinto fished with night crawlers in the second cove of shoreline and each got their biggest trout at 4.25 pounds. Marcos Ruiz of riverside got a 7.6 pound trout fishing with Power Worms from shoreline. Daryl Mills of Riverside got a 6 pound trout fishing also fishing from shore with a Power worm. The biggest trout of the week weighed 8.99 pounds caught by Neal Dewitt of Perris, who was fishing with a Storm shad lure in Rawson cove.

Striper: There were no striper reports this week.

Catfish: Stephen Childs of El Monte got a 3.5 pound cat fishing with a night crawler in the north west corner of the lake. Ron Raymond of La Quinta got a 7.82 pound blue fishing from shore with mackerel at 30 feet.

Panfish: There were no panfish reports this week.

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: DVL would like to congratulate Mike Long of Poway who became the new Largemouth bass record holder this week with a 16.43 pound 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, broke 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.

NEW Lake Record Catfish January 19, 2007: Congratulations to Doug Hagadorn of Valley Center! He caught a 32.80 pound catfish. He was fishing at 60 feet with a Pig N' Jig around the first island on the north shore.

Lake Record Trout, March 12, 2005: Shawn Luhmann got a 11.30 pound rainbow trout on on the shoreline fishing area.