It was a beautiful holiday week after a rare new year's eve blue/full moon, with cold (32 degree) mornings warming to sixty degree afternoons with little or no wind. Anglers had to use everything in their tackle boxes to get their trout including Power bait ( especially salmon peach, orange, spring green and garlic), inflated night crawlers doused with attractant, jigs and lures, but those that persevered were rewarded with nice stringers of good sized trout. Many rainbows were near or over two pounds. Hot spots included the grassy point to the northern shore and the western shore near the drain of lake 3 as well as the northern and eastern shores of lake 2.

Attached Pics:
#1 Palmdale angler, Arvel Castleberry used an inflated night crawler to catch his 4 lbs 3 ozs rainbow from the middle northern shoreline of lake 2.

#2 Apple Valley angler, Aaron Jones reeled in a 4 lbs 9 ozs rainbow using orange Power Bait from the eastern shore of lake 2.

#3 Twelve year old angler, Andrew Garcia of La Mirada caught his 3 lbs 14 ozs trout on an inflated night crawler while fishing the eastern shore of lake 3.

Catches of the Week:

Apple Valley angler, Aaron Jones reeled in a 4 lbs 9 ozs rainbow using orange PowerBait from the eastern shore of lake 2.

Twelve year old angler, Andrew Garcia of La Mirada caught his 3 lbs 14 ozs trout on an inflated night crawler while fishing the eastern shore of lake 3.

Palmdale angler, Arvel Castleberry used an inflated night crawler to catch his 4 lbs 3 ozs rainbow from the middle northern shoreline of lake 2.

Vic Jackowich of Barstow fished the western shore of lake 3 near the drain and caught a 4 lbs 6 ozs trout on rainbow Power Bait.

Jim Valdez of Victorville scored a 3 lbs 2 ozs rainbow on chartreuse Power bait while fishing the western shore of Lake 2.

Frank Langford of Azusa caught a 4 lbs 2 ozs rainbow using a smoky green crappie jig from the western shore of lake 3 near the pump house.

The Lakes' Hatchery stocks trout every Friday year round. This year the Lakes' hatchery is amping up the weekly trout stockings with bigger fish overall. Hours: Friday through Sunday--7am to 4pm. For more information call (760)240-1107 or go to www.jessranchlakesnews.com -- Also check out our new You Tube Channel videos.