Anglers enjoyed beautiful unseasonably cool weather this week on the high desert. Trout were biting on Power Bait ( especially salmon peach, garlic and orange), night crawlers, jigs and lures. Best bite was before 10 am and after 1 pm (depending on the afternoon winds). Most trout were near or over 2 pounds. Hot spots included the grassy point and the eastern and western shores of lake 3 as well as the western and northern shores of lake 2. Catfish were biting on shrimp and night crawlers with anglers catching their limits from the western and northern shores of lake 2. Bass are active with anglers using senkos, spinner bait and night crawlers to catch fish up to 5 pounds. Hot spots for bass included the northern and western shores of lake 3 and the western and southern shores of lake 2. Bluegill are still not completely active with the continuing cool temperatures but a few limits are being caught on the southern and eastern shore of lake 2 and the northern and western shores of lake 3 on night crawlers, meal worms and small jigs.

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#1: Jose Ortega of Ontario, reeled in two trout that weighed 6 lbs 9 ozs and 5 lbs 11 ozs from the grassy point of lake 3 at Jess Ranch Lakes. He used Berkeley Atomic Teasers to catch the big rainbows.

#2: 10 year old, Bradley Wilkinson of Lake Forest, caught a 4 lbs 8 ozs rainbow on salmon peach Power Bait from the north shore of lake 2 at Jess Ranch Lakes while fishing with his grand-dad.

We put in 2000 lbs of catfish last June 29, 2010.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. Fishing hours is from Friday through Sunday, 7am to 4pm. For more information call (760)240-1107 or go to www.jessranchlakesnews.com. Check out the Jess Ranch Channel at www.youtube.com/jessranchlakes