No wind and mild 70 degree days in the high desert made for a slower than usual trout bite, with anglers using everything in their tackle boxes to catch trout. Power Bait (especially salmon peach, garlic, rainbow and spring green), night crawlers, jigs and lures got trout on line. Best bite was before 11am. Hot spots included the eastern and western shores of lake 3 and the northern and eastern shore of lake 3. Catfish were biting mackerel and shrimp from the western shore of lake 3 and the eastern shore of lake 2.

Attached Pics:
1) Apple Valley angler, Fred Daily, scored a 7 lbs. 13 ozs. rainbow while floating a black fly near the bridge on the western shore of lake 3 at Jess Ranch Lakes.

2) Ruben Martinez of San Bernardino reeled in a 14 lbs. 11 ozs. catfish on mackerel from the western shore of lake 3 near the bridge at Jess Ranch Lakes.

3) Twelve year old, Anthony Collins of Victorville reeled in a 3 lbs. 1 oz. trout using rainbow Power Bait from the north shore of lake 2 at Jess Ranch Lakes.

Catches of the Week:
Apple Valley angler, Fred Daily, scored a 7 Lbs 13 Ozs rainbow while floating a black fly near the bridge on the western shore of lake 3. Twelve year old, Anthony Collins of Victorville reeled in a 3 Lbs 1 Ozs trout using rainbow Power Bait from the north shore of lake 2. Matthew Stevens of Rancho Cucamonga caught his 3 lbs. 12 ozs. trout on an orange Power Worm while fishing the eastern shore of lake 3 across from the pump house. Ruben Martinez of San Bernardino reeled in a 14 Lbs 11 Ozs catfish on mackerel from the western shore of lake 3 near the bridge.

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. For more information call (760)240-1107 or go to www.jessranchlakesnews.com

Hours: Friday through Sunday - 7am to 4pm.