The catfish bite has been wide open for the past two weeks at Santa Ana River Lakes with limits of 1 1/2 to three-pound fish common all around The Lakes complex on shrimp, mackerel, the marshmallow-meal worm combo, and the marshmallow-nightcrawler combo. Big catfish of the week was an 8 3/4-pound Silver King cat landed by Bruce Todd, Pasadena, to top off his 11-fish, 30-pound stringer caught at the Bubble Hole on shrimp.

Santiago Palazos and Fernando Castellanos, both West Covina, caught 20 cats for 41 pounds on shrimp with the best fish at 2 3/4-pounds. Romeo Joson, Orange, landed nine cats for a 20-pound stringer and his best fish was a 3-pound, 2-ounce, all on mackerel and sardines at the Bubble Hole.

The carp fishing has also been very good for anglers targeting these fish with dough baits. A nine-pound carp was landed by Kathryn Kiefer, Corona, on the marshmallow-nightcrawler combo at the pump house. Catfish are being planted twice a week and Tuesday and Friday, with tilapia added at least once a week. While most anglers aren't targeting the tilapia, they have been good on nightcrawlers pieces.