Park Hours: 6:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Daily)
Dock Closes: 4:00 PM (Boats are called in @ 3:45 PM)
Last Plant: Dec 28th (1500 lbs. of Rainbow Trout)
Next Plant: Jan 11th (1500 lbs. of Rainbow Trout)
Water Temperature: 52-54 degrees

The month of December was a one to remember with all 8-10 pounders on the creel sheet. Limit style fishing was the norm inside the cove area especially Trout Cove and Whisker Bay areas. Here is the Dixon's line up...Esteban Granados of Solano Beach weighing in a nice 8 lb. 4 oz. trout on a night crawler. Another 8 lb. 4 oz. trout was caught by Carl and Noah Tilander of Oceanside also on worms inside of Whisker Bay. Jed Dickerson Jr. of Carlsbad, in photo #1 battled for over 20 minutes with 8 lb. 12 oz. rainbow on green power bait at Whisker Bay. Joining the double mark club was Ich Liu of Carlsbad, shown in the photo above with a 10 lb. 12 oz. "tail walker" at Trout Cove on an orange power worm. The list doesn't stop here with another 10 lb. 6 oz. trout from San Marcos on garlic power bait from Trout Cove. The lake has received over 12,000 lbs. of prime grade "A" Nebraska tail walkers.

For best result for fishing for the elusive trout, try using the lightest line possible in the 2-4 lb. test line with a long leader and a small light weight...this set up seems to works best for these picky fish. Best baits so for trout have been Power bait in rainbow, green and orange does very well. Green, red and orange color Power worms have been the lucky colors for big trout. The top lures are Kastmasters, Thomas Buoyant, and Rooster tail lures. Night crawlers are the trout's best friend and are good go-to bait when the bite slows down.

The next stock will be planted with 1500 lbs. of Nebraska "Tail Walkers" trout on Jan 11th and another plant of 1500 lbs. on 01/25/12 all pending weather and road conditions. For further information on the fishing regulations, rules and stocking schedule, call the Dixon Lake Ranger Station at 760-839-4680

At the present time, Dixon Lake no longer requires a California fishing license from the Dept. of Fish & Game. Dixon Lake received and was granted an Aquaculture Permit. This permit is valid again until March 2012. All anglers 8 yrs. and older will still need a daily fishing lake permit. All other park rules, fishing regulations and City of Escondido municipal codes will remain in effect until further notice other than no fishing license required.