Fish Report for 6-16-2012

Trout fishing is good at Convict Lake, 4.44 lb. Rainbow is the biggest fish this week

6-16-2012
Jennifer Heintzelman

Hello Convict Lake fishing report followers!

Catch of the Week: Frank Scognamillo, pictured from Buena Park caught a 4 lb. 7 oz. Rainbow Trout with a Thomas Buoyant on the South Shore! We also had Aryan Kamali from La Crescenta who caught a 4 lb. 4 oz. at the back of the lake by using Thomas Buoyant. The Gomez Family from San Gabriel caught a 2 lb 14 oz. Rainbow Trout by using Garlic Powerbait at the Jetty.

Best Location to Fish: The best locations to fish right now are the Dead Tree, South Shore, back of the lake, the Jetty, North Shore, the Marina and Convict Creek.

This past week Anglers have had most success with: Night Crawlers, Thomas Buoyant, Garlic Powerbait, worms, cheese worm, Trout Teaser, salmon eggs and Rainbow Nuggets.

Other Locations to Try: "Windy Point" (picnic area south shore), The Inlet, Hangman's Tree, Outlet, Handicap Pier and Convict Creek.

Derby News: Round-up at the Lake Fishing Derby started Sunday, April 30th for a chance to win $6,000 in Resort Prizes! We have 126 Registered Anglers and 82 Fish Registered 14" or longer.

Water Temperature: 54 Degrees.

Weather: The weather for this next week will continue to be in the mid to upper 70's over the weekend then warmer temperatures are expected for the begining part of next week with highs in the upper 70's to the low 80's and lows in the low 40's. Here is a local site that is usually quite accurate www.mammothweather.com.

Tactics/Bait:

Bait: Pinched Crawlers, Gulp Worms, Night Crawlers, Power Eggs, Power Worms, Small Spinners like Mepps and Panther Martins. Chunky Cheese Power Bait,Troll with Rapalas, Needlefish,Thomas Buoyant.

Lures: Panther Martin, Thomas Buoyant, Phoebe, Little Wolfs, Cripplure

Trolling: Little Cleos, Dave Davis Night Crawler or Lead Core 4-6 colors, Rapalas, Rebels, Pin Minnows

Flies: Marvel Fly, Prince, Hares Ear, Lopper Johns, Ant Beatles

Convict Creek:
Flies: Strip Streamers
Bait: Eggs, Night Crawlers and Power Worms

Stocking: DFG stocked this week.

Sunrise - Sunset: Sunrise this week 5:34am - 5:35am and Sunset 8:20pm - 8:21pm.


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