The catfish action has been very good for anglers at Anaheim Lake over the past week with a lot of limits posted on catfish averaging 1  ? to three pounds.

The best bite has continued to be on shrimp, mackerel, or the marshmallow-meal (M&M) worm combos, and dousing them with Gravy or Love Sauce has improved strike ratios, and the fish remain concentrated in deeper water, avoiding the hordes of cormorants at the lake. Good spots have been the bubble hole and the hump directly between Catfish Island and Honker Island, and along the whole west side of the lake. Shore fishermen capable of making long rods capable of getting way out in deeper water are also having good success.

The top fish reported this past week was a 6-pound, four-ounce catfish caught as part of a 10-fish double limit posted by Kevin Ahn and Kevin Phan, both Placentia, while fishing with Hebrew National hot dogs from kayaks off Honker Island. Their total stringer weighed in at 26 pounds.

Robert Davis and Jocko Smith, both San Pedro, also posted double limits, and their 10 catfish weighed 17 1/2 pounds, and they were fishing both mackerel and the nightcrawler-marshmallow combo at the Pump House. Billy Holt, Anaheim, had a 15-fish, 24-hour permit limit that weighed in right at 30 pounds fishing from a boat off the northeast shoreline with shrimp.

A 12 3/4-pound, five-fish stringer was posted by Annette Ahumada, Bellflower on shrimp with shrimp Gravy, and a 12-pound, five-fish catch was reported by Daniel Chavez, Artesia, on the M&M combo.

The tilapia action has been fair to good. The best bite on these panfish has been in shady areas of shallow water with nightcrawler pieces fished under a bobber. The tilapia are averaging a pound to 1 1/2 pounds.

The popular weekend Catfish Derbies continue to be held each Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Entry fee is $5 for any of the five permit time frames -- from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday evening, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday evening. (There are no derbies for the mid-day special at noon or the 24-hour fishing pass holders.) All of the derbies feature a 100 percent payout of the whole pot to the angler catching the biggest catfish. If 10 anglers enter at $5 each, the biggest catfish caught among those 10 anglers wins that angler the whole $50 pot.

Anaheim Lake continues to receive twice-weekly plants of catfish and tilapia on Tuesday and Thursday through the rest of the summer fishing season.

Private boats, kayaks, and float tubes are allowed at Anaheim Lake, but they will be inspected for traces of water or evidence of quagga mussel contamination before being allowed on the water.