The catfish bite has remained good to excellent with many anglers posting excellent stringers of fish at Corona Lake. The best action during the full moon this past weekend was throughout the morning and evening hours and all night.

The top catfish reported this past week were a pair of fish at nine pounds. Eric Fennell, Compton, landed 13 catfish for a total weight of 65 pounds and his best was a nine-pounder caught on shrimp. Darryl and Keith Gerrel, both Corona, had four cats for 20 pounds, including a nine-pounder. David, DaShon, and DaVion Crump, all Fontana, landed nine catfish for 19 pounds fishing the nightcrawler-marshmallow combo off JD's Point, and their best fish was a 4 1/4-pounder. Tran and Hoa Nguyen, Corona, had eight cats for 14 pounds including a four pounder fishing shrimp from shore.

There also continues to be a fair number of crappie and tilapia in the action, but the crappie slowed a little during the full moon, but they are still showing around structure in deeper water on small jigs with most about a half-pound. The tilapia are mostly in shallow water, also around structure, on nightcrawler pieces and they are running up to a pound or better.

For the catfish, nightcrawlers, shrimp, mackerel, and the marshmallow-meal worm (M&M) combo with Eagle Claw Gravy or Lip Ripperz Love Sauce scents continue to be the best baits. Hot spots have been the deeper water off the dam and the back end for boat anglers. Shore fishing has been best off J.D.'s Point, the dock shoreline, and the dam area.

Catfish and tilapia plants go in at least twice a week, including both blue and channel catfish.

Corona Lake is still having its five "Biggest Catfish" derbies every weekend. 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 will be 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 20 anglers enter at $5 each, the biggest catfish caught among those 20 anglers wins that angler the whole $100 pot.