Corona Lake's trout fishing has remained excellent in spite of heavy weekend crowds. The weekly plants have kept this popular western Riverside County lake teeming with rainbows.

The week's biggest reported trout was a seven-pounder that was part of a 10-fish, 30-pound stringer posted by the father-son team of Chad and J.B. Gierlich, pictured of Riverside, fishing small jigs from a boat. Many anglers purchased second permits after filling a first limit quickly. John Stephens, Emeryville, had 10 rainbows to 3 1/2 pounds on his 15-pound stringer, while Jasme Meltor, Murrieta, had 10 rainbows for 15 pounds.

The best action has been on small trout jigs, trout plastics, and floating dough baits with the area behind the bait shop, and the whole west shoreline the best area for landing the trout. There are also still a few Lightning Trout showing in the mix. Corona Lake is open seven days a week with fishing allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these passes is $25. Seniors pay only $23, with a $20 special on Wednesdays. All of these passes have a five-fish limit. For kids 4 to 13, a three-fish pass is just $12. With the shift to trout season, 24-hour passes are only sold the weekend nearest the full moon. That 24-hour fishing will be Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 this month. The 24-hour passes cost $75 and have a 15 fish limit. An angler can bring his wife and up to three kids 17 and under and all can help fill the 15-fish limit on one of these passes, and camping is free at Corona with a 24-hour pass.