The rainbow trout action at Corona Lake has been nothing short of exceptional this season. Limits of trout have been reported by shore anglers from the cove behind bait shop all the way to the dam, while the boat and float tube anglers are scoring from the dam to the upper end of the lake along the main channel.

The big fish of the week was a 14.6-pounder landed by Mike Bracamonte, Covina, fishing rainbow Nitro Bait off the sandy beach. Trua Le, pictured caught a nice 14 pound trout!! Trua and Lam Lee, both of Los Angeles, topped off their stringer with a 14-pound rainbow caught on a nightcrawler rolled in Hatchery Dust while fishing from a boat. Don Stevenson, Temecula, landed a 13-pounder fishing orange PowerBait in the cove behind the bait shop.

One of the best stringers of the week was a 10-fish, 27-pound catch reported by Pat and Jim Gray of Covina while fishing chartreuse PowerBait from a boat. The top fish on their stringer was a 12 1/2-pound rainbow. Ceilo Sandoval, Santa Ana, also had a 12 1/2-pound trout on an orange trout plastic with garlic and Hatchery Dust. Matt Dominguez, Rancho Cucamonga, caught a 12 1/4-pound rainbow on chartreuse PowerBait and two-pound test line. Chad Homan Jr., Escondido, landed an 11-pound rainbow fishing a Trout King jig in the back corner of the lake from a boat.

Top action has been on any of the floating baits rolled in the new Hatchery Dust, scent-doused nightcrawlers, small trout jigs and trout plastics. The new Hatchery Dust, which is rolled onto and into bait balls of dough bait, is now available at the Corona Lakes tackle shop, along with some area sporting goods stores.

Heavy weekly plants of rainbows averaging around a pound are made each week, and those plants always have a hefty component of rainbows from five to eight pounds along with super trophies topping 10 pounds and going well up into the teens.

Corona Lake is open on a seven-days-a-week schedule. Fishing is 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. The 24-hour passes are only sold the weekend nearest the full moon. 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.