The fishing at Corona Lake was highlighted by a 19-pound rainbow trout, a 25-pound sturgeon, and a 3 1/2-pound crappie this past week.

The amazing part of this week's catch was that the big sturgeon and crappie were caught by the same angler. Robert Estes, Fontana, was fishing from a boat soaking some roe when he caught the 25-pound sturgeon and then landed the 3 1/2-pound crappie on a small, white trout worm.

The big rainbow of the week at 19-pound was landed by Greg Dennis, Lake Elsinore, while fishing a Power Worm at the dam. Tommy Phan, Moreno Valley, landed a 14-pound trout on Power Bait off the dam shoreline, while Ron Meek, West Covina, topped off his five-fish stringer with a 12.3-pound rainbow on a Power Mouse, also at the dam.

A nice stringers was posted by Jeremy Valenzuela and Eric Harris, both Mira Loma, when they weighed in 10 trout for 17 1/2 pounds, including a 6 1/2-pounder. All were caught on cheese Power Bait off the dam shoreline. Robert Chavez and Ricky Reyes, both West Covina, had 10 rainbows for 14 3/4 pounds fishing yellow PowerBait and orange Power Worms. Donnie Kearney, Riverside, had five rainbows to two pounds on chartreuse PowerBait off the dam shoreline.

Most of the trout being landed are one to two-pound rainbows. The best bite continues to be on floating dough baits rolled in the new Hatchery Dust, with Power Mice Tails, small trout worms, small jigs, and inflated nightcrawlers all close seconds.

There are huge plants of trout each week, and those plants always include trophy rainbows topping 10 pounds. This week the rainbows will be joined by the largest plant of Lightning Trout of the year. There will be broodstock Lightnings in this plant that run from six to 10 pounds and more of the two to three pounds that have been planted all season.

The catfish bite is also really starting to turn on, and more and more anglers are targeting the cats with at least one outfit. Not a lot of limits are being reported, but quite a few stringers of two to three cats have been landed. Levi Serafin, Lake Elsinore, had five cats to three pounds on nightcrawlers fishing near the boat dock from a boat. Most of the cats are being landed on nightcrawlers right now.

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.