Fish Report for 7-30-2013

Largemouth & Catfish are on the feed at Diamond Valley Lake

7-30-2013
Diamond Valley Lake Staff

Surface Water Temp: 81 degrees
Fish Plants: No more this season
Lake Hours: 5:30am - 6:30pm
Weather: The Forecasts show temperatures in the mid 60's to high 90's this week. Drink plenty of water and watch out for snakes!
Upcoming Events: Public night fishing August 2, 2013 from 7:30pm-midnight. Call store for more information!

Please come in the Marina store and tell us your fish stories!

BASS
Anglers are still catching limits on bass between 3-5 pounds. John Falcone, pictured above from Murrieta caught this beautiful 6.80 pound bass dropshotting green plastic worm by the Saddledam. Plastics are working best in the pink, purple and brown colors. Senko's also work great in the green, brown, and pumpkin colors. Anglers are also using flies to catch bass.

STRIPER
Stripers slowed down this week, but there were still some keepers caught between 5-19 pounds. Anglers are still trolling with flies and using lures that replicate baby bass and shad. Oat Tanampai from Cathedral City and Jerry Torres, Photo #1 from Coachella caught a few with their biggest being 4.57lbs and 4.81lbs using Oat flies by the East Dam.

CATFISH
The catfish bite picked up this week with some nice ones weighing between 6-10 pounds. Anglers are catching cats with mackerel, anchovies, stink bait, and flies.

TROUT
No reports of trout caught this week. Typical bait for trout are mini jigs, powerbait and powerworms.

PANFISH
Anglers are catching limits by the pound! Night crawlers and mealworms are working best for panfish. Anglers stating they were catching quite a few 1-2 pounders by the East dam.


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