Welcome to So Cal Fish Reports

At the annual Salmon Information Meeting held virtually today, state and federal fishery scientists presented estimates of catch in 2020 fisheries and spawner returns to rivers and hatcheries, as well as the expected salmon abundance for the upcoming fishing season. The

Good afternoon anglers, after a challenging 2020 let us have some fun. The 2021 Isabella Lake Derby will have 500 tagged trout with values ranging from $20 thru $5000. Here is the fun part, these tags will be at full

Happy Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have a very special guest and Searcher family member Pete G. from Let’s Talk Hook Up! Pete gives us his must haves have knot. The Springer knot is a low profile, for any pound test.  Our Let’s Talk

A great catch by Cedric Dunlap not even an hour into the first night fishing back open! That’s one chunky catfish!

Stocking:  The next trout stocking of 1,500 lbs. will be this week. The lake will be stocked bi-weekly through the week of April 19th. The upcoming stock will bring our total up to 13,000 lbs. of trout in the lake

Best Bait: Garlic Chartreuse PowerBait, Rainbow PowerBait, Mini Jigs, Minnows Weather conditions: Nice days (approx. 64-73 ̊) and cool nights (approx. 41-48 ̊). We’ve had many clear sunny days, along with some windy days. Water Temperature: 52 ̊; Water Level: 100% normal; Clarity:

The bass and catfish bite has been good off the shoreline.  Nicholas Va on Thursday February 11th caught the new Lake Poway Bass Record from the north shore. The bass weighed 12 lb. 8 oz (see photo). Catfish can be

The luck is turning around out here. Starting to hear about limits reached and pregnant bass in the shallows. Lot of talk about the color silver for hard plastic lures. Go for a smaller size as well. Really nice sized

Hi Gang, The boys have been hard at work getting our annual maintenace complete. A lot of paint work, brite work through out the salon and staterooms, updated flooring in all heads, some new carpet, and some system upgrades just to

            Stripers and Catfish are still being caught along the canal by the entrance booth and points beyond the swimbeach on Sardines, Anchovies, and Lugworms. A few people have had luck out in coves and rocky points also by sinking baits

Fish on Guide Service checked in with us today after fishing at Diamond Valley Lake.  Kenny Baldwin's Producer Fly put these four on the boat today, one for dinner, three released. Every day is different, only three hours Flycoring today.

Another late post from Saturday (2/20) but DEFINITELY deserved mentioning: Michael and Liz caught this school of gorgeous trout on the bottom lake using Get Bent Kustomz jigs. Liz caught two 6#ers, and Michael caught a 5.5#er. Outstanding!!!