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Lake Elevation: 1737

Surface water temp: 54 - 58 degrees

Fish Plants: Rainbow trout, 2,400 pounds March 8th.

Lake Hours: 6:30 am - 4 pm. Effective March 1st. 6:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Weather: Temperatures have been in the 60's. There have not been any severe winds. Mild rain on Thursday.

Bass: Bass fishing has been hot at DVL. There has been a good bite on swimbaits in the marina. Senkos and Ikas have been getting lots of fish this week along with Carolina or Texas rigging 6 inch plus plastics and creature baits. Boat anglers have had the most success with bass fishing, but shore fishermen have been doing well with live crawdads. The bass have moved up considerably holding at 10-30 feet. Main points and along the dams have been the favorite spots for boat anglers. Mike Collins of San Jacinto released a 23.56 pound limit. He would not give up his hot spots but he did say they were all swimbait fish. Juana Gutierrez of San Jacinto was soaking a night crawler 5 feet down in the third cove of shoreline when she got a 4.5 pound largemouth. Honree Davis of Winchester weighed in his three biggest fish at 11.5 pounds he was fishing between 10-30 feet, with Yamamoto Senkos, around the wave attenuator. Dusty Parker of Moreno Valley got a7.06 pound bass fishing from shore with a live crawdad.

Trout: Trout fishing improved tremendously this week. Shoreline and boat anglers have been getting limits. Kastmasters, Powerbait and Roostertails have been the top baits. The marina has been the top spot for stockers while the holdovers have been elusive. Most trout have been pulled form 10- 20 feet. Jacob Casarez of Hemet got a 4.34 pound trout while fishing from shore with a night crawler. Fernando Lopez of Hemet got a great limit with the biggest fish at 4.24 pounds. He was fishing on the second point of shoreline with a blue and chrome Kastmaster. 7 year old Joel Young got a 4.56 pound trout while fishing from shore with rainbow Powerbait. Gary Black of Moreno valley got 2 trout weighing 4.54 and 4.74 pounds fishing from shore with Powerbait. David Colucci of Alta Loma got his two biggest fish at 4.66 and 3.86 pounds fishing near the marina with Powerbait. Natsume, Chow, and Fong of San Gabriel got 15 trout weighing 32 pounds fishing with Berkley Powerworms about 20 feet down. Thomas Sczeblowski of Yorba Linda got a 5.11 pound trout at 10 feet, fishing with a Thomas Bouyant in the marina. The best trout catch of the week was landed by James Mehan of Winchester. He was fishing with a shad lure in the marina when he landed a 5 pound hook jaw holdover.

?ĮStriper: John Coburn of Murrieta got two stripers weighing 10.8 and 9.2 pounds. He was fishing from shore with a Spro BBZ-1 swimbait.

?ĮCatfish: Congratulations to Doug Hagadorn of Valley Center got a 32.80 pound catfish; the biggest fish ever caught at DVL. He was fishing at 60 feet with a Pig N' Jig around the first island on the north shore. (January 19, 2007).

Panfish: There were no panfish reports this week.

?ĮLake Records:

?ĮLake Record Striper November 11, 2005: Art Berry of Hemet; 29.77 lb. striper caught at East Dam using swimbait.

Lake Record Largemouth Bass November 2003: John Krumsiek got a 14.85 pound bass.

Lake Record Crappie: 3.0 pounds landed by Keith Thomas. He was fishing with shad.

Lake Record Blue Gill: John Arganda, of?? Menifee, broke the lake pan fish record by bringing in a 3.06 pound blue gill. He got it on a night crawler fishing near the saddle dam.

NEW Lake Record Catfish January 19, 2007: Congratulations to Doug Hagadorn of Valley Center! He caught a 32.80 pound catfish. He was fishing at 60 feet with a Pig N' Jig around the first island on the north shore.

Lake Record Trout, March 12, 2005: Shawn Luhmann got a 11.30 pound rainbow trout on the shoreline fishing area.