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Fishing Update

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Bun Warmers Firewood is now available at the Lakes for delivery or pick-up. Call(760)240-1107 or (760)559-1933.

Living Christmas Trees are in at the lakes.
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Lip Ripperz is an official sponsor of the Lakes. Look for their complete line at the Bait and Tackle Shop. The Bait and Tackle Shop is now also carrying the Jerkit line of fishng Lures.

Many thanks to Jerkit Lures and BB Custom Rods and Tackle for donating some great prizes which were given out on Prize Day.

The High Desert went from clouds and rain on Thanksgiving to clear, warm days with no breezes. The weekend was just beautiful. The Lakes' hatchery crew worked overtime and stocked trout on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday this week to make sure anglers had plenty of opportunities to catch trout. But like the weather the trout bite was up and down with angler's reporting slow to good action on both lakes this week. Lures and plastics caught the most trout. Anglers also used Power Bait (especially spring green, salmon peach and white lightning) and inflated night crawlers. Lots of trout over 3 pounds were caught and most trout were near or over 2 pounds. Hot spots included the northern and eastern shores of lake 3 from the log to the pump house as well as the eastern and northern shores from the inlets to the wall of lake 2.
Catches of the Week: Evan Kaihara of Fullerton scored a limit that included 4 lbs 8 ozs and 3 lbs 11 ozs rainbows. Kaihara used a green Jake lure and fished the inlet of lake 2. Covina angler, Jim Gray reeled in a 4 lbs 8 ozs trout on spring green Power Bait while fishing the northern shore of lake 2. Armando Acevedo of Chino caught his 3 lbs 11 ozs rainbow using a Trout Teaser on the western shore of Lake 3 near the drain. West Covina angler, Joseph Jaramillo caught a 3 lbs 7 ozs trout on spring green Power Bait while fishing the eastern shore of lake 3. Arvel Castleberry of Palmdale scored 4 lbs 6 ozs and 3 lbs 15 ozs trout on a orange and silver Kastmaster while fishing the north shore of lake 2 near the bridge. His friend John Bretz of Lancaster reeled in 3 lbs 5 ozs and 3 lbs 14 ozs rainbows using a plastic cricket and a night crawler. Jason Ocull Jr. of Phelan caught his 3 lbs 2 ozs rainbow on orange Power Bait from the eastern logged shore of lake 3. Custom Rod Specialist, Steve Saitman caught a limit that included 4 lbs 8 ozs and 2 lbs 8 ozs rainbows. He used yellow power bait and fished the western shore of lake 3 near the drain. Tim Wolfinbarger of Fontana scored 4 lbs 7 ozs and 3 lbs 13 ozs trout using a yellow and white crappie jig while fishing the inlets of Lake 2. Ontario angler, Ruben Mena scored his 6 lbs 5 ozs rainbow on a jig while fishing the western shore of lake 3 with his friend Ricardo Cruz who caught a 3 lbs trout also on a jig. Mike Rodriguez of Highland caught a 4 lbs 3 ozs rainbow on yellow Power Bait from the eastern shore of lake 2. Hesperia angler, Dave Ochoa, reeled in a 5 lbs rainbow using white lightning Power Bait while fishing the eastern logged shore of lake 3. Art Perez of Los Angeles scored his 4 lbs 9 ozs trout on a Jake Lure near the drain on the western shore of lake 3. Khanh Phar scored 4 lbs 10 ozs and 4 lbs 2 ozs rainbows on an orange power worm while fishing the eastern logged shore of lake 3. Catherine Dea scored a 3 lbs 9 ozs trout on a night crawler. She also fished the eastern shore of Lake 3. Stewart Kwoh of Los Angeles reeled in a 3 lbs 12 ozs rainbow using a Bubblegum Power Worm while fishing the northeastern shore of lake 3. Apple Valley angler, Mike Hamilton, reeled in his 3 lbs 11 ozs rainbow using an orange Roostertail while fishing the eastern shore of lake 2. Brenda Roper of Pinion Hills caught her 5 lbs 5 ozs and 4 lbs 8 ozs rainbows on yellow corn Power Bait while fishing the northern shore of Lake 3. Brandon Bobchak of Spring Valley Lakes caught his 3 lbs 2 ozs trout on Salmon Peach Power Bait while fishing the eastern shore of lake 3. Ontario anglers, Tom and Brad Halford, fished the inlets of Lake 2. Tom caught 4 lbs 12 ozs and 5 lbs 3 ozs rainbows on a Meps while his brother caught a 4 lbs 2 ozs rainbow on salmon peach Power Bait. Matt Frazier of San Clemente scored a 3 lbs 7 ozs rainbow on a silver Kastmaster from the northern shore of Lake 3.

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Catches of the Week: Don Chandler caught a 4 lbs 9 ozs rainbow on a night crawler while fishing the grassy point of lake 3. Hesperia angler, Tim Wood reeled in a 4 lbs 1 ozs trout on orange Power Bait from the western shore of lake 3. Tim Blacksher of Ontario caught his 6 lbs 7 ozs on a Trout Teaser on the eastern shore of lake 2. Helen Tsuyuki of Los Angeles scored her 3 lbs 15 ozs rainbow on the eastern shore of lake 3 using garlic Power Bait. Nine year old, Adrian Ceja of Rialto caught his 3 lbs 11 ozs and 3 lbs 3 ozs rainbows on spring green Power Bait while fishing with his father and twin brother Juan at the inlets of lake 2. Casey Wahl of Apple Valley scored his 5 lbs 2 ozs rainbow on an orange and silver Kastmaster while fishing the northern shore of lake 2 near the inlets. His friend, Josh Cox, also from Apple Valley caught his first fish, a 4 lbs 11 ozs rainbow on a silver Kastmaster. Dave Fitton of Riverside reeled in his 3 lbs 12 ozs trout to finish off his 12 lbs limit near the inlets of lake 2. He used Power Bait to catch all of his trout. Victorville angler, Bill Collinsworth, caught his 3 lbs 1 ozs rainbow on a Bubblegum Power Worm while fishing at the Pump House on lake 3. Four year old, Garrett Stanford and his dad Matt caught their limits and reeled in 3 lbs 11 ozs and 4 lbs 11 ozs rainbows using orange Power Bait while fishing the eastern shore of lake 3. Ontario angler, Tim Blacksher, scored a 6 lbs 7 ozs rainbow on a trout teaser while fishing the south eastern shore of lake 2. Juan Velasco of Riverside caught his limit which included 4 lbs 2 ozs and 2 lbs 9 ozs trout. Velasco used red, natural and orange glitter Power Worms and fished the western shore of lake 3. Twelve year old, Jessica Shandor, of Riverside caught her 5 lb rainbow on Spring Green Power Bait while fishing the eastern shore of lake 2 with her grandfather. Sixteen year old Redlands angler, Michael Gutierrez scored a 7 lbs 9 ozs rainbow on an orange peel Power from the eastern shore of lake 3. Jason Ocull Jr caught a 3 lbs 2 ozs rainbow using a night crawler on the eastern logged shore of lake 3 and his dad, Jason Ocull Sr. scored a 3 lbs 5 ozs on glitter yellow Power Bait.
Catches of the Week: Chuck Ouellette of San Bernardino scored a 7 lbs 13 ozs rainbow on a brown crappie jig on the south western shore of lake 2. Paul Kawahara of Monterey Park caught his 6 lbs trout on a Pink Shad Power Worm while fishing the grassy point of lake 3. Sue Moore of Hesperia took home a limit that weighed 12 lbs with her heaviest trout weighing 5 lbs 4 ozs. She used night crawlers and fished the south western shore of lake 2. Johnny Powell of Colton scored his 3 lbs 12 ozs and 4 lbs 9 ozs rainbows to limit using Rainbow Power Bait while fishing the inlets of lake 2. Baldwin Park angler, Cristina Lucero reeled in a 4 lbs 4 ozs trout using Rainbow Power Bait on the northern shore of lake 3. Richard Dixon of Apple Valley caught a 3 lbs trout on a night crawler while fishing the grassy point of lake 3. Joe Alfaro of Pomona scored three trout that weighed in at 3 lbs 14 ozs, 3 lbs 2 ozs and 3 lbs 4ozs. All were caught on the western shore of lake 3 on Salmon Peach Power Bait. Montebello angler, Brian Matabo, scored his 3 lbs 11 ozs rainbow on a night crawler from the grassy point of lake 3. Catches of the Week: Fourteen year old, Angel Ramonte of Newberry Springs, used yellow Power Bait to catch a 5 lbs 13 ozs rainbow on the north shore of lake 2 near the bridge. Danny Sullivan Jr. of Rialto scored a 5 lbs rainbow on an orange Roostertail while fishing the northern shore of lake 2 near the inlets. Rick Moore caught his 3 lbs 14 ozs trout on a purple Roostertail while fishing the eastern logged shore of lake 3. Chino angler, Bob Grimes reeled in a 4 lbs rainbow using a Trout Teaser on the eastern shore of lake 3. His friend, Bob Burson of Cerritos caught a 3 lbs 5 ozs rainbow also using a Trout Teaser. Ted Tauchi of Joshua Tree caught his limit that included 3 lbs 2 ozs and 2 lbs 10 ozs rainbows. He used Power Bait and fished the Grassy Point of Lake 3. San Bernardino angler, Carlos Reyes, caught his 4 lbs 9 ozs trout on a Jake Lure while fishing the eastern shore of lake 2. Catches of the Week: Richard Cervantes of Ontario limited with a 3 lbs 10 ozs rainbow. Cervantes used a Lip Ripperz Spoon and fished near the bridge on the western shore of lake 3. San Bernardino angler, Louis Garcia, caught a 3 lbs 9 ozs trout on a Roostertail while fishing the eastern shore of lake 3. Eight year old angler, Matthew Sato used a night crawler to catch his 4 lbs 4 ozs rainbow on the eastern shore of lake 3. Rick Moore of Hesperia caught a limit that included a 5 lbs 7 ozs rainbow. He used the BB Custom pole he won on Prize Day last weekend and a Lip Ripperz Spoon on the eastern shore of lake 3. Seven year old, Garrett Williams reeled in a 2 lbs rainbow using a Bubblegum Power Worm to limit while fishing the western shore of lake 2 with his dad.