SILVERWOOD: Very good striper action. Chemise Bay and the spillway have been the top spots with anchovies and chicken liver top baits. Tony Bellussco, Oak Hills, caught eight stripers to six pounds using swimbaits in the coves and off the points. Fair trout action with the best action on Power Bait, Power Worms, and inflated nightcrawlers. The largemouth bite is good with plastics and trout-like lures working well. The catfish bite is good with most of the fish being caught in deep water on anchovies and chicken liver. Zoey Bush, Huntington Beach, caught eight catfish to eight pounds on anchovies fishing the channel. Carp are moving shallow and anglers fishing dough baits or nightcrawlers are getting a few. Bluegill action is starting to improve with the best bite on nightcrawlers. Slow other species. Miller Canyon Creek (just above the lake) was planted with DFG trout three weeks ago and the bite has slowed. The park is open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Information: marina 760-389-2299, state park 760-389-2281, Silverwood Country store 760-389-2423.
BIG BEAR LAKE: Overall slow to fair trout action for shore anglers with better action for trollers working deeper water in the Trout Triangle area of the lake. Best shore action still at the dam on Power Bait and inflated nightcralwers fished in deeper water, while trollers are working 12 to 25 feet of water with Needlefish, gold Thomas Buoyants, or similar lures and flasher rigs. Weeds starting to grow up in shallows and oxygen levels are down and temperatures up, so the trout have cleared out into deeper water. Some bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish showing, but light pressure on these species. Good carp bowfishing. Fishing information: Big Bear Marina 909-866-3218, Big Bear Sporting Goods 909-866-3222.
GREGORY LAKE: There continues to be a fair trout bite with some limits posted even though the last DFG plant was May 27. The best action has been on floating baits or small lures and the warm weather is pushing the trout deeper. The bite on small crappie is very good early and late in the day. The boat house is open. Information: 909-338-2233.
GREEN VALLEY LAKE: Good trout action on 1-8 to 2-8 rainbows with a few even better quality fish showing. There will be another plant of Calaveras trout this week. Top rainbow reported was a 9-12 rainbow caught by Glen Jonas, Green Valley Lake, on a yellow and orange jig. Anglers win a fee Green Valley Lakes tee-shirt if they land a trout over six pounds. Recorded information: 909-867-2009.
ARROWBEAR LAKE: DFG trout plant three weeks ago.
JENKS LAKE REGION: DFG trout plant three weeks ago in Jenks Lake, and just fair action on small jigs, trout plastics, and floating baits. Both the Santa Ana River in the Seven Oaks area and the South Fork were also planted by the DFG three weeks ago, and the bite has slowed since. Brown trout anglers are doing pretty good in the streams, however, but most fish are under 10 inches long. Information: Mill Creek Ranger Station at 909-382-2881.
