Diamond Valley Lake Fish Report Location: Diamond Valley Lake by Tammy Toral
Water Temperature: 68 Lake Elevation: 1652.84 Fish Plants: The next trout plant is scheduled for November 5th.
Lake Hours: 6:45 am to 5:15 pm
Weather: Temperatures are between 70-90 degrees!
Diamond Valley Striper Giveaway! October10th-November 30th. Every striper brought into the marina store will receive a raffle ticket for a drawing at the end of November. All DFG bag limits still apply.
BASS
Big baits are out without the trout! Within 5 days of the Lassen stock swimbait fishing was on the decline but shad baits worked fine. You have to match the hatch for a great catch. Fish shad pattern cranks from a boat or the banks. Flukes on underspins or scroungers are first class for bass. When all else fails the drop shot prevails. Finesse worms in prism shad, oxblood, and watermelon red are knocking them dead. Bass will bite a Carolina rigged reaper, a big worm, or creature. Don’t put the swimbaits away the trout will be here any day. Louie Marquez caught his biggest bass at 4.33 pounds fishing from shore with a Storm shad.
TROUT
DVL can’t help but tout the trout. The Lassen truck will bring you luck. Mini jigs were the best for those ‘bows, with Powerbait and nightcrawlers also tricking trout. Branon Hubert of Beaumont caught his biggest trout at 3.38 pounds fishing from shore with a white mini jig.
STRIPER
Striper fishing is insane either fishing the flocks or stocks. DVL striper are on the shad bad, so follow the birds for busting boils. After we drop the trout get the big baits out. Jesse Mena of Hemet caught a 13.94 pound striper fishing the east shoreline with a Lunker Punker. Dusty Parker of Cherry Valley caught a 16.9 pound striper fishing the east shoreline with a Lunker Punker. Jeffery Kerkhoff of West Covina caught a 3 pound striper fishing with a Kastmaster. Josh Baldwin of Murrieta caught a 13.37 pound striper fishing with a Lunker Punker. Ted Reed of Hollywood caught a 13.08 pound striper fishing the east shore with a Zplug. Bob Scaccianoce of Yucca Valley caught a 13.55 pound striper fishing with a BBZ. Yogi Brewer of Chino Caught a 7.64 pound striper trolling an AC plug on the south west side. Scott Eberhard of Big Bear Lake caught a 14.63 pound striper fishing with a BBZ on the south side.
CATFISH
Tommy McCraw was king of the cats this week with a 7 pound channel caught near the east dam with a nightcrawlers.
PANFISH
The pan fish bite is still reeling the east dam being the best spot. Blue gill is the most common catch, but some crappie are being caught. Live worms, mini jigs, and crickets are the best baits.
LAKE RECORDS
Lake Record Striper November 11, 2005: Art Berry of Hemet; 29.77 lb. striper caught at East Dam using swimbait.
Lake Record Largemouth Bass March 16th 2007: Mike Long of Poway, 16.43 lb bass. He was fishing the west dam with a 6” “Real Trout” Rago swimbait.
Lake Record Crappie: 3.0 pounds landed by Keith Thomas. He was fishing with shad.
Lake Record Blue Gill: Michael Wolf of Redondo Beach caught a 3.45 pound bluegill fishing with trout Krilla near the rock quarry.
Lake Record Catfish October 29, 2008: Jason Walsh, of Temecula, caught a 42.56 pound catfish using an LA Slider near the inlet tower.
Lake Record Trout, March 14, 2009: Andrew Aralos of Hemet caught a 15.45 pound trout. He was fishing with Powerbait near the east dam.
