04-24-2003, 02:31 AM
Hello Guys,
I got the email below and am thinking of heading out to check out one of these lakes tommorow, anybody hit this last year and if so was it way to packed? If I do go what time should I be there to get a boat?
Anybody else hitting this?
Here's the email I got:[size 2]
Santa Ana River Lakes `trout opener' event
will produce more big trout than the Sierra
Bill Andrews and Doug Elliott, the owners of the concession operating Santa Ana
River Lakes, are pulling out all the stops for this year's trout opener event
which kicks of Thursday and continues through Sunday.
In past years, they have planted huge rainbow trout to, and tons of them, in
Santa Ana to lure anglers away from making the multi-hour drive up Highway 395
to the Eastern Sierra. They have offered hundreds of tagged fish worth up to
$100, and they've planted exotic trout not available anywhere else in the world.
This year, they're doing all that and more.
"We might not have the Sierras as our backdrop, but we'll have more and bigger
trout, more varieties of trout, and better fishing than the all the waters in
the Sierra combined," said Doug Elliott. "We've simply never stocked this many
big and exotic trout ever."
This special Sierra Exotic Trout Opener event will feature the following:
- Tons of Mt. Lassen Trout Farms trophy rainbow trout with many fish topping an
honest 20 pounds.
- The beautiful and exotic Lightning Trout and its sister fish, the Thunder
Trout, will also be planted, including some of the largest of these two colorful
trout ever seen by anglers.
- Add to that mix, acrobatic steelhead, brown trout, brook trout, and the lovely
Tiger trout (a brown-brook hybrid), and it means that anglers at SARL can catch
more varieties of trout in one place than anglers fishing throughout the Sierra
could catch ever.
- But there's more: Many of the planted trout will be wearing tags worth $5,
$10, $25, $50 or $100.
"The lake will be stock so heavily, you'll be able to walk across the water on
the trout," said Mike Hubbard at the tackle shop.
In the past week, before all these bonus plants were to go in, the fishing has
been very good with 13 trout over 10 pounds landed, including a 15 1/2-pounder
landed by John Chapman, Anaheim, while fishing with Crave Bait in Chris' Pond.
Gene Yonemura, Long Beach, used a Kastmaster to catch a 13 1/2-pounder off
LaPalma Point, and there were four other fish at or better than 12 pounds. They
included a 12 3/4-pound rainbow caught by Brian Rysdon, San Gabriel, a 12
1/2-pound rainbow landed by Richard Natividad, Baldwin Park, and 12-evens by
Ayaz Udden, Anaheim Hills and Harold Brown, Compton. There was also a 10-pound
Lightning trout caught by Jeff Clark, South Pa
ena.
The lakes are open seven days a week. Anglers can fish from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
day passes, or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each pass has a
five-fish limit. Seniors can fish on Wednesdays for just $12.
For more Santa Ana River Lakes fishing information, call (714) 632-7830 for the
recording, (714) 632-7851 for the bait shop, or log on at
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Corona Lake celebrates Sierra
opener with massive trout plants
Corona Lake will be planted with trophy rainbows and six other types of trout
for the special Sierra Exotic Trout Opener event that runs Thursday through
Sunday this week.
Like it's sister water, Santa Ana River Lakes, Corona will receive plants of
trophy rainbows, with some topping 20 pounds, steelhead, Lightning trout,
Thunder trout, brown trout, brook trout, and Tiger trout for this weekend's
fishing. Many of the trout will also carry tags worth from $5 to $100 in cash.
The bite has remained excellent for trout, especially for boat anglers fishing
at the dam and behind the bait shop, with Crave Bait or nightcrawlers dipped in
Crave Gravy producing the most fish.
The top trout this past week was a 17-pound rainbow landed by Joshua Cacciatori,
Riverside. He had four trout that weighed 21 1/2-pound total. A 14-0 rainbow was
landed by Jake Mize, Corona.
The bass and catfish action has also started to take off. Top bass was a 5-4
caught by Manny Santillanes, Pomona, and cats to 5-0 have also been reported.
The bass are best on plastics or reaction baits, while the cats are showing at
night on cut mackerel doused with Crave Gravy.
Corona Lake is open seven days a week. Anglers can fish from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
day passes, or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each pass has a
five-fish limit. Seniors can now fish on Wednesdays for just $12.
For more Corona Lake fishing information, call (909) 277-4489[/size]
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I got the email below and am thinking of heading out to check out one of these lakes tommorow, anybody hit this last year and if so was it way to packed? If I do go what time should I be there to get a boat?
Anybody else hitting this?
Here's the email I got:[size 2]
Santa Ana River Lakes `trout opener' event
will produce more big trout than the Sierra
Bill Andrews and Doug Elliott, the owners of the concession operating Santa Ana
River Lakes, are pulling out all the stops for this year's trout opener event
which kicks of Thursday and continues through Sunday.
In past years, they have planted huge rainbow trout to, and tons of them, in
Santa Ana to lure anglers away from making the multi-hour drive up Highway 395
to the Eastern Sierra. They have offered hundreds of tagged fish worth up to
$100, and they've planted exotic trout not available anywhere else in the world.
This year, they're doing all that and more.
"We might not have the Sierras as our backdrop, but we'll have more and bigger
trout, more varieties of trout, and better fishing than the all the waters in
the Sierra combined," said Doug Elliott. "We've simply never stocked this many
big and exotic trout ever."
This special Sierra Exotic Trout Opener event will feature the following:
- Tons of Mt. Lassen Trout Farms trophy rainbow trout with many fish topping an
honest 20 pounds.
- The beautiful and exotic Lightning Trout and its sister fish, the Thunder
Trout, will also be planted, including some of the largest of these two colorful
trout ever seen by anglers.
- Add to that mix, acrobatic steelhead, brown trout, brook trout, and the lovely
Tiger trout (a brown-brook hybrid), and it means that anglers at SARL can catch
more varieties of trout in one place than anglers fishing throughout the Sierra
could catch ever.
- But there's more: Many of the planted trout will be wearing tags worth $5,
$10, $25, $50 or $100.
"The lake will be stock so heavily, you'll be able to walk across the water on
the trout," said Mike Hubbard at the tackle shop.
In the past week, before all these bonus plants were to go in, the fishing has
been very good with 13 trout over 10 pounds landed, including a 15 1/2-pounder
landed by John Chapman, Anaheim, while fishing with Crave Bait in Chris' Pond.
Gene Yonemura, Long Beach, used a Kastmaster to catch a 13 1/2-pounder off
LaPalma Point, and there were four other fish at or better than 12 pounds. They
included a 12 3/4-pound rainbow caught by Brian Rysdon, San Gabriel, a 12
1/2-pound rainbow landed by Richard Natividad, Baldwin Park, and 12-evens by
Ayaz Udden, Anaheim Hills and Harold Brown, Compton. There was also a 10-pound
Lightning trout caught by Jeff Clark, South Pa
ena. The lakes are open seven days a week. Anglers can fish from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
day passes, or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each pass has a
five-fish limit. Seniors can fish on Wednesdays for just $12.
For more Santa Ana River Lakes fishing information, call (714) 632-7830 for the
recording, (714) 632-7851 for the bait shop, or log on at
[/size][url "http://www.fishinglakes.com/"][#0000ff][size 2]http://www.fishinglakes.com[/size][/#0000ff][/url][size 2]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Corona Lake celebrates Sierra
opener with massive trout plants
Corona Lake will be planted with trophy rainbows and six other types of trout
for the special Sierra Exotic Trout Opener event that runs Thursday through
Sunday this week.
Like it's sister water, Santa Ana River Lakes, Corona will receive plants of
trophy rainbows, with some topping 20 pounds, steelhead, Lightning trout,
Thunder trout, brown trout, brook trout, and Tiger trout for this weekend's
fishing. Many of the trout will also carry tags worth from $5 to $100 in cash.
The bite has remained excellent for trout, especially for boat anglers fishing
at the dam and behind the bait shop, with Crave Bait or nightcrawlers dipped in
Crave Gravy producing the most fish.
The top trout this past week was a 17-pound rainbow landed by Joshua Cacciatori,
Riverside. He had four trout that weighed 21 1/2-pound total. A 14-0 rainbow was
landed by Jake Mize, Corona.
The bass and catfish action has also started to take off. Top bass was a 5-4
caught by Manny Santillanes, Pomona, and cats to 5-0 have also been reported.
The bass are best on plastics or reaction baits, while the cats are showing at
night on cut mackerel doused with Crave Gravy.
Corona Lake is open seven days a week. Anglers can fish from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
day passes, or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each pass has a
five-fish limit. Seniors can now fish on Wednesdays for just $12.
For more Corona Lake fishing information, call (909) 277-4489[/size]
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