If you remember skipper John Dipley of the Dina Lee, Grande, Queen of the Sea, Toronado, Redondo Special, City of Redondo to name just a few of his vessels, you can find him in our Forum.

There was a rumor the Diples had bit the dust; but OLDSALT lives abd you can drop him a message anytime. Just click on Forum at the top of the page and drop him a message in the chat box to the left.

Believe it or not; Dipley Lives

Drop Big Game 90 skipper and dear friend of 976-TUNA a card today as his Mother is in the hospital. That's one thing you all have made this website; a site that not only cares about people but a site whose members do something good. I can't thank you all enough for that-

Mike Jewett
Big Game 90
180 Marina Drive
Long Beach, CA 90803

Tony Diez, Lennox, landed this 8-4 bow off Trout Island while soaking chartreuse Power Bait.

Randy Bowling, Anaheim, landed one of the bigger crappie taken this week with his 1-12 that he caught on a trolled Rapala.

Fair to good bass fishing has been had by anglers fishing in two to 10-feet of water with plastics, crankbaits, or swimbaits. Here are some average bass that were landed this week.

Dave Cromwell and Kim Coon, San Jacinto, show off a 35-0 limit of trout caught from the shoreline at Diamond Valley Reservoir on rainbow Power Bait.

Claudia Wood was out visting from Key West, Florida, and decided to sample some of the good trout fishing at Diamond Valley. She was rewarded with a 5-8 ho ld-over trout that hit a gold Kastmaster.

Lake Elevation 1732.72 holding

Water Clarity: 5-10 feet

Water Temps: low 60s

Special Events: Spring Break Fish off Starts 3-28-2005

Bass: Bass fishing has slowed with cooler air temperatures this week. Sight fishing in 2-12 feet has been successful for many anglers. Anglers fishing shallow are using plastic worms or Senkos. Best colors have been greens, blues and yellow. Early morning swimbait bite is strong on the east end of the lake with sub-surface baits.

Trout: Shoreline fishing is consistent using powerbait, nightcrawlers and kastmasters. Anglers fishing in the first two coves have reported limits in the 20-25 pound range. Anglers wanting to troll should use the center of the lake and west side. Needle fish, firetigers, and other shad patterned baits. Big congrats to Dallas Barringer of San Jacinto that caught a 10.83 lb trout off the shoreline last week!

Panfish and catfish: Not a lot of action with the Pan Fish and Catfish expectations are high as the water warms.

Weekly Fish report

Mar 14 ? Mar 20

Trout ? Trout fishing this past week has been the best all week. Sunday fishing was unbelievable. Many anglers catching double limits. All baits have been working, night crawlers with garlic oil, power bait rigged with power worms, meal worms, salmon eggs and yellow & white tube jigs. Trout have been caught all over the lake & holding in the flats.

Next trout stocking will be Tues night, March 29.

Bass ? Bass fishing have been caught all over the lake this past week also. Many anglers catching & releasing up to 15 bass a day. Bass are the shallows & in the flats by the launch ramp.

Also many double digit catfish have been reported. Some even caught on power bait. Crappie & bluegill have been showing up.

Everything was biting this past week. Every angler went home happy.

A fair pick in 30 to 60 feet of water which should get better as we get closer to the next grunion run. Use enough weight to keep your bait on the bottom and catch a big flat one.

Santa Monica halibut

Malibu halibut

Not heavy at all but we could see some heavier rain from 9 pm to midnight.