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Updated March 11, 2026

CASITAS LAKE – “The bass are in all phases of spring right now- prespawn, spawn, and post-spawn,” states Guide Fred Klinshaw of fredklinshawfishing.com. Smaller models are hitting senkos and Roboworms up shallow, while the kicker fish are in the 25- to 40- foot range. These bigger fish are hitting spoons like the Damiki Vault. Rich Tauber of richtauberfishing.com is loving the conditions right now, and expects the lake to go wide open here soon. “Temps are in the 64- to 66- degree range, and the lake is high enough to be crashing over the spillway,” Tauber says. “These next few weeks of warm weather will be just what these fish are waiting for, and they’ll be all over the shoreline soon.”

CASTAIC LAKE – “There’s a steady bite on plastics for 1- to 2-pound largemouth,” reports Jim Taibi of 661fishing.com. “Most of the fish are in that 10- to 20- foot zone.” Taibe recommends the C3 Baits Shimmy’s and the Bait Merchant Calligator on a dropshot to land these fish. For bigger fish, the C3 Baits Curly Sue is the way to go. The stripers are slow, butt he trout are solid, and will hit the usual PowerBait, MiceTails, or jigs, but are also being caught by the bass guys on plastics. The lake is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

DIXON LAKE – The trout fishing remains consistent here, and the amount of bass anglers is increasing as the fish move towards the bedding phase. Trout will hit jigs soon after the stock, and baits like Trout Worms and PowerBait after they settle in. The bass are hitting dropshots or creature baits.

DIAMOND VALLEY LAKE – There’s some solid bass coming in, as the full moon last week switched on the feed bag. Jigs, dropshots, Senkos, Ikas or brush hogs worked on points and secondary points brought in bass to 8 pounds. The striper have taken a backseat to this bite, but there’s still a few available on cutbait. The trou slowed after the massive stock of last week, but the lake may still have another batch or two delivered before the water gets too warm. The lake is open Wednesday through Sunday, with half-off boat rentals on Wednesday. Also, effective immediately, the lake no longer accepts boats with Lake Perris or Lake Silverwood Stickers. Anglers that arrive with said stickers will be subjected to extra inspection. Hours are now 6:30a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.

EL CAPITAN RESERVOIR – The shallow bite is on, but it’s mostly a finesse bite right now. Neko or Ned rigs are getting the bass, especially when they’re worked near shallow cover. There should be a squarebill or spinnerbait bite soon, but it just hasn’t happened yet.

ELSINORE LAKE – The hot wiper fishing that WON has been reporting on in recent issues of the paper seems to have sputtered a bit, but the fishing remains fair overall for anglers slow trolling Berkley Flicker Shads, or moving around casting spoons (1/4-ounce Kastmasters) to locate schools. The largemouth bass bite picked up a couple weeks ago, and recent reports suggest that bite is still decent, too, on plastics with light or no weight pitched around shoreline cover and flooded trees. Almost all of those fish are shallow.

GREGORY LAKE – A few trout have been showing up on the south side of the lake, but fishing has been slow overall. However, locals expect the lake to get some heavy stocking leading up to the Lake Gregory Trout Derby which will be held on April 18. It features prizes for first through third place, plus a kids category. For more info, visit LakeGregory.com.

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