Memorable Weekend for Two Catfish Anglers

Bad weather at Lake Henshaw didn’t stop Mark Lash of Colton and Doug Denman of Redding from catching a combined 181 pounds of catfish over the Memorial Day weekend.

On Sunday, Lash and Denman, drifting with shad near the dam, each caught limits of 10 catfish weighing 80 pounds. They came back on Monday, using the same bait, and caught two more limits weighing 101 pounds.

Elsewhere, a good corvina bite is underway at the Salton Sea from Salt Creek to Bombay Beach.

LAKE MEAD--Vegas Wash and Temple Bar areas good for largemouth bass. Frozen anchovies best bait for striped bass.

BULLHEAD CITY--Striped bass good on Colorado River. Trout good by trolling on Lake Mohave. Catfish picking up.

SALTON SEA--Good corvina action from Salt Creek to Bombay Beach on live bait averaging 12 pounds. Tilapia and croaker consistent around the sea.

LAKE CACHUMA--Trout best bet near dam on cheese and nightcrawlers. Crappie good behind the island on nightcrawlers. Catfish hitting in narrows on mackerel. Largemouth bass excellent in shallow water.

LAKE CASITAS--Trout best bet. Bass good. Catfish picking up. Michael Gray, Meiners Oaks, 4 trout largest 4-8 on silver and red needle fish. Gary Nelson, Upland, 13-0 bass; Hugh Mitchell, Oxnard, 15-0 bass.

LAKE PIRU--Excellent for trout, 2- to 6-pound average by trolling in center of lake. Smaller trout near shore. Good limits of bass reported, largest 6-0. Catfish picking up on mackerel and nightcrawlers.

CASTAIC LAKE--Bass best bet. Bluegill picking up. Bob Webber, Canoga Park, 10-9 bass on plastic worm in lower lake; Bert Fowler, Whittier, 2 bass, largest 11-10 on purple grub in big lake; Mike Van Wagner, Bakersfield, 4 bass, largest 9-4 in big lake. Crappie good up to 2 pounds.

LAKE ISABELLA--Catfish good at Brown’s Cove. Trout good at Paradise Cove and near the dam. Bluegill and crappie in deeper water. Windy.

IRVINE LAKE--Catfish best bet up to 20 pounds. Bass picking up. Trout slow. Jim Brown, Balinda, 17-0 catfish; Blay Cale, Westminster, 18-2 catfish.

VAIL LAKE--Good for bass. Anthony Manfro, La Verne, 11-2 bass; Max Ermacoff, Fountain Valley, 8-2. Catfish good. Joe Plante, Agunanga, 3 catfish, largest 15-13; George Baker, Los Angeles, 3 catfish weighing 26-0; William Randall, Los Angeles, 2 catfish weighing 22-12.

BIG BEAR LAKE--Wind and cold weather has slowed fishing. Limits of trout reported, 14-16 inches. Some bass. Catfish good.

LAKE SILVERWOOD--Striped bass best bet on anchovies near spillway and the channel. Bass, trout and catfish fair.

LAKE HENSHAW--Slow due to cold weather. Limits of catfish reported.

BISHOP AREA--South Lake Inlet good area for rainbow trout to 1-0. Intake II and North Lake good for brown and rainbow trout. Lower Owens River fair. Pleasant Valley Reservoir fair to good for rainbow trout. Gary Jackson, Altadena, 4-4 brown trout. Excellent Sacramento Perch bite at Crowley Lake.

JUNE LAKE--Good for trout around June Loop in the mornings, thundershowers in the afternoons.

GULL LAKE--Excellent for trout up to 1 pound, both by trolling and from shore.

BRIDGEPORT AREA--Slow due to bad weather in the afternoons. Sacramento Perch up to 14 inches good off the dam on crappie jigs. Robinson Creek fair for planted rainbows. Bridgeport fair for trout by trolling. East Walker River slow to fair. Twin Lakes good for shore fishing, slow for trolling.

Saltwater

The Times accepts and publishes the catch count as a public service. Any responsibility for accuracy is that of the landing operator.

SAN SIMEON--8 anglers (1 boat): 14 ling cod, 19 rock cod, 71 red rock cod, 21 red snapper, 9 bass.

MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--16 anglers (2 boats): 10 ling cod, 21 red rock cod, 35 red snapper, 67 bass, 4 cabazon, 11 halibut.

SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--25 anglers (1 boat): 87 calico bass, 5 rockfish, 1 sheephead.

OXNARD--104 anglers (4 boats): 675 rock cod, 7 cow cod, 18 sole, 69 rockfish, 10 halibut, 5 barracuda, 141 calico bass.

PORT HUENEME--45 anglers (3 boats): 4 sheephead, 177 calico bass, 1 sand bass, 4 whitefish, 230 rockfish.

MALIBU--43 anglers (2 boats): 110 red snapper, 169 rockfish.

MARINA DEL REY--62 anglers (3 boats): 1 halibut, 60 calico bass, 15 sand bass, 150 rock cod, 57 bonito.

SAN PEDRO (22nd St. Landing)-- (Ports ‘O Call)--87 anglers (4 boats): 3 yellowtail, 170 calico bass, 45 sand bass, 14 barracuda, 1 halibut, 1 sheephead, 6 rockfish, 205 bonito.

LONG BEACH (Belmont Pier)--15 anglers (1 boat): 15 rockfish, 12 sole, 100 mackerel. (Queen’s Wharf)--27 anglers (1 boat): 26 barracuda, 68 bonito, 61 calico bass, 10 rockfish, 1 sheephead, 5 perch.

SEAL BEACH--15 anglers (1 boat): 23 rockfish, 2 rock sole, 50 mackerel.

NEWPORT (Davey’s Locker)--175 anglers (7 boats): 8 yellowtail, 23 barracuda, 10 sand bass, 362 bonito, 335 calico bass, 2 rockfish, 53 mackerel, 10 sand bass, 1 sheephead, 3 blue shark, 3 mako shark.

DANA WHARF--131 anglers (7 boats): 249 bass, 13 barracuda, 114 bonito, 2 yellowtail, 10 rockfish.

OCEANSIDE--33 anglers (2 boats): 84 bonito, 18 calico bass, 28 sand bass, 18 whitefish, 154 mackerel.

SAN DIEGO (H&M; landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--98 anglers (6 boats): 12 yellowtail, 385 barracuda, 75 bonito, 55 bass, 108 rockfish. (Seaforth)--110 anglers (5 boats): 12 yellowtail, 5 barracuda, 407 bonito, 227 calico bass, 34 mackerel, 1 halibut. (Islandia)--56 anglers (5 boats): 9 barracuda, 324 bonito, 1 yellowtail, 6 sand bass, 284 calico bass, 7 rockfish, 30 mackerel, 1 white sea bass.

Trout Plants

A list of waters scheduled to be planted this week by the Department of Fish and Game, weather and road conditions permitting, by counties:

LOS ANGELES--Big Rock Creek, Bouquet Canyon Creek, Castaic Lake, Puddingstone Lake, Pyramid Lake, San Gabriel River (East and North Forks).

SAN BERNARDINO--Big Bear Lake, Jenks Lake, Santa Ana River, Santa Ana River (South Fork).

RIVERSIDE--Fulmor Lake, Hemet Lake, Perris Lake, Skinner Lake.

SANTA BARBARA--Lake Cachuma.

VENTURA--Lake Casitas, Lake Piru.

INYO--Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle, South forks and Intake II), Georges Creek, Independence Creek, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, Owens River (below Tinemeha and Laws Bridge downstream to Steward Lane), Pleasant Valley Reservoir, Rock Creek Lake, Rock Creek (Rock Creek Lake to the end of the road), Shepherd Creek, Taboose Creek, Tinemeha Creek, Tuttle Creek.

MONO--Bridgeport Reservoir, Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Deadman Creek, Ellery Lake, George Lake, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Gull Lake, June Lake, Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining Creek (South Fork), Lundy Lake, Mamie Lake, Mammoth Creek, Mary Lake, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Robinson Creek, Rush Creek, Rock Creek (Paradise Camp to Tom’s Place, Tom’s Place upstream to Rock Creek Lake), Saddlebag Creek, Saddlebag Lake, Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Swauger Creek, Tioga Lake, Trumbull Lake, Twin Lakes Bridgeport, Twin Lakes Mammoth, Virginia Lake.

KERN--Alder Creek, Cedar Creek, Erskine Creek, Kern River (Democrat Dam to KR1 Powerhouse, Borell Powerhouse to Democrat Dam, Isabella Dam to Borell Powerhouse, KR3 Powerhouse to Lake Isabella).

TULARE--Bone Creek, Deer Creek, Dry Meadow Creek, Kern River (South Fork), Kern River (Fairview Dam to KR3 Powerhouse, Johnsondale Bridge to Fairview Dam), Nobe Young Creek, Peppermint Creek, Poso Creek, South Creek, Tule River (Middle Fork, North and South forks of Main Fork, Cedar Slope area), White River.