Diamond Valley fishing stays in the top three

Diamond Valley: Excellent striper bite this past week. LA Sliders, Z Plugs and Lunker Punkers were the top baits for stripers. Jesse Mena, of Hemet, caught two stripers at 16.71 and 11.59 pounds on a Lunker Punker near the east dam. Seth Cittel, of Winchester, caught a 15.5-pound striper. Largemouth action is good. The bigger fish come up in the days after the trout plants to hammer the rainbows. Big swim baits are the ticket then. Otherwise, the fish are mostly in deeper water and showing on a wide range of plastics, jigs, ice jigs and underspins. Rainbow trout action has been very good with many limits reported on floating dough baits, trout jigs and small, trout plastics. Best action in the marina cove and off the east dam with two-pound test. Trout were planted last week. No catfish were reported this past week. Bluegill and crappie have slowed with only a few showing on jigs and nightcrawlers fished at the dam. The launch ramp is currently closed but will reopen for boat launching Dec. 20, two months ahead of schedule, with the completion of the ramp extension. A combination bass and trout fishing competition will be held at Diamond Valley Lake on Saturday, Dec. 12, with proceeds to benefit Valley Wide Recreation, a group benefiting youth athletic and outdoor activities in the Hemet-San Jacinto area. Entry fee is $220 for bass anglers ($80 in options available) and $60 for trout anglers (or $20 for kids 15 and under). Anglers fishing this event will be the first to use the new ramp to launch private boats and fish the lake. For more tournament information or to sign up, call Last Chance Bait and Tackle in Hemet at 951-658-7410 or to to www.lastchancebaitandtackle.com. For general lake and fishing information, call 800-590-LAKE, the marina at 951-926-7201 or www.dvmarina.com, or Last Chance Bait and Tackle (numbers above).

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