San Bernardino County Fishing Reports

Big Bear fishing is picking up for both trout and bass as the weather and water warms. Trout action has been very good from both shore and boat, with anglers pulling limits and hooking into some thick holdovers. Shore casters are soaking mice tails and PowerBait on long leaders, launching casts as far as they can. Boats are getting it done with 1/4 oz jigs and spinners, finding fish 20–30 feet down in open water.

The bass bite is starting to wake up with water temps creeping into the low 50s. Both largemouth and smallmouth are starting to push shallow in prep for the spawn. Hair jigs, spinnerbaits, and jerkbaits are all getting fish. Crappie action has also been surprisingly good... unexpected for this time of year.

Trout action at Lake Gregory is finally picking up after a slow start to the year. The last few weeks saw three plants—two from CDFW and one 1,000-pound load of Calaveras trout. Bait soakers are connecting on rainbow PowerBait and inflated nightcrawlers, while others are hooking the bigger Calaveras fish on spinners and Kastmasters. The bite should hold steady heading into the Trout Derby on April 19.

Spent a few days out on Havasu this week.. Mainly fished around the main basin.. The wind was rough at times but the bite was decent on a fair number of Smallmouth and Largemouth.. Mostly caught fish on drop shots and neko rigs, with a few jerk bait and senko fish thrown in.. The bed bite will for sure pick up next week with the full moon seen quite a few rolling together and a few already on beds but the main spawn hasn’t happened yet…