Huge 24 pound catfish caught & released at Santa Ana River Lakes
The catfish bite at Santa Ana River Lakes is red hot, especially on the weekend overnight fishing and camping sessions. The overnight 24 hour fisherman have been taking advantage of the smoking hot late night bite. The heaviest catfish of the week was caught and safely released back into the big lake by Demetric Ward of Garden Grove. 
Demetric landed a huge 24 pound catfish using mackerel in the big lake by the boat dock. Bill Schroeder of Norwalk caught a 10 lb. 2 oz. catfish using a night-crawler in Chris’ Pond. Mike Stutz of Anaheim fished over the weekend and ended up with 21 catfish totaling 43 pounds. Mike’s largest cat weighed in at 5 lb. 7 oz. and he was using both shrimp & mackerel in the catfish lake. Santiago Palacios of West Covina landed 14 catfish totaling 39 lbs. 10 oz. using a shrimp/marshmallow combo fishing at “The Road”. Howard Beastro of Villa Park caught 5 catfish totaling 17 lbs. 4 oz. using shrimp at the boat dock. Santa Ana River Lakes is open seven-days-a-week and has 24 hour overnight fishing/camping sessions every weekend during the summer. New lower prices checkwww.fishinglakes.com for price slashes on the Big Summer Friends & Family discount special. The more friends and family you bring fishing, the greater the combined savings will be. For more Santa Ana River Lakes fishing information, call 714-632-7830 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.
Anglers limiting out at Corona Lake
Corona Lake is the place to be, for all your camping and fishing needs this summer, With the heavy weekly stockings, it’s no wonder limits of catfish are the rule at Corona Lake. Jose Egbert of Guatemala fished overnight and caught 10 catfish totaling 23 pounds using night-crawlers from shore. Bob & Cam McAllen of Washington State caught 10 catfish totaling 20 pounds using mackerel from a boat at the East end of the lake. Gary Espinoza of Corona caught 7 catfish totaling 18 lbs. 12 oz. using shrimp off shore at the Dam. Royal Hunter of Moreno Valley caught 5 blue catfish totaling 12 pounds using shrimp in the middle of the lake. Corona Lake is open seven-days-a-week and has 24 hour overnight fishing/camping sessions every weekend during the summer. New lower prices check www.fishinglakes.com for price slashes on the Big Summer Friends & Family discount special. The more friends and family you bring fishing, the greater the combined savings will be. For more Corona Lake fishing information, call 951-277-4489 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.