Catfish season is here and we have officially scheduled our BIG Catfish Opener for May 13-14-15 at Santa Ana River Lakes. We will continue to stock catfish & tilapia every Thursday gearing up for this BIG event. Dan Freeman from City of Industry caught 10 catfish totaling 45 pounds his biggest cat weighed in at 10 pounds 8 ounces fishing the overnight fishing/camping special. Dan used fresh mackerel from his float tube fishing near the Bubble Hole. Sean Keenoy of San Pedro caught and released a 22 pound sturgeon using shrimp fishing in the Catfish Lake. Brandon Zendejas of Santa Ana caught and released a 11 pound 8 ounce catfish fishing at Levitz corner from a float tube using mackerel. Marty Sauceda of Costa Mesa caught & released a 9 pound 8 ounce catfish using bonita fishing in the Catfish lake. Santiago Palacious of West Covina did back to back overnight sessions ending up with 20 catfish totaling 66 pounds using a shrimp & marshmallow combo fishing at the “nets” in Chris’ Pond.