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[#622d37]Location: Use the 241 Toll Road, Exit Santiago Canyon. Hours: Open daily, 6am to 4 pm. Fridays and Saturdays until 11pm in summer.
Fees: Adults: $20 Seniors (Monday - Thursday only): $17 Children (4-12 years old):$9
Facilities:Launch Ramp, Bait and Tackle Store, Picnic Area, Barbeques and Private Boat Storage.
Species: Trout, Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Sturgeon, Sunfish.
Stocking: Weekly Stocking. Trout Season November through May; Catfish Season June through October.
License: Required.
Website: www.irvinelake.com
Comments: The lake is open until 2:00 AM on Friday and Saturday nights, and is closed on Tuesdays for the rest of the summer. [/#622d37][font "verdana"][#622d37]
Current conditions: (Updated 6/22/08) IRVINE LAKE REPORT By Steve Carson 6/22/08 With this week’s intense heat, the best action for Irvine Lake anglers was one of the night sessions on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evenings. The lake stays open until 11:0 PM on Thursdays, and until 2:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays, and that is far and away the best time for most of the lakes’ fish species. “The best catfish bite has been from about 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM”, observed Jimmy Getty at the Pro Shop. “Then there is a lull, and they bite again from 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Remember the bright crappie lights tend to repel the catfish, so you will usually only be able to catch one of those species at a time.” Best catfish bait this week was DuMongs’, but some whiskerfish were caught on mackerel, un-cooked shrimp and nightcrawlers. Most of the cats were stockers weighing from 2 to 5 pounds. Crappie anglers found very good action on slabsides up to 2 pounds in weight. A floating lantern set out after dark is the key to finding the crappie. Top producers are jighead-rigged Gulp! Minnows or white Berkley Atomic Teasers. Some decent bluegill catches were made during the daytime hours. Best spots were near the docks, and the best baits were mealworms and waxworms. Bass anglers also did best right at dusk, with topwater frogs fished across the mats accounting for good numbers of 2 to 3-pound largemouth. Daytime bassers picked up a few fish on dropshot-rigged plastics at 15 feet off points. Some trout in the 2 to 4 pound class were caught by anglers skilled in deepwater trolling techniques. Anywhere from 3 to 5 colors of leadcore line and a needlefish or Rapala were the ticket.
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