Went to Big Bear with the family July 13-15th. Great weekend except for the heat during the day. Woke up a little late the morning of the 14th because we took my 2 year old nephew. I thought it would be fun taking him but he ended up being more of a distraction. I think 2 is a little young for fishing. We fished the north shore a little east of the dam. There's alot of construction going on at the dam so you can't really fish from it. No luck the first day, tried powerbait and NC no luck. I did manage to catch a baby catfish on a NC. The next morning woke up at 4 and got lines in water by 5, no nephew this time, just took my sister who's never been trout fishing. Within 15 minutes we had our first one. Steady bite all morning we landed 7 in 2 hours and farmed 3 or 4. All were pretty small, about a foot long and caught on garlic chartreuse PB. All fish were safely released after removing the hooks.
P.S. Bring mosquito repellent, got lit up by them in the early morning.