You should see Irvine now!

[bassnet]

used to like to sneak into peters canyon reservoir when it was a full blown lake all the overflow from the spillway used to drain into it and it had more fish than irvine

another sleeper used to be a gravel quarry behind saddleback
was filled with big bass
saw 12 pounders come out many times
was always a catch and release spot
and was always fun hiding from the ranch cops

golf courses could be epic if you knew what water hazards to fish

Oh man, I never fished that quarry, but as a grom in the 70's there was liquor store at Marguerite and Avery that had a couple pics of giants from there. We stuck to the village, the rumors of salt pellets kept us away, lol

[capoisok]

never got shot at when fishing the quarry but had to sprint to the nearest fence hole more than once
it was a great spot we called it rankin reservoir after a buddy that yanked out a giant bass
didn't weigh it but we all agreed it had to be near 15lbs
this is back when hodges was the socal bass destination
but we always felt that world record was swimming in the quarry

was always good for 5 to 10 lb whiskers and a occasional nice trout that washed down san juan creek when it was planted heavily

the village ponds in the pitch an put course great until they got fished out lots of 5lb bass
best fishing golf course we ever found was pala mesa just north of fallbrook off of old 395 every water hazard was filled with bass and never got hassled
nothing better than 36 holes and sunset fishing

[bassnet]

Oh, you're talking the Ortega quarry, right? Got a ticket there hiking in, but there were some small bass below that quarry in San Juan creek and lots of little green sunfish- I was thinking the one on Trabuco creek right behind the college, rumors of biggins there too-

[bman90278]

How is the lake level now?

[etucker1959]

How is the lake level now?

The west shore is about half it's normal size. The East shore is it's own Lake and a couple of deep holes in the middle.