Finally had a chance to get out to Big Bear for a couple hours with the wife. We went to our usual spot around 8:00am and threw out the first line. Missed a really big bite, and then caught 2 trout after new casts before I could even get a 2nd pole setup. During the rest of the morning we had a double hookup at one point and another time threw in a line and had a fish on before I could even get it placed in a rod holder. Released and lost a few that had light lip hooks but kept any others if it was deep or questionable. Also missed a lot of bites. Chunky chartreuse with garlic, rainbow candy with garlic, as well as inflated night crawlers were all working on the usual 3' or so leader. Ended up with 9 fish around 11:00am and called it a day.
When I cleaned them, one had an entire bass plastic worm stuck in it guts (no idea how it ate it) and another had 4 of those fresh water sculpin inside it. I'm guessing they are eating everything they can right now to fatten up for the winter?