Anaheim Lake's Grand Opening

This sounds interesting ($20 per person though) -

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from the Turner's Outdoorsman website:



"The Big News"

Jim Matthews
Outdoor News Service
08-01-06

Anaheim Lake gets Mt. Lassen
catfish plant for Thursday opener

Anaheim Lake will open this Thursday, August 3, and the lake will be heavily stocked with catfish, including trophy cats from the famous Mt. Lassen hatchery that supplies the trophy rainbows planted each winter at Santa Ana River Lake. It will also get as many fish as it's possible to salvage from SARL, including a lot of bass, crappie, and bluegill.

Anaheim only opens to fishing when SARL is closed, and this water is ideal for anglers, with lots of grassy banks, more shade trees, and three islands in the lake, which makes it ideal for both shore and boat anglers. The maintenance work at SARL might not be done before trout season, so Anaheim Lake might get its first trout plants since 1983.

SARL closed July 23 for routine maintenance, which includes draining and cleaning, by the Orange County Water District. The SARL staff hopes to seine as many of the leftover catfish, bass, crappie, and bluegill as possible and transfer then into Anaheim this week and the next couple of weeks.

Anaheim Lake will be open seven days a week. Anglers can purchase a day fishing pass that is valid from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., while an evening pass is valid from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Each of these passes costs $20, and it has a five-fish limit. Special 24-hour passes available every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights cost $45 and have a 15-fish limit. Anglers are allowed on the lake from 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday or Saturday night to 4 p.m. the following day on these special 24-hour passes. Anglers can also bring their wife and up to three kids 12 and under to help them fill the 15-fish stringer for no extra fee. Camping is also free.

For more information, call (714) 996-3508 or log on to the lake's web site at www.fishinglakes.com.


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ANAHEIM LAKE is only about ½ mile from Santa Ana River Lakes. Take the Tustin off ramp, just like going to Santa Ana River Lakes, but go two more streets, North past La Palma, to Miraloma Avenue, turn left on Miraloma to the gate entrance of Anaheim Lake.