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|STIS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 27
7.3.1 CCD Dark CurrentAt launch in 1997, the median dark rate (excluding hot pixels) for the STIS CCD was about 0.0015 e−/s. The on-orbit environment causes radiation damage which, over time, increases both the dark current and the number of hot pixels. The CCD is annealed once every four weeks by turning off the thermo-electric cooler (TEC) which allows the CCD to warm from its usual operating temperature near −83° C to approximately +5° C. While this slows the effects of radiation damage it does not eliminate it. By the time that the STIS Side-1 electronics failed in May 2001, the median dark rate had increased to about 0.004 e−/s.As the Side-2 electronics lack a working temperature sensor at the detector itself, the CCD can no longer be maintained at a fixed temperature, and this causes both the temperature of the CCD chip and the dark current to vary as the temperature of the HST aft-shroud environment into which the STIS CCD TEC radiates heat changes. This leads to fluctuations of the CCD dark current on short time scales as HST changes its orientation with respect to the Sun and Earth and moves in and out of the Earth's shadow, as well as on longer time scales where the heat input can vary due to the annual changes of the Earth's distance from the Sun, the degradation of HST's thermal insulation, and the heat inputs from other HST instruments. While the CCD detector temperature can no longer be directly measured, it has been shown that the temperature of the CCD housing (available in the telemetry value OCCDHTAV) can be used as a surrogate for the detector temperature. The dark current scales are observed to increase by between 5% and 10% for each degree increase in housing temperature, depending upon the individual pixel and when the exposure was taken in the lifetime of STIS. This is approximated by a 7%° C correction, (see STIS ISR 2001-03 for additional details).The combination of radiation damage and the resulting loss of charge transfer efficiency (Section 7.3.7), also results in a dark current that is no longer distributed uniformly over the detector. The effective dark current is much lower near the top of the detector, close to the readout register. This provides another reason to utilize the E1 aperture positions when observing faint objects (see Section 7.3.8). The trend for the dark current both at the center of the detector and near the top of the chip at the E1 aperture positions is shown in Figure 7.8. In this figure, all measured dark values have been scaled to a CCD housing temperature of 18° C, which is typical of values observed during September 2009. We expect that the CCD dark current will continue to increase with time and note that the scatter in the dark current values has increased when compared to the scatter in dark current values for darks taken prior to SM4. See STIS ISR 2012-02 for detailed information on the behavior of the CCD dark current after SM4. For use in the STIS ETC for Cycle 26, we have adopted dark current values of 0.015, 0.018, and 0.022 e−/s; these values are the expected values at the detector bottom, middle, and top (near the E1 position) during April 2019.Figure 7.8: STIS CCD dark current historyThe median values (after iterative rejection of hot pixels) of the STIS CCD dark current since the switch to Side-2 electronics are shown for the entire chip and the top of the detector (row 900 near the E1 aperture positions). For this figure, all measurements have been scaled to a CCD housing temperature of 18°C, which is representative of temperatures seen in the Fall of 2009. The dashed line shows a linear fit to data for the entire CCD.7.3.2 CCD SaturationThere are no hard bright object limits to worry about for CCD observations, because the CCD cannot be damaged by observations of bright sources. However, the CCD pixels do saturate at high accumulated count levels, due to the finite depth of the CCD full well. The level at which the behavior of individual pixels deviates from linearity varies over the surface of the chip. Near the center of the detector, (row 515), this may occur after collecting about 130,000 e-/pixel, while some regions saturate at levels as low as 120,000 e-/pixel. The variation of the CCD full well over the chip occurs because of nonuniformity in the process of boron implantation, which creates the potential wells in this type of CCD. Accumulations up to the full well limit can be observed only in the CCDGAIN=4 setting, as the gain amplifier already saturates at ~33,000 e-/pix in the CCDGAIN=1 setting (see Section 7.2.10).Saturation imposes a limit on the product of the count rate and the integration time. Keep the total counts in the pixels of interest below the saturation level, either by keeping the exposure time short enough that the limit is not violated in any single integration or by choosing a more appropriate configuration. You can allow saturation to occur in regions of the image over which you do not wish to extract information (e.g., you can allow a star or single emission line to saturate if you are interested in other features). Remember, however, that once the CCD well is over full, charge will bleed along the columns of the CCD so that neighboring pixels (along the slit for spectroscopic observations) will also be affected. Saturation cannot be corrected in post-observation data processing.An interesting workaround for this is described in Gilliland, Goudfrooij & Kimble, 1999, PASP 111, 1009. For CCDGAIN=4 the response remains linear up to, and even far beyond saturation if one integrates over the pixels receiving the charge bleed. Because the bleeding is perpendicular to the dispersion direction, for point sources such saturation does not compromise spectral purity. Signal to noise values of ~10,000 have been demonstrated for saturated data (see STIS ISR 1999-05 for a time series application and Bohlin & Gilliland, 2004, AJ 127, 3508 for a measurement of Vega's absolute flux). This technique is, however, best applied near the center of the detector. Near the top of the detector, (e.g., at the E1 aperture position near row 900), the full well depth of the detector is larger, and this can lead to serial transfer artifacts when too many electrons are read out of a single pixel. For more information see STIS ISR 2015-06. Further details of these effects are discussed in the first of the two June 2013 STScI Analysis Newsletters (STAN).In Section 6.2, we explained how to determine the peak counts/s/pix expected for your observation. In Chapter 13 for each spectroscopic mode and in Chapter 14 for each imaging mode, we provide plots of exposure time to fill the CCD well versus source flux for each STIS configuration. Lastly, STIS ETCs are available on the STScI STIS website. Use one of these sources to ensure that your observations will not saturate sources of interest.The minimum CCD exposure time is 0.1 seconds, providing a true limit to the brightest source that can be observed without saturating.
For standard applications keep the accumulated e_/pix per exposure below 120,000 at CCDGAIN=4 (determined by the CCD full well), and below 30,000 at CCDGAIN=1 (determined by gain amplifier saturation).7.3.3 CCD Shutter EffectsThe STIS CCD camera features a high-speed shutter that eliminates the need for a shutter illumination correction, even at the shortest commandable exposure time of 0.1 seconds. The only two minor drawbacks of using this shortest exposure time are the following: (i) a non-reproducible large-scale variation in intensity of a very low amplitude (~0.2%) which is due to a slight non-uniformity of the shutter speed, and (ii) a mean count rate which is ~3% lower than those of longer exposures, which is due to an inaccuracy of the shutter timing at this setting. These minor effects occur only for the shortest exposure times, and disappear completely for exposure times of 0.3 seconds and longer.7.3.4 Cosmic RaysAll CCD exposures are affected by cosmic rays. The rate of cosmic ray hits in orbit is very high compared to ground-based observations. The current rate at which pixels are affected by cosmic ray hits is 30.0 (± 3.7) pixels per second for the STIS CCD. To allow removal of cosmic rays in post-observation data processing we recommend that whenever possible, given signal-to-noise constraints, you take two or more exposures in any given CCD configuration (see also Section 11.2.2). The greater the number of independent exposures, the more robust is the removal of cosmic rays and for very long integrations it is convenient to split the exposure into more than two separate images to avoid coincident cosmic ray hits. As an example, for two 1200 second exposures, about 1250 CCD pixels will be hit in both images and will therefore be unrecoverable. Moreover, since cosmic ray hits typically affect ~5 pixels per event, these pixels will not be independently placed, but rather will frequently be adjacent to other unrecoverable pixels. In general, we recommend that individual exposures should not exceed ~1000 seconds duration to avoid excessive amounts of uncorrectable cosmic rays in the images. However, observers must balance the benefit of removing cosmic rays against the loss in signal-to-noise that results from the splitting of exposures when in the read noise-limited regime.In observations of faint sources, particularly for dispersed light exposures, the intrinsic count rates can be very low. The exposure time needed to reach a break-even between the read-out noise and the Poisson noise per pixel associated with the minimal sky background is ~15 minutes for imaging in 50CCD mode, and ~36 minutes for slitless spectroscopy with G750L. With a dark current of 0.009 e−/s it takes 35 minutes of integration for the Poisson statistics on the detector background to equal the read noise. Therefore, repeated short exposures of faint sources can significantly increase the total noise from added readouts. Selecting the correct number and length of repeated integrations requires a consideration of the trade-off between increased read noise and more robust cosmic ray elimination. The STIS Exposure Time Calculators (ETC), or the S/N plots in Chapter 13 and Chapter 14, can help you determine whether your observations are in the read noise dominated regime.
7.3.5 Hot PixelsHot pixels, caused by radiation damage, occur in the STIS CCD. Dark frames are routinely obtained twice a day in order to maintain a master list of hot pixels and to update the pipeline superdark reference files on a weekly basis. On a monthly time scale, the CCD is raised to ambient temperature, from its normal operating temperature of ~ –83° C, in order to permit annealing of hot pixels.Analysis of on-orbit data has shown that the annealing process is successful in slowing the growth rate of transient hot pixels (hotter than 0.1 e_/s/pix) each month. Apart from the transient hot pixels, there is a substantial number of hot pixels that stay persistently hot after anneals. In early 2014, ~5% of the pixels of the STIS CCD were persistently hot, and the total number of hot (>0.1 e_/s/pix) pixels immediately after an anneal was ~53,000.Figure 7.9 illustrates the long-term increase in hot pixel numbers with time. The different symbols indicate numbers of pixels with dark current above each listed threshold immediately after an anneal. The break in the trend near year 2001 reflects the switch to the STIS Side-2 electronics. In this figure, Side-2 darks were scaled to a housing temperature of 18° C, which corresponds to a detector temperature lower than the −83° C set point that was used when the Side-1 electronics were functional. The large scatter seen in data points just before the start of 2010 is due to the fact that STIS had been turned off and on several times during SMOV4. A detailed description of the variation in hot pixel numbers since launch and the differences between the anneal rates while running under Sides 1 and 2 can be found in STIS ISR 2009-01.Figure 7.9: Hot Pixels Remaining After Each AnnealNote that both binned and spectral data will increasingly suffer from the effects of hot pixels as the percentage of non-annealed pixels increases. Just prior to an anneal, up to 4.88% of all CCD pixels are hot, i.e., both persistent and "annealable" hot pixels. In the case of spectral data, with a normal extraction box height of 7 pixels, this means that 34.1% of the extracted pixels will be affected by a hot pixel. For imaging data involving rectification, the rectification process interpolates unremoved hot pixels into the four adjacent pixels. For the case of M×N binning, therefore, 4×M×N pixels will be affected by a combination of the binning and rectification process.While post-pipeline calibration using appropriate STIS reference superdarks allows one to subtract most hot pixels correctly (to within the accuracy set by Poisson statistics), the best way to eliminate all hot pixels is by dithering (making pixel-scale positional offsets between individual exposures). Dithering as a method of data taking is described in detail in Chapter 11. An HST handbook on dither strategies and advantages, together with example data is available on-line at:Analysis of CCD images taken during ground calibration and in Cycle 7 has revealed low-level changes in the bias pattern (at the tenths of a DN level) and a low-level amplifier nonlinearity. This non-linearity ("amplifier ringing") was uncovered during the analysis of the overscan region on flat-field images (reported in STIS ISR 1997-09). The bias value of a given row in the serial overscan region of flat-field images is depressed with respect to the nominal bias value by an amount proportional to the mean signal in that row. However, the small proportionality factors and low DN levels at which the nonlinearity occurs render the problem negligible for most STIS scientific applications. Instances of data that may be slightly affected by this problem (at the <1% level) are aperture photometry of faint sources (in imaging mode), especially in the case of a crowded region with nearby bright sources that would cause a local depression of the bias value, and photometry of diffuse extended objects that cover a large number of pixels. The brightest hot pixels (see Section 7.3.5) also cause a measurable local depression in the bias value, but their effect is corrected by using the appropriate superdark reference file (or daily dark file) during CCD calibration.Observers taking full-frame CCD images obtain both physical overscan (i.e., actual CCD pixels; columns 1-19 and 1016-1062 on the raw image) and virtual overscan (i.e., added electronically to the image; rows 1-20 on the raw image) on their frames; the virtual overscan is not subject to the amplifier nonlinearity problem and can be used to estimate the importance of this effect in the images. Observers using subarrays (e.g., to reduce the time interval between reads and limit the data volume when performing variability observations in the optical; see also Chapter 11) will obtain only the physical overscan.Radiation damage at the altitude of the HST orbit causes the charge transfer efficiency (CTE) of the STIS CCD to degrade with time. The effect of imperfect CTE is the loss of signal when charge is transferred through the CCD chip during the readout process. As the nominal read-out amplifier (Amp D) is situated at the top right corner of the STIS CCD, the CTE problem has two possible observational consequences: (1) making objects at lower row numbers (more pixel-to-pixel charge transfers) appear fainter than they would if they were at high row numbers (since this loss is suffered along the parallel clocking direction, it is referred to as parallel CTE loss); and (2) making objects on the left side of the chip appear fainter than on the right side (referred to as serial CTE loss). In the case of the STIS CCD, the serial CTE loss has been found to be negligible for practical purposes. Hence we will only address parallel CTE loss for the STIS CCD in this Handbook.The current lack of a comprehensive theoretical understanding of CTE effects introduces an uncertainty for STIS photometry. The CTE problems are caused by electron traps in the CCD that are filled as charge passes through the pixels. However, not all traps are accessible to all electrons passing through. Some traps are only accessible if there is significant charge involved. This model suggests that there will not be significant CTE losses in the presence of background, particularly for faint stars, because background electrons fill the traps before the charge associated with such stars passes through. There will still be some loss for brighter stars with background, because their charge may access traps that are unaffected by the background that previously clocked through. Faint stars in areas with little background may suffer from larger losses.In general, the amount of (parallel) CTE loss depends on the elapsed time on orbit, the distance (i.e., the number of CCD rows) from the source location on the CCD chip to the readout amplifier, the source signal, and the background level.It should be noted at the outset that the effect of CTE loss has not, as yet, been incorporated into the STIS ETCs. Thus, should you believe the CTE losses described herein may impact your spectroscopic or imaging observing program, you will need to provide longer exposure times in your Cycle 25 Phase II proposal to compensate for the anticipated losses1. In particular, Cycle 25 observers using the STIS CCD to observe faint targets (especially in spectroscopic mode) producing less than a few hundred electrons above a low background, are advised to adjust their exposure times appropriately (within the restrictions of their allocated number of HST orbits). CTE effects can be estimated using an iraf script available at:Analysis of a comprehensive calibration program has allowed us to derive a formula to correct spectroscopic observations of point sources for the parallel-register Charge Transfer Inefficiency (CTI = 1-CTE). This correction has been implemented in the standard calibration pipeline. For spectra at the standard reference position at the CCD center, CTE losses as big as 20% are corrected to within 1% at high signal levels, and to within ~1.5% at low signal levels of ~100 electrons. Further information on CTE loss in spectroscopic mode, including the CTI correction formula, can be found in STIS ISR 2006-03. The correlation of fractional signal loss and the shift of the centroid of the spectrum is demonstrated in STIS ISR 2006-01. For the CCD imaging mode, no correction is available at present in the pipeline, and we refer the reader to Goudfrooij and Kimble's 2002 HST Calibration Workshop article for the parametrization of the CTE loss, and Goudfrooij et al., PASP, 118, 1455, 2006.Figure 7.10 depicts the amount of CTE loss suffered as a function of source signal and background level, for spectra taken at epoch 2011.25 with the target at the center of the detector (solid lines) and at the E1 aperture position (dashed lines). Note that the CTE loss can be significant. A typical spectrum with a signal of about 150 e-/pix along the dispersion direction (extracted over the spatial extent of the PSF) and a background level of 5 e-/pix (appropriate for a 1000 second exposure in G430L mode) is expected to experience a CTE loss of ~34% at epoch 2011.25 when located in the center of the CCD, and a loss of ~10% when placed at the E1 aperture position (discussed below), which is much closer to the readout amplifier. For a background of 1 e-/pix (e.g., a 200 second exposure), a spectrum with the same source signal level would suffer a CTE loss of ~36% if placed at the center of the detector, and ~11% at the E1 aperture position. This emphasizes the need to take CTE losses into account when estimating exposure times needed to accomplish your science goals.Figure 7.10: Estimated Charge Transfer Inefficiency (CTI = 1-CTE) as a Function of Signal Level (per column) for Spectroscopy of a Point Source Observed in Calendar Year 2011.25.The solid lines are for targets placed at the center of the detector, and the dashed lines are for targets placed at the E1 aperture position. The colors black, red, and blue indicate a background of 1, 5, and 15 electrons per pixel, respectively. The CTI is expressed as the fraction of charge lost outside the default signal extraction box of 7 pixels perpendicular to the dispersion. Note the CTI-decreasing effect of added background, which argues for an observing strategy involving long exposure times.Our discussion thus far has focused on the loss of flux due to charge-transfer inefficiencies, but another effect is also important: trails from cosmic rays and hot pixels that lie between the target and the read-out amplifier (down-stream trails) add noise to the target's spectrum or image. To explore the effects of CTE trails on faint spectra, consider the spectrum plotted in Figure 7.11. It was observed in late 2012 with grating G430M for a total of 540 seconds using CR-SPLIT = 1. The cosmic rays just above the extraction region produce down-stream CTE trails that get included in the 1D extracted spectrum. For comparison, the same data are processed with the STIS pixel-based CTE-correction and extracted, showing a reduction in the trail contamination. These faint CTE trails represent an important source of noise that is not included in the ETC. For more information on this effect, see STIS ISR 2011-02.The top two images show 2D data obtained from a multi-source observation through the 52X0.2 long slit near Y=544, with a 5 pixel extraction region marked in red. The top image shows the pipeline FLT data, while the middle image has been processed through the STIS pixel-based CTI correction, thus reducing down-stream cosmic ray trails. The bottom plot shows the corresponding 1D extracted spectra. To mitigate the down-stream CTE effects of cosmic rays and hot pixels, users should move observations to the E1 position (Y~900), take multiple reads, or observe with multiple dither positions.For the observer, a few strategies for minimizing the effect of CTE loss should be noted. First of all, one should maximize the exposure time whenever possible in order to increase the object counts and the sky background per exposure, both of which reduce CTE loss. Users who are thinking about dithering and shortening their exposure times (e.g., to allow for more dither positions) may want to take this into account. Furthermore, to reduce the number of charge transfers and the consequent loss of signal as illustrated above, observers using the CCD for long-slit spectroscopy of sources having a spatial extent of less than about 3 arcseconds are urged to use the pseudo-apertures located near row 900 of the CCD (the 52X*E1 apertures; see Section 7.3.8).The STIS team created a stand-alone pixel-based CTI correction script. As of right now, it can only process non-binned, full-frame data read out with amplifier D and from after SM4. More information is available in the STIS STAN September 2015: "Pixel-Based CTI Corrections for STIS CCD Data".Decreasing charge transfer efficiency in the STIS CCD has a detrimental effect on faint spectra acquired at the default location at the center of the chip. For sources with fluxes less than ~1 × 10-16 erg/cm2/s/Å, less than ~100 electrons are accumulated per pixel in exposure times of 1000 seconds or less. (This is the longest integration time we recommend due to the deleterious impact of multiple cosmic rays in a CR-SPLIT at longer integration times.) At signal levels of 50 - 100 electrons, 25% or more of the charge can be lost during readout due to charge-transfer inefficiencies. Many STIS science programs have fluxes in this range. For spectra of point sources and compact objects such as galactic nuclei, the full length of the slit is not needed. A target location closer to the read-out amplifier near the end of the slit can decrease the charge lost during parallel transfers by a factor of ~4. One could achieve this offset through the use of offset targets or appropriate POS-TARG entries on the Phase II proposal, but these methods are a bit cumbersome and can be prone to error.Therefore, for first-order spectra we have defined a set of E1 pseudo-apertures that use the same physical long slits available for STIS CCD observations, but have their default target placement near row 900, ~5 arcseconds from the top of the STIS CCD. This is schematically illustrated in Figure 7.12. Observers can use these aperture names to place their targets at this location in a rather transparent fashion.Figure 7.12: Location of the E1 Aperture Positions.The E1 aperture names and the approximate Y location of the resulting spectra are given in Table 7.5. Use of the E1 aperture name eliminates the need to specify an offset for the ACQ/PEAK and a POS-TARG. These apertures are also recognized by the calibration pipeline software, so spectra are extracted from the correct location using appropriate wavelength solutions, spectral traces, and background regions. For optimum throughput when using these apertures, we recommend using an ACQ/PEAK exposure to center the target in the aperture when using aperture 52X0.1E1 and 52X0.05E1. While use of these apertures will ameliorate CTE losses, we caution observers to carefully assess the potential impact on their science programs due to the decreased spatial coverage and the relative locations of the bars on the slit.
The STIS team at STScI has created stand-alone automated software to apply Charge Transfer Inefficiency (CTI) corrections to STIS CCD data. This software will remove trails and other artifacts caused by CTI effects in the CCD detector, and will help correct target fluxes and positions to their proper values. The software script, called stis_cti, uses a pixel-based correction algorithm, and will correct both images and spectra. The script automatically generates CTI corrected dark reference files, applies CTI corrections to the science data, and outputs the usual CALSTIS products with CTI corrections applied. Currently only the most common observation modes are supported -- full-frame, non-binned data, taken with the default CCD amplifier. The script will not correct the signal-to-noise ratio degradation which results from CTI, and hence it is still important for observers to mitigate CTI effects as much as possible during observation. It is available to the community for download and use. Further information can be found at the STIS website under Software Tools.In the optical, each photon generates a single electron. However, in the NUV, shortward of ~3200 Å there is a finite probability of creating more than one electron per UV photon (see Christensen, O., J. App. Phys. 47, 689, 1976). Users will need to take this into account when calculating signal-to-noise ratios and exposure times for the G230LB and G230MB gratings, as described in Section Special Case: Spectroscopic CCD Observations at λ < 2500 Å.Initial laboratory testing of STIS CCDs showed that excessive illumination by UV light can cause an elevation in residual dark current, due to a surface chemistry effect. However, the actual STIS flight CCD was tested for this effect during ground calibration by the STIS IDT and the effect was found to be much less than previously suspected; this effect is now a concern only for clear (50CCD) imaging of extremely UV-bright targets. Observations of fields with UV-bright objects should be dithered (i.e., positional offsets applied between readouts) to ensure that the UV tail from bright sources does not cause a residual elevation of the dark current for subsequent science observations. It is also recommended to use the longpass-filtered aperture, F28X50LP, rather than the 50CCD clear aperture, during target acquisitions (see also Section 8.2.3) when possible. The specific results of the ground testing on the effect of UV overillumination are summarized in Table 7.6. Note that at launch in 1997 the median STIS CCD dark current was about 0.0015 counts/pix/s.
(e−/pix) (e−/pix/s) To help observers evaluate the impact of CTE loss on their intended spectroscopic exposures, we have created an IRAF CL script, cteloss, which is described and available from the STIS website at http://www.stsci.edu/hst/stis/software/analyzing/scripts/cteloss_descrip.html.


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whether its private or not it relies on government, they passed laws to create it.it seems to me that government agencies are probably private, because agency is under commerce law not public law
whether its private or not it relies on government
News flash: the so-called "Federal" Reserve is private:
You're one step away from realizing the real truth: private aristocrats don't just "rely" on oppressive governments; they create them in order to protect and expand their stolen fortunes:--------------------------------------------http://lysanderspooner.org/node/59In process of time, the robber, or slaveholding, class -- who had seized all the lands, and held all the means of creating wealth -- began to discover that the easiest mode of managing their slaves, and making them profitable, was not for each slaveholder to hold his specified number of slaves, as he had done before, and as he would hold so many cattle, but to give them so much liberty as would throw upon themselves (the slaves) the responsibility of their own subsistence, and yet compel them to sell their labor to the land-holding class -- their former owners -- for just what the latter might choose to give them.Of course, these liberated slaves, as some have erroneously called them, having no lands, or other property, and no means of obtaining an independent subsistence, had no alternative -- to save themselves from starvation -- but to sell their labor to the landholders, in exchange only for the coarsest necessaries of life; not always for so much even as that.These liberated slaves, as they were called, were now scarcely less slaves than they were before. Their means of subsistence were perhaps even more precarious than when each had his own owner, who had an interest to preserve his life. They were liable, at the caprice or interest of the landholders, to be thrown out of home, employment, and the opportunity of even earning a subsistence by their labor. They were, therefore, in large numbers, driven to the necessity of begging, stealing, or starving; and became, of course, dangerous to the property and quiet of their late masters.The consequence was, that these late owners found it necessary, for their own safety and the safety of their property, to organize themselves more perfectly as a government and make laws for keeping these dangerous people in subjection; that is, laws fixing the prices at which they should be compelled to labor, and also prescribing fearful punishments, even death itself, for such thefts and tresspasses as they were driven to commit, as their only means of saving themselves from starvation.These laws have continued in force for hundreds, and, in some countries, for thousands of years; and are in force today, in greater or less severity, in nearly all the countries on the globe.The purpose and effect of these laws have been to maintain, in the hands of the robber, or slave holding class, a monopoly of all lands, and, as far as possible, of all other means of creating wealth; and thus to keep the great body of laborers in such a state of poverty and dependence, as would compel them to sell their labor to their tyrants for the lowest prices at which life could be sustained.The result of all this is, that the little wealth there is in the world is all in the hands of a few -- that is, in the hands of the law-making, slave-holding class; who are now as much slaveholders in spirit as they ever were, but who accomplish their purposes by means of the laws they make for keeping the laborers in subjection and dependence, instead of each one's owning his individual slaves as so many chattels.[Continued...]--------------------------------------------The solution, therefore, is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but to reclaim from these ruling-class parasites our rightful control over our own government.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DioQooFIcgE
Who is to blame for the financial crises? Ultimately we ( you and I ) are to blame. It has been our apathy and greed as a society, and as individuals that allowed this to spiral out of control. Had we and the generation(s) (recent) been more concerned with what was right than with how we could profit / gain, we would have been holding our elected servants accountable instead of trying to now rationalize our negligence in this area. They knew how to manipulate the human condition and did a good job of it. IT IS OUR FAILURE TO RECONIZE THIS WHICH BRINGS THE BLAME DOWN ON US. Standing up and being heard has it's costs, but saying and doing nothing is more costly than one can imagine.
Who is to blame for the financial crises? Ultimately we ( you and I ) are to blame.
I had absolutely nothing to do with either the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act or the creation of the quadrillion-dollar derivatives bubble, so speak for yourself.
We the people are responsible.A lack of personal responsibility is what will keep the world in bondage.
We the people are responsible.
In other words, you'd rather blame the victims of economic terrorism instead of the terrorists themselves, because if you blamed the terrorists, that might mean having to actually do something about the economic war they're waging against us.With "opponents" like you, the bankers don't need any allies.
You assume I do nothing. I have my financial house in order including 0 debt and my home is paid off. I spread the teachings of Ron Paul, alex jones, and judge nepalatano. The terrorists exist because we allow them to exist. We have the power to make this end but it has to start with the individual. Our worst enemy is ourselves.
Our worst enemy is ourselves.
To those who insist that "we the people" are to blame, does this mean Tea Party activists should be protesting the American people, and that the "Occupy the Fed" movement is therefore wrong, since it's diverting attention from (and hence providing political cover for) the real culprits?
I don't hold "we the people" responsible necessarily.
More accurately, I think protesting those that take advantage of the willful ignorance of the populace is right on the money... 1. the FED (unquestionably), 2. political appointees that have instituted bad policy, 3. politicians that have pushed bad policy, and 4. the media whores for not doing their job in keeping the spotlight on all of the above.Protesting is also, and arguably equally, about education and bringing attention to an issue that the masses are otherwise ignoring, or of which they are unaware and/or don't understand. An effective use of this tactic is using it to practically scream "THERE IS A PROBLEM. HERE'S WHAT IT IS, WHY IT IS A PROBLEM AND HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE DONE ABOUT IT!"
Anything short of that is just a bunch of noisy hippies crowding the streets.
Agreed, but we discredit ourselves in the eyes of most if we go around saying that Wall Street mega-banks (you know, the ones who created the quadrillion-dollar derivatives bubble and then used the resultant financial crisis to extort trillions in "bailout" money from American taxpayers?) aren't one of the "real enemies" we face.
It was a careful slip, I think, only because it seems many are taking the position that protesting Wall Street is protesting capitalism itself (or at least the media is trying desperately to paint it that way)... an erroneous position from which I'd prefer to keep a healthy distance.
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No matter how awesome the riding in Whistler and Pemberton is, it's gone once the snow hits. Spending copious amounts of time with Steve this summer I really noticed a few weak spots in his training program, so Mikey and I headed to Vancouver Island to guide him to further World Cup wins.
Checking out the forecast before we were headed out, it looked to be the rainiest four days in recent memory. So I grabbed a 15-pack of Lucky and headed to the Island to check out the Island life. Growing up in Whistler, I've been exposed to sick trails, rowdyism, bonfires, chainsaws, fireworks and numerous other exciting activities, but nothing would prepare me for the island.
Waking up to the sound of pouring rain on the roof is not the greatest motivator to roll out of your warm dry bed, but with Mikey at the helm there is no slacking on the 6 am start time. After a half an hour of hydroplaning down the Island Highway we arrived at Mount Provost. The term wet does not describe the next four days of shooting and the thought of building an ark crossed my mind more than once during our days of shooting.
In the end it was a memorable trip to Vancouver Island, the trails were filled with hero dirt for miles and the locals showed us their amazing bowling skills. Dreams were crushed, cops were called, urinals were broken and I can't wait to get back there. I am sure Steve's neighbors are not looking forward to my return.


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Picks Of The Week
1: The Eastern Sierra trout opener was good across the board with lighter fishing pressure because of snow Friday. But now that the opening weekend crowds are gone, it's definitely the No. 1 pick for this week. Where? Top spots have to be the Kirman Lake (out of Bridgeport) for walk-in anglers interested in toad brook and cutthroat trout. Average fish will be three to four pounds. There are special regs here. Know the rules. June Lake was heavily planted with trout, including a lot of trophy fish last year, and it was a hot spot for the opener. Bishop Creek was also a hot spot for big trout. Like June Lake, it got a bunch of those big trout, only these went in just before the opener. Sure, Crowley will be good, too, and so will a lot of other waters in this region, but those three spots were tops for the opener and are the best bets for the region.
2: The striper bite at Diamond Valley Lake has come on in the past two weeks with excellent action on four to six-pound average fish. These are nice-quality stripers and the best bite has been for anglers trolling the infamous "white fly." Catches of four to 10 fish per angler have been pretty common and the bite appears to be getting better by the day. Some bigger stripers also continue to show on swimbaits hurling into boils with the fish are up on top chasing shad. For an update, call Last Chance Bait and Tackle in Hemet at 951-658-7410.
3: The bluegill bite at Lake Skinner has been a hot bite for nearly the past two weeks. The panfish are moving up out of deep water into the six to 15 feet depths preparing to move up even tigher for the spawn. The 'gills are running from one to 2.6 pounds. The best action has been on the usual baits (meal worms, wax worms, crickets, red worms), but the small jig anglers fishing these little dancing baits are probably getting the biggest fish. For an update, check with the marina at 951-926-8515 or Last Chance Bait and Tackle in Hemet at 951-658-7410.
Freshwater Hot Spots
Trout: Good action throughout the Sierra. Hot spots include (from North to South), Kirman Lake, June Lake, Lake Crowley, Bishop Creek. Other nearly-as-good spots are the East Walker River (special regs), Lower Twin Lake (brown trout) and upper Owens River (special regs). Locally, Big Bear Lake is the hot spot for holdover trout with limit-style fishing. There is good action at all the private waters still holding planted fish. Those include Santa Ana River Lakes, Corona Lake, and Irvine Lake. In the High Desert, Jess Ranch is pretty good (but Hesperia Lake is done planting trout for the season). In San Diego County, almost all the lakes are seeing their trout seasons wind down with most finished stocking for the year. Jennings continues to be a top spot with trophy fish even though it received its last plant the last week of March.
Black Bass: Across Southern California, the largemouth bass are mostly out of the spawn. There are still lots of males on beds protecting fry, but most fish seem to be feeding again and chasing baitfish hard. Some real quality fish are being caught every week. Most of the San Diego region waters are good. Skinner, Perris, and Diamond Valley are also good bets. Puddingstone, Casitas, and the Central Coast of Santa Margarita and Lopez are also good. On the Colorado River, the bass bite is good in the lower river backwaters, Havasu, and up into Lake Mojave, but flows remain high making fishing tough. Smallmouth are also starting to perk in the main river all along the Colorado.
Striped Bass: The striper action is starting to turn on at most SoCal reservoirs with the linesides. Diamond Valley really kicked into gear, with some very good catches of fish averaging four to six pounds the past two weeks. Skinner is getting better for fish in the same size range, and Silverwood remains pretty good for smaller fish four pounds and under. But it was Silverwood that cranked out a 21-pounder this past week. A sleeper pick continues to be the Colorado River in the Bullhead City region where stripers topping 10 pounds are showing every week and a lot of two to four pounders are being caught daily. Best of all, there is almost no fishing pressure in this region and most of the fish are being caught on anchovies by bank anglers.
Panfish: All the crappie bites (Isabella, Elsinore, Cachuma, and Lake Perris) still have not come back on, mostly due to winds and weather conditions. The redear and/or bluegill bites have made up for the crappie, however. Top picks for big bluegill and/or redear are Lake Skinner, Lake Perris, Diamond Valley Lake, Casitas Lake, and now Lake Silverwood. Puddingstone is worth checking out, too. The Salton Sea tilapia bite is also wide open at the state park jetty when the wind isn't blowing.
Catfish: Lake Elsinore has been a hot spot for the catfish again this past week with a lot of fish to 13 pounds report on fresh shad, and Lake Skinner is really starting to take off, too. The best bite stocked-fish bite is still at Corona Lake thanks to weekly stocks for two months and almost no fishing pressure. Santa Ana River Lakes is getting planted each week but almost no one is fishing for cats. Lake Isabella in Kern County is also really turning on with good catches in spite of wind. The lower Colorado River, in spite of high flows, is also turning around with some good flathead action finally starting to come on.
San Bernardino Mountains
Silverwood: The striper bite has been excellent with a lot of one to two pounds fish showing on small swimbaits, anchovies, sardines, or blood worms. Miller Canyon has been the best area, but the dam and quarry area are also good. Top fish was a 21-pounder caught by Matt Tomkinson, Hesperia, on a Lunker Plunker. Jeffrey Riewe, Barstow, had six stripes to two pounds on small swimbaits. The bluegill bite has also turned on in the past two weeks with a lot of fish averaging from a half- to three-quarter pound being caught on meal worms, wax worms, and small jigs showing in 12 to 25 feet of water in all the coves and off the marina docks. Jenny Gray and dad Gene, both Hesperia, had 25 bluegill to three-quarter pound on meal worms. The largemouth bass are starting to show in better numbers. While most are small and showing on plastics in six to 20 feet, a few bigger fish are being caught on swimbaits. A few trout are still showing. Hunter Way, Oak Hills, had five trout on nightcrawlers off the marina rocks. The DFW planted trout in Miller Canyon Creek just above Silverwood last week. Anglers should be aware of health warnings for the consumption of fish from this lake because of high Pcb and mercury levels in the fish flesh and skin. Here's the direct link to a Pdf brochure explaining consumption recommendations: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/so_cal/pdf_zip/081013KioskadvySilverwood.pdf. Dock fishing is allowed for $3 for adults, $2 for kids and seniors. Private boats must be inspected for zebra and quagga mussels. Boats with wet lower units will be turned away. Boats inspected and tagged at Diamond Valley and Perris will be allowed at Silverwood. The park is open seven days a week. Information: marina 760-389-2299, state park 760-389-2281, Silverwood Country store 760-389-2423.
Big Bear Lake: Excellent trout action with the trout spread over much of the lake. For shore anglers the north shoreline has been the best bet with small lures and floating baits both good bets. The trollers are working the Trout Triangle in the east end of the lake, through the middle of the lake, and at the dam with Needlefish and Thomas Bouyants. Limits are common with a lot of the holdover rainbows hitting the two-pound mark or more. Levi Kendall, and two-year-old son Coleman, had five trout to three pounds trolling with guide Curt Dills. DFW trout plant this week (the first of the season). Bass fishing is also good for both the smallmouth and largemouth showing on plastics and small reaction baits fished in less than 15 feet of water. The marinas and public boat launches are all open, and the Jim Hall Memorial Trout Classic will be held May 17-18 (info by calling 909-585-4007). For more fishing information: Big Bear Sporting Goods 909-866-3222.
Gregory Lake: The trout action has been fair after the DFW trout plant two weeks ago. Lake and fishing information at 909-338-2233.
Green Valley Lake: No plants are scheduled until later this year. The lake facilities will reopen the third Friday in May. Information: 909-867-2009 and the website is www.gvlfishing.com.
Arrowbear Lake: First DFW trout plant of the season last week.
Jenks Lake Region: First DFW trout plant of the season scheduled for next week. Check with Usfs to see if parking areas are open. The Santa Ana River and the South Fork were planted with trout by the DFW last week and three weeks ago. General Information: Mill Creek Ranger Station at 909-382-2881.
Lytle Creek: DFW trout plants last week and three weeks ago.
High Desert Lakes
Hesperia Lake: Fair to good catfish action, and a few trout continue to show even though it has been a month since the last plant. Top catfish reported was a six-pounder caught on mackerel by Cortavian Flowers, Victorville. Rodney Hardrick, Victorville, landed a five-pound cat, also on mackerel. Trout are slow, but Jason Bols, Hesperia, landed a six-pounder on a nightcrawler, while Roy Fear, Victorville, caught a five-pound rainbow on PowerBait. A 1,000-pound catfish plant was slated for Thursday this week. Information: 800-521-6332 or 760-244-5951.
Jess Ranch Lakes: The trout bite was good this past week with best action before 10 a.m. PowerBait in salmon peach, orange and garlic or nightcrawlers were the best baits, and the usual array of small trout lures also were good. The bass have been good with the fish in the shallows and showing on plastics and reaction baits. Catfish are also starting to turn on with the best bite on mackerel, shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Trout plants are each week. For more information call (760)240-1107 or go to www.jessranchlakesnews.com.
Mojave Narrows: Final county trout plant was four weeks ago but the DFW added trout last week. For lake information: 760-245-2226.
Inland Valley Lakes
Cucamonga-Guasti: Final county trout plant was four weeks ago and the most recent DFW plant was last week. Information: 909-481-4205.
Prado: DFW plants last week and three weeks ago have kept the trout action pretty fair over the past week. Tabby Sierra, Chino, landed a 3-6 rainbow on lime PowerBait near the snack bar. Last county plant was four weeks ago. The bass action has been fair to good with the warming weather. The bass are showing on nightcrawlers, plastics, and reaction baits. Dennis Ochoa, Chino, landed a five-pound bass this past weekend. Small boats (non-inflatable with a hard bottom) under 16 feet with electric motors are allowed. Information: 909-597-4260.
Yucaipa: Final county trout plant was four weeks ago and the most recent DFW plant went in last week. Information: 909-790-3127.
Glen Helen: Last county plant was four weeks ago and DFW planted trout last week. Information: 909-887-7540.
Mount Baldy Trout Pools: The heavily stocked pools are open every Saturday and Sunday. No fishing license is needed. Information: 909-982-4246.
Seccombe Lake: DFW trout plant last week. Information: 909-384-5233.
Diamond Valley: The bass action has been fair to good with a lot of fish from three to eight pounds showing in 15 to 30 feet of water. Some topwater action now early and late in the day when the fish are up chasing bait, but drop-shotting plastics has been the most consistent bet. The striper bite is very good with a lot of fish from four to eight pounds showing for the white fly trollers. Also some fish on topwater or near-surface swimbaits when there are boiling on bait. Rob Shannon, Hemet, had eight stripers to six pounds trolling Mike's Flies along the west dam. The bluegill bite is starting to kick into gear with the best action in six to 20 feet of water as the fish move in for the spawn. Fish to 2-8 reported in the past week, but most are half-pound to a pound and showing on red worms, wax worms, or meal worms. Small jigs tipped with bait are also a good bet. Catfish reports are increasing each week as more catfish anglers target these fish cut cut baits in six to 40 feet of water. Trout also are still pretty fair with holdover rainbows to five pounds showing on PowerBait, nightcrawlers, and small jigs all getting fish. Boats inspected and tagged "quagga free" at Diamond Valley will also be allowed on Perris and Silverwood. For general lake and launch information, call 800-590-Lake. For fishing and boat rental info call the marina at 951-926-7201 or www.dvmarina.com or Last Chance Bait and Tackle at 951-658-7410 or www.lastchancetackle.com.
Perris: The largemouth bass bite has been excellent with the best bite in the east end of the lake. The fish are showing on everything from topwater and reaction baits to deep-water jigs and nightcrawlers. When in doubt, fish a drop-shot plastic. Top bass reported was a 9.3-pounder landed by Greg Cagle, Murrieta, drop-shotting in the east end. Jim Sembach, Redlands, caught and released 20-plus bass to 5.2 pounds east of the island. Ryan Dacheklaw, Redlands, had a 4.2-pounder top off his six-fish catch on the marina docks on plastics. The bluegill and redear are moving up shallow in 10 to 15 feet or less of water for the spawn. Good action on small nightcrawlers, red worms, wax worms, or meal worms. Small jigs also working well. Trout have been slowing way down, and darn few reports of crappie or catfish this past week. Carp, however, are moving shallow and can be caught on dough baits and corn. Nate Dray, Riverside, landed a 14.8-pound carp while bass fishing with a Brush Hawg. Private boats must be inspected for zebra and quagga mussels. Boats with wet lower units will be turned away. Boats inspected and tagged Silverwood or Diamond Valley will also be allowed at Perris. Information: marina 951-657-2179, state park 951-940-5600.
Skinner: The big news is the hot action on quality bluegill in eight to 20 feet of water with a lot of one-pound class fish and some topping two pounds. The fish are moving up for the spawn and crickets, red worms, wax worms, nightcrawlers, and meal worms are the top baits, but small jigs are also a good bet. Chris Salmon and Johnny Unn, both Lake Elsinore, landed a number of bluegill from two to 2.6 pounds fishing Slab Jiggies Buggie Jiggies, all but a couple released. The striper bite has been fair to good at the inlet and along the north shoreline on shad, white flies, anchovies, lug worms, sardines, anchovies, or mackerel. The catfish bite also came on strong this week with a lot of fish to 12 pounds on chicken liver, mackerel, and other cut baits. A catfish plant is slated for May 15. The largemouth bite also remains good on nightcrawlers, plastics, and reaction baits, and there has been some topwater action this week in the heat. Information: store 951-926-1505 or marina 951-926-8515.
Elsinore: The catfish bite has been exceptional with a lot of good fish from six to 10 pounds. Shad remains the best bait, but some are showing on cut mackerel and shrimp, too. The crappie have been getting little fishing pressure with the fish staging in about eight feet of water and a few being landed by the anglers working for the slabs. The carp bite is slow but a few smaller fish are showing on dough bait. The largemouth bass are starting to take off with some fish to four pounds reported on plastics and reaction baits. Few bluegill reports. For more fishing information, call William's Bait, Tackle, and Boat Rental at 951-642-0640 or go to www.williamsboatandtackle.com.
Corona: The catfish bite is good and a few quality trout continue to show in a fair overall bite. Information: 951-277-4489 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.
Rancho Jurupa: No recent plants. Information: 951-684-7032.
Fisherman'S Retreat: Catfish were planted last month and have been pretty fair this past week. Tagged cats with up to $50 remain in the lake. Tom Soffel, Mentone, landed a 4-3 cat. The bass bite remains very good with the fish still shallow and showing on nightcrawlers and plastics. All bass are catch and release during the spawn. Information: 909-795-0171.
Little Lake: No recent plants. Information: 530-526-7937.
Reflection Lake: No report. Information: 951-654-7906 or www.reflectionlakerv.com.
Jean'S Channel Cats: Good trout action with monthly plants. The bite is best on PowerBait or inflated nightcrawlers with scent added. The lake is open Friday, Saturdays, and Sundays. No catch and release allowed. No state fishing license required. Information: 951-679-6562.
San Jacinto Mountains
Lake Hemet: DFW trout plants two and four weeks ago. Fair to good action for anglers at the dam and along the Usfs shore access area. PowerBait or small jigs have been the best bet. Carp bowfishing is allowed Monday through Thursday but bow fishermen must check in first. Information: Lake Hemet campground 951-659-2680 or http://www.lakehemet.org/fishing_conditions.php.
Lake Fulmor Area: Fulmor Lake planted two and four weeks ago. Strawberry Creek also was planted two weeks ago. Information: 951-659-2117.
Orange County
Santa Ana River Lakes: Some big trout continue to show, but the catfish action has really taken off on two to six-pound fish in both the big lake and Catfish Lake. Night fishing Friday and Saturday evenings nearest the full moon each month. Information: 714-632-7851 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.
Irvine Lake: The trout action remains good for both trollers and bait anglers. The fish have dropped down into 10 or 15 feet of water with the heat, but the water inflow over the past month have keep the lake perfect for the trout. Bait action has been best in Sierra Cove with PowerBait, nightcrawlers, or combinations of the two being the best choice. Trollers did best along the dam restriction lines and at mid-lake with shad-like lures fished slowly behind two to three colors of leadcore. Most trout on the stringers carried trout from two to four pounds with some bigger fish. Top trout this week was a 13-pound steelhead landed by Darian Larsen, Los Angeles, on a nightcrawler in Sierra Cove. Patrick Haze, Orange, had a 10-2 rainbow, while Slim McDailey, Huntington Beach, landed an 8-5. Bass remain good on plastics and reaction baits in two to 20 feet of water. Don Spencer, Silverado, caught and released a 4-8 largemouth on an Ika at the west shore. The catfish bite is also starting to kick into gear for anglers soaking mackerel on Santiago Flats. Information: 714-649-9111 or go to irvinelake.net.
Laguna Niguel Lake: No report. Information: 949-362-9227 or www.lagunaniguellake.com.
Anaheim Lake: Closed. The facility will remain closed until Santa Ana River Lakes closes again for routine maintenance. Information: 714-996-3508 or www.fishinglakes.com.
Los Angeles-Area Lakes
Cachuma: The trout action remains pretty good for trollers working Rapalas or Kastmasters at the dam or shore anglers fishing off E-Point and the area to the right of the log boom with PowerBait and inflated nightcrawlers. Most are from one to two pounds. The bass action has been fair to good with some topwater early and late and then the best action on plastics and nightcrawlers fished off the points. Crappie are spotty but some fish are showing around Cistern Island on drifted mini jigs. Catfish are also improving and starting to move into the bays for the spawn. Carp are excellent for bowfishermen, especially in Johnson and Cachuma bays. Carp bowfishing permits are available at the entrance gate. Private boats must be inspected for quagga mussels and face a 10-day dry dock requirement before being allowed to launch. For quagga mussel and the boat launching information, log on at http://www.sbparks.org/Docs/Cachuma.html. The marina is open with rental boats available. The boat launch remains open, but boats must get a quagga mussel inspection. Information: 805-688-4040.
Casitas: The bass good with a lot of fish in 20 feet of water or less on plastics, nightcrawlers, and reaction baits. The shad even started showing on top and a few anglers were able to dip net some of the candy bait and posted some good scores. Even some topwater action this week. While most of the bass are still two to three pounds, some better quality fish to five and six pounds are starting to show. Both the bluegill and redear are fair to good, mostly on nightcrawlers, as they start to move shallower for their spawn. No other reports. Private boats must be inspected for quagga mussels and face a 35-day dry dock requirement before being allowed to launch. Information: 805-649-2043 or www.casitasboatrentals.com
Castaic: Stripers are good with the best bait action on lug worms, sardines, and blood worms in 60 to 100 feet of water in the Ski Arm, off Kong Island, and Necktie Canyon. The other alternative is to fish swimbaits at the marina and the dam. Maria Polanef, Newhall, had a seven-pound stripe at the dam on a swimbait, while Ben Julip, Castaic, had a four-pounder on a lug worm at the Ss Ski. The largemouth bite has also been good in 10 to 25 feet of water around much of the lake, but Sharon's Rest and Utopia Cove have been hot spots. Nightcrawlers, blood worms, plastics, and topwater reaction baits have all been working well. Kirk Wemson, San Bernardino, landed a three-pound bass on a bloodworm. Trout plant went in April 23 and were on the DFW list for this week. A few rainbows reported at the launch ramp and marina, and the catfish bite is starting to improve. More and more bluegill are also starting to show in 10 to 18 feet of water. For information call 661-775-6232 or www.CastaicLake.com.
Piru: The largemouth bass bite has been good on plastics and reaction baits with most fish in six to 20 feet of water. The average fish is from one to two pounds. A few catfish reports, and a few crappie anglers have landed fish to two pounds from 12 to 20 feet of water on small jigs. The bluegill action is also starting to improve. Information: store and bait shop at 805-521-1500, x207 (open Thursday through Monday), the gatehouse at x201, or at www.camplakepiru.com.
Pyramid: The striper bite is good with a lot of small fish from 10 to 12 inches showing, but still few bigger fish. The best action has been on nightcrawlers, cut baits, lug worms, and bloodworms. Fair catfish bite in the main channel by the gate house and in most of the deeper coves and bays. The best catfish bite has been on nightcrawlers, blood worms, lug worms, and cut baits. The largemouth bass bite has improved, and the best bite is on plastics and nightcrawlers. Most are one to two pounds with a few bigger fish, and the bulk of the fish are shallow now. DFW trout plants last week and three weeks ago. Fair action around the launch ramp. No reports on other species. There is a health warning about eating fish from here. More information at this link: http://oehha.ca.gov/fish/so_cal/pyramidlake2013.html. Information: Emigrant Landing entrance booth at 661-295-7155 or the web site at campone.com.
Quail Lake: No reports.
Puddingstone: Overall, there has been pretty good bass action and the bluegill are showing in pretty good numbers with some fish pushing a half-pound. Redear and crappie still spotty. DFW trout plant two weeks ago, and the trout have been very spotty. Park and lake fishing information: 909-599-8411 or www.bonellipark.org.
Santa Fe Dam: DFW trout plant two weeks ago. Information: 626-334-1065.
Alondra Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Balboa Park Lake: No recent DFW plants. Carp fishing slow.
Belvedere Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Cerritos Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Downey Wilderness Park: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Echo Park Lake: No recent DFW plants.
El Dorado Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Elizabeth Lake: DFW trout plant two week ago.
Hansen Dam Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago. Information: 888-527-2757 or 818-899-3779.
Hollenbeck Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago. Information: 213-261-0113.
Jackson Lake: No recent DFW plants.
John Ford Park Lake: No recent DFW plants.
Kenneth Hahn Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
La Mirada Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Legg Lakes: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Lincoln Park Lake: There were DFW trout plants last week and three weeks ago.
Magic Johnson Lake: No recent DFW plants.
Macarthur Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago.
Peck Road Park Lake: DFW trout plant two weeks ago. Information: 818-448-7317.
San Diego-Area Lakes
Barrett: The lake is closed until later this spring. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/.
Hodges: The county staff checked 69 anglers who reported 41 bass, 10 carp, and two bluegill this past week. The marina staff reported a 13-pound bass was landed by Ray Gonzales, Escondido, fishing a shiner off the north shore. While crappie are tough, Gary Smith, Compton, had four crappie to two pounds on live shiners fished on the flats. Information: 760-432-2023.
El Capitan: The county staff checked 173 anglers who reported 247 bass to 10.6 pounds, three crappie, three bluegill, and two channel catfish. The marina staff also reported a 12.35-pound bass in a local Aba bass tournament. His five fish weight was 39.26 pounds. DFW trout plants last week and four weeks ago. The lake is open Thursday through Monday with boat rentals available all five days. General lake information: 619-465-3474 or www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/. Rental boat and concession information: 619-443-4110.
Lower Otay: No county report. The marina staff report things were slowed this past week with varied weather. The bass and bluegill remain fair to good. The bluegill are moving up to spawn, and the bass are post-spawn and chasing reaction baits. Otay is open on a Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday schedule and boat rentals are available all three days. General lake information: 619-465-3474 or www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/. Rental boat and concession information: 619-397-5212.
Upper Otay: No county report. The lake is open on a Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday for catch-and-release fishing (only artificial lures with single, barbless hooks), sunrise to sunset. The road to Upper Otay is closed, but anglers can still walk in. Lake information: 619-465-3474 (recording) or 619-397-5212 (concession) or www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/.
Murray: No county report. DFW trout plants last week and four weeks ago. Marina staff report the bass spawn in pretty much over with the fish best on reaction baits. Lots of fish to three pounds. The bluegill are moving shallow for the spawn and providing pretty good action on meal worms, wax worms, and crickets in six to 12 feet of water. Lake information: 619-466-4847 or www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/. There are boat rentals Friday through Sunday and the new concession number is 619-466-4847.
Miramar: No county or concessionaire report. Marina concession: 858-527-1722. General information: 619-465-3474 or www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/. New boat rental and concession information: 858-527-1722.
Sutherland: The county staff checked 45 anglers who reported 29 bass to 4.25 pounds, 19 carp, two channel cats and two crappie. Lake information: 619-465-3474 or www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/. Rental boat reservations: 619-668-2050 or email@example.com.
Wohlford: The final trout plant of the season was last Wednesday and catfish plants will begin in July. This final trout plant had some bigger trout that previous plants and the bite has been good in deeper water in the western part of the lake and along the south shore. PowerBait and inflated nightcrawlers top baits. The bass bite has been good and the shad have moved up and reaction baits and plastics are the best bets. Justin Kennedy, Valley Center, had a 6.8-pound bass on a plastic worm off the Senior Shoreline. A few crappie continue to show early mornings on small jigs or shiners. For information contact the Ranger Station at 760-839-4346 or go to the website at www.wohlfordlake.com
Doane Pond: First DFW plant of the spring went in three weeks ago.
Dixon Lake: Trout fair and slowing after the final plant of the season last week and the annual Kiwanis' Trout Derby this past weekend. Top spots have been Trout Cove, Jack Creek Cove, and Whisker Bay. The bass are fair to good with the fish cruising the shorelines chasing bait. No state fishing license is required here. Lake information: 760-839-4680 or www.dixonlake.com.
Poway: Trout action has been fair after the plant two weeks ago and the final plant of the season went in Wednesday this week. The best bite on rainbow PowerBait, inflated nightcrawlers, and Power Worms fished drop-shot style on light line. Hidden Bay and Half Moon Bay have been the hot spots and fish to seven pounds reported. Bass fair to good on plastics and small swimbaits with some good reaction bait action early and late in the day. Lake information: 858-668-4772, tackle shop recording 858-486-1234, or www.poway.org.
Jennings: The trout bite is off and on, but there is still a high inventory spread throughout the lake. Kyle Vinson, Bonita, landed a 6-4 rainbow at the Cactus Patch buoy line. Catfish are a bit ahead of schedule compared to the past few years with the bite picking up for those targeting them. Bass continue to hold out, with ones and twos being caught, but no limits. Few other species reported. Information: 619-390-1300 or www.lakejennings.org.
Morena: The trout action is still fair on nightcrawlers at the dam. Joe Salas, San Diego, had a 5-10 rainbow, while Jeff Lincer, El Cajon, landed a five-pounder. Bass are pretty good on reaction baits as the fish are up chasing baits. Bluegill are moving up for the spawn with fair to good action in six to 18 feet of water on red worms or crickets. Other species are slow. Information: 24-hour fishing update line 619-478-5473, ranger station 619-579-4101, or lakemorena.com.
Cuyamaca: DFW trout plant last week. Information: 760-765-0515 or www.lakecuyamaca.org.
Henshaw: No reports. Information: 760-782-3501.
Colorado River
Arizona Fishing Reports: The Arizona Game and Fish Department compiles a weekly report for most waters in the state, including the Colorado Rivers. Anglers can read the report at this direct link: http://azgfd.net/artman/publish/FishingReport/.
Flow Information: Reservoir elevation levels and flow releases for the entire lower Colorado River are available at this web site with information updated hourly: www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/hourly/rivops.html.
Lake Mead: Fishing for stripers fair to good on smaller fish in South Cove and other coves at the south end of the lake. Catches of channel catfish have also been good. Cats from one to two pounds are being caught in increasing numbers by anglers who are primarily fishing for stripers. Most stripers are between one and two pounds and the best bait has been cut up gizzard shad, but cut up anchovies and sardines are also producing stripers and catfish. Fish in coves along steep canyon walls in 50 to 80 feet of water. The largemouth bass bite has been fair to good with a lot of fish on topwater early and late in the day, plastics the rest of the day in deeper water.
Willow Beach: Very light fishing pressure, and few reports. The trout bite is slow with no recent plants. Trout plants will resume this coming fall, but in far fewer numbers. For fishing information: Willow Beach Resort at 928-767-4747.
Lake Mohave: Fair to good action on smallmouth and largemouth bass. The smallies are on rocky shelves from the dam to Katherine's Landing. The largemouth are improving in all the coves in four to eight feet of water, also on plastics, nightcrawlers, and reaction baits. The bluegill and redear are improving with pretty good action on small jigs or nightcrawler pieces in 10 to 20 feet of water. The panfish are moving shallower for the coming spawn. Stripers are still pretty spotty with only a few showing at the dam and from the Power Lines up to Katherine's and most of the coves. Anchovies have been the top bait, but a few fish are showing on topwater and reaction baits early in the day. Lucy Trude, Bullhead City, had an 8.56-pound striper fishing anchovies near the dam. The catfish bite is fair to good in most coves, especially at night on cut baits. Information: Cottonwood Cove at 702-297-1464, Katherine's Landing at 928-754-3245. Interesting web site for Willow Beach and Lake Mohave striper anglers: http://lakemohavestripers.com.
Laughlin-Bullhead Area: The striper bite has continued pretty fair with catches of two to six fish per angler not uncommon, but most are under three pounds. Bill Trude, Bullhead City, had five stripers from two to three pounds fishing anchovies in the Big Bend area. Catfish are improving, but still slow. Some panfish and largemouth bass action in backwaters and quietier spots along the river. Good news is that trout will again be stocked in the river this fall, but in far lesser numbers than in past years. Information: Riviera Marina 928-763-8550.
Needles-Topoc Region: Largemouth bass action has really perked in the marsh with nightcrawlers and spinnerbaits producing quite a few fish. The spawn is pretty much over in the marsh. The smallmouth bite is also starting to improve in the main river and gorge areas. There are also more bluegill and redear starting to show as they move shallow to spawn. Stripers in the main river are also improving but still just fair. Channel cats are fair to good in both the main river and backwaters. Topoc has been good. You can access the marsh by boat at the North Dike, Catfish Paradise, and Five-Mile Landing. All three also provide plenty of area for shoreline fishing, too. Information: Phil's Western Trader at 928-768-4954 or Capt. Doyle's Fun Fishing guide service at 928-768-2667.
Lake Havasu: Good action on smallmouth and largemouth bass. The bass are pretty much out of the spawn, and the fish are up chasing baitfish or rooting around for crawdads. A pretty decent bite on rocky structure with crawdad-like plastics, mostly for the smallmouth, while the largemouth are more focused on the baitfish. The striper remain fair, with the fish following the schools of shad. The shad are mostly in the south end of the lake with the biggest concentrations consistently in the Black Meadow Landing to Standard Wash stretch of the lake. Live shad had been the best bet for stripers. The redear are starting to come up for their spawn and showing in six to 20 feet of water with little angling pressure. No catfish reports. Information: Bass Tackle Master at 928-854-2277.
Parker Strip: Fishing for smallmouth bass is fair, and a few more channel catfish are showing. But overall the bite is tough with the high flows.
Blythe: Continued high flows have made the bite tough. The bass bite is fair but not what it should be this time of year, and the catfish bites are slow but improving with the warm weather. The bass are best on plastics and nightcrawlers in the backwaters, and in the main river even the smallmouth are just fair in the rip-rap stretches of the river. The backwater lakes and drain ditches have been better than the main river. The bluegill bite is good in most areas. Information: B&B Bait 760-921-2248.
Palo Verde: The flows remain high and this continues to make fishing tough. These flows will continue through May. The largemouth bass are way back in the tules and brush, but the bite is still pretty fair. The lagoon has also been tougher for catfish, both channels and flatheads. The few flatheads being caught are running from eight to 12 pounds. Also a few stripers showing for flathead anglers fishing live bluegill or tilapia (which are thick in the lagoon this year). The bass are from one to four pounds and showing on plastics, small spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and nightcrawlers. The bluegill bite is good with lots of smaller (flathead bait-sized) fish being caught. Smallmouth bass in the main river have been fair, mostly on small cranks, but there is little pressure on the smallies. Information: Walter's Camp 760-854-3322 Thursday through Monday.
Picacho Area: Very high water. The bass are fair to good with the best bite on plastics and live baits. The catfish bite is improving with more and more flatheads and channels showing in the bite. The bluegill bite is good now. Light fishing pressure.
Martinez Lake Area: Largemouth bass action is good with the fish whacking live baits and plastics. Most fish are up shallow and chaising bait. Channel catfish action is good on stink baits, and the flathead bite is turning on. Improved panfish action, too. Information: 928-783-9589 Thursday through Monday or www.martinezlake.com.
Yuma Area: High flows. Largemouth bass action is good in area backwaters. Most of the action is on live bait or plastics for fish on beds or crusing. Good bluegill action in most backwaters. The channel catfish action is very good on cut bait and stink baits, and the flathead action is really starting to take off on live goldfish and bluegill.
Lower Desert Waters
Salton Sea: Not much change in this report. The tilapia bite remains good with the action only lulled during high winds. Catches of 25 to 200 tilapia remain the norm with the majority from one to two pounds. The action is still exclusively on red worms or nightcrawler pieces, and all the reports are from the state park jetty area. Flies are already a problem, so bring insect repellant. Kayak rentals are available at the state park headquarters. Boat launch fee is $3 and the park entrance fee is $5, both with a self-registration. The state park launch is available 24-hours a day and is currently the only boat launch on the sea. The camp store is open Friday through Sunday and has bait and basic fishing gear. Volunteers are needed to work in the visitor center and camp store. They get free camping and hookups. Information: Camp Store at 760-289-9455 (open Friday-Sunday). Salton Sea State Recreation Area main office at 760-393-3059, or the ranger station kiosk at 760-393-3052 (or mobile phone at 760-331-9944).
Alamo River: No reports.
Coachella, Highline Canals: No reports.
All American Canal: No reports.
Finney-Ramer: No reports.
Weist Lake: No recent DFW plants. Information: 760-352-3308.
Sunbeam Lake No recent DFW plants.
Lake Cahuilla: No recent DFW plants. Information: 760-564-4712.
Eastern Sierra
General Update: General trout season opener is this Saturday, April 26. For up-to-date road and campground information by region, call the following U.S. Forest Service offices: For the Big Pine to Lone Pine region, call 760-876-6222; for the Bishop Region, call 760-873-2500; for the Mammoth Lakes region, call 760-924-5500; for the Lee Vining region, call 760-647-3044; and for the Bridgeport region call 760-932-7070. Lodging and guide information: Bishop Chamber of Commerce 760-873-8405 or www.bishopvisitor.com, Mono County Tourism 760-924-1743. Top Eastern Sierra fishing report web sites are: www.KensSport.com (Bridgeport region), www.TheTroutFly.com, and www.SierraDrifters.com.
Bridgeport Region: The Twin Lakes were just fair opening weekend with a lot of rainbows showing for shore anglers, but few bigger fish. That changed Tuesday when the bite for bigger browns broke open. Dan Stewart, Bishop, landed browns at 12 pounds and 9-12 on Tuesday. There were several other five and six pounds fish reported. Bridgeport Reservoir has also been fair with the best action for trollers working Needlefish and Thomas Buoyants. What the bite lacks in volume, it has made up in quality with most of the rainbows two to three pounds and brown trout to five pounds reported. The big fish was a six-pound rainbow landed by Cody Taylor, Bakersfield, and the top browns were landed by family members Dustin and Kyle Seldon, both of Moreno Valley, and they weighed five pounds and 4-4, respectively. Kirman Lake was wide open Wednesday for brookies to 23 inches (six pounds or more) and cutthroats to 25 inches (six pounds). Fly and spin anglers were scoring. The East Walker River has been very good since flows jumped to 33 cfs this week. Best action on small midge pupae in size 18 and 20. Lots of browns to four pounds. Virginia Lakes have been iffy with both waters covered in rotten ice making ice fishing unwise and shore fishing tough. Information: Ken's Sporting Goods 760-932-7707 or www.kenssport.com.
June Lake Loop-Lee Vining Region: Overall, very good trout action throughout the June Lake Loop for the opener. The snow that fell Friday night was mostly gone by Saturday afternoon, and by Sunday the fishing was almost balmy (by Sierra opener standards). The top fish reported by mid-week was an 11-4 rainbow caught on Sunday from June Lake by Dale Martin, Yucaipa, fishing a jig. A 7-4 rainbow was caught from Gull Lakwe by Jared Barnard, South Lake Tahoe. Grant Lake's big fish was a six-pound, eight-ounce rainbow landed by Gene Cabral, Fillmore, while the top trout from Silver was a 5-15 rainbow landed by Terry Schultz, Santa Clarita. Information: Silver Lake Resort at 760-648-7726 or at silverlakeresort.net or Ernie's Tackle at 760-648-7756.
Mammoth Area: Crowley Lake, the focal point of the Eastern Sierra trout opener, was good in spite of cold weather all day Saturday and snow the night before that kept crowds down. Larry Alaso, Mammoth Lake, landed a 7-12 rainbow. The best brown was a 4-11 caught by Aaron Avila, Riverside. The upper Owens River and Hot Creek both fished well for fly anglers. The Owens had a lot of bigger, two to three-pound class rainbows, up out of Crowley for the spawn, while Hot Creek was mostly producing eight to 14-inch browns. Convict Lake had mixed reviews. Some anglers reported excellent fishing, while other found it tough. Top fish from Convict was a 7-14 landed by Kai Ishisara, Montery Park, on a mini jig. Thomas Kilsheimer, Chatsworth, won the opening day Fred Hall Largest Fish Derby with a 3-10 rainbow caught on yellow PowerBait. The upper lakes basin was very spotty because of ice on the higher lakes and cold water conditions on the Twin Lakes. Ditto for Rock Creek Lake. Information: The Troutfitter at 760-934-2517.
Bishop And Big Pine Area: The Bishop Creek drainage was very good with roads open to all waters by mid-day Saturday, including North Lake, South Lake, and Sabrina. That doesn't mean it wasn't cold. The wind chill factor at Sabrina Saturday morning had the temperature at 10 degree, but all three lakes fished pretty well with a lot of limits, but it was Bishop Creek that was the star of opening weekend. The creek was planted with a lot of trophy trout just before the opener, the last of the Alpers' fish to be stocked in the Sierra. The biggest confirmed trout were a 9-8 and 8-14 out of Intake Ii and there were rumors of an 11-pounder. The biggest trout from the creek itself was a 7-12 rainbow trout landed by Kevin Lord, Wildomar, out of the North Fork of Bishop Creek to top off his five-fish limit. In the valley on the year-around waters, Pleasant Valley Reservoir was good for float tubers fishing jigs or floating baits. The Owens River gorge is fair in the afternoons. The lower Owens has been good with some surprisingly big holdover and planted rainbows showing for float anglers. Fishing information: Sierra Drifters Guide Service 760-935-4250, Sierra Trout Magnet Fly Shop 760-873-0010, Culver's 760-872-8361, Brock's 760-872-3581.
Lone Pine To Independence Area: All of the trout streams in this region were planted before the opener and provided good action with light crowds.
Western Sierra
Lake Isabella: Winds have continued to plague the crappie bite much of the week, and the fish have backed out into 15 to 20 feet of water where they are still being caught. When the winds die down, Crappie Mania is expected to come right back on. Fewer limits this week and the shore bite is really tough in the wind, but the fish being caught are still running from three-quarter pound up into the two-pound class. The best action is still on small minnows, but a few fish are also showing on small jigs tipped with Crappie Nibbles. Crappie anglers are reminded the limit is 25 per licensed angler. Anglers may not help another angler fill his limit, and each angler must have his own stringer or fish basket. The catfish bite has continued to get better each week and the wind hasn't slowed down this action. The best bite has been on the garlic shrimp-nightcrawler combo, and Engineer's Point has been a hot spot, although the cats are showing in many areas. The wind also whacked the bass bite, but this action had been improving daily with the best bite on plastics worked around structure. The trout bite remains pretty tough with only a few fish showing on floating baits or small lures. Information: Bob's Bait 661-833-8657 or www.bobsbaitbucket.com.
Kern River: The upper river has been fair this past week for bait and lure anglers, but the fly anglers are seeing some pretty good afternoon action on wild fish. DFW plants in sections 1 through 6 last week, and all the high elevation waters opened for the general trout opener this past weekend. The best bite has been on salmon eggs and mice tails for bait and lure anglers and small nymphs and emergers for fly anglers. In the lower river, Democrat Dam has been good with a few limits reported. Information: Kern River Fly Shop 760-376-2040 (or www.kernriverflyfishing.com) or Gateway Market 760-376-2424.
Aqueduct Near Taft: The hot striper action just won't slow down, and while most of the fish are under the 18-inch minimum size, the bite has been very good. There are just still darn few bigger fish. Sardines, blood worms, or lug worms are the best baits. The catfish bite was also coming on strong here this week with the warmer weather, and the best bite has been on clam, sardines, and nightcrawlers. Other species have been slow. Information: Bob's Bait 661-833-8657 or www.bobsbaitbucket.com
Mill Creek Park: The carp bite is starting to turn on a little on dough baits, but other species are tough.
River Walk Park Lake: The largemouth bass bite is good with a lot of fish in the mornings and evenings. They bass are whacking Senkos and Brush Hawgs or similar baits. Bluegill are also very good now on most of the small baits – wax worms, meal worms, crickets, or red worms. The carp bite is really starting to kick into high gear on dough baits.
Hart Park Lake: The bass bite has been good. Most smaller fish under two pounds showing on Brush Hawgs and Senkos. The bluegill action very good now on wax worms and meal worms. The crappie bite has slowed, but the carp action is pretty good on Powder Bait. Trout pretty much over for season.
Truxtun Lake: The bass action remains pretty good on nightcrawlers, plastics, and Brush Hawgs. The carp and bluegill are also good in the shallows. The carp are best on dough baits and the bluegill best on meal and wax worms.
Ming Lake: The bass, bluegill and carp are all pretty good, and a few crappie continue to show. The carp bite has been good on Powder Bait or other dough baits. The largemouth bass bite is best on plastics and nightcrawlers. The bluegill are also moving shallow preparing to spawn and this bite is good on wax and meal worms.
Brite Lake: The largemouth bass bite is pretty good with the showing on nightcrawlers, plastics, and reaction baits. The bluegill action is also pretty good with the fish moving into the spawn. Trout are very slow with no plants for over a month.
Buena Vista Lakes: The bass action is very good on a variety of plastic baits and nightcrawlers, but Brush Hawgs and Senkos have been top bets. The catfish action remains pretty fair on shad and nightcrawlers. The bluegill action very good as they move shallow for the spawn, and the best bite has been on wax worms, crickets, and meal worms. The crappie action was slow again this week with very few reported. Information: Bob's Bait 661-833-8657 or www.bobsbaitbucket.com.
Woollomes Lake: Catfish action has been fair to good and the water level, while low, is still good for fishing. The bass are fair to good on plastics and reaction baits, and more and more bluegill are being caught in a good bite. The 'gills are best on meal or wax worms. Carp are good, mostly on dough baits.
Success Lake: The bass bite is pretty good, mostly on reaction baits early and late and plastics and jigs the rest of the day. The bluegill action is also pretty good on wax worms and meal worms. Other species still slow. DFW trout plant last week. Information: 559-781-2078.
Kaweah Lake: The bass bite has been good on plastics and nightcrawlers. The bluegill bite is also good on small baits with the fish starting to move shallow. DFW trout plant last week. Information: 559-597-2526.
Central Coast Lakes
San Antonio: The black bass are still good but most fish have backed out of the shallows and showing in six to 25 feet of water on plastics with some reaction bait fish early and late in the day. No reports on other species. With no launch ramps available now, only kayaks, canoes, or inflatables can get on the water. When the ramps reopen, anglers launching boats need to think cleaned, drained, and dry or they are likely to be denied access. Information: Call the main office at 805-472-2313. The marina number is 805-472-2818 (currently closed).
Nacimiento: Very good black bass action continues good with smallmouth, spotted bass, and largemouth all biting on plastics, especially in the area from Las Tables to the dam. The white bass have been fair to good for anglers casting or trolling small lures in the narrows, Oak Shores Cove, and Las Tables, with the fish staging for their spawning run into the mouth of the river. The crappie are also pretty good on small spinners and jigs in less than 10 feet. Quagga mussel inspections are now required before boat launching is allowed. Anglers need to think cleaned, drained, and dry or they are likely to be denied access. Information: marina at 805-238-1056 or www.nacimientoresort.com.
Santa Margarita: The bass bite has very good with a lot of fish still shallow in five to eight feet of water, but some fish are moving deeper. Plastics, nightcrawlers, and jigs have been the top baits, but some fish are showing on reaction baits and topwater now. Catfish and panfish are very slow, although a few more bluegill are starting to be caught. Anglers need to think cleaned, drained, and dry boats or they are likely to be denied access. The marina store is now permanently closed.
Lopez: The bass bite is very good on plastics and nightcrawlers. The bluegill, redear, and crappie are fair to good and getting better with each warm day. The bluegill and redear best on red worms while the crappie are best on small jigs tipped with a meal worm or Crappie Nibble. A few catfish continue to show on cut baits in deeper water, but that is still slow. Quagga mussel inspections are now required before boat launching is allowed. Anglers need to think cleaned, drained, and dry or they are likely to be denied access. Information: 805-489-1006.
Trout Plants
This Week'S Trout Plants (April 27-May 3)
Los Angeles: Castaic Lake.
San Bernardino: Big Bear Lake,
Inyo: Baker Creek, Bip Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Intake Ii, Middle Fork, South Fork), Georges Creek, Goodale Creek, Independence Creek, Lake Sabrina, North Lake, Shepherd Creek, Taboose Creek, Tinnemaha Creek.
Mono: Bridgeport Reservoir.
Next Week'S Tentative Trout Plants (May 4-10)
San Bernardino: Jenks Lake.
Inyo: Rock Creek Lake.
Mono: Bridgeport Reservoir, Buckeye Creek, Convict Creek, Deadman Creek, Ellery Lake, George Lake, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Gull Lake, June Lake, Lee Vining Creek, Little Walker River, Lundy Lake, Mamie Lake, Mammoth Creek, Mary Lake, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Molybdenite Creek, Robinson Creek, Rock Creek (sections 1 and 2), Rush Creek, Saddlebag Creek (Lee Vining Creek), Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Tioga Lake, Trumble Lake, Twin Lakes (Bridgeport), Twin Lakes (Mammoth), Virginia Creek, Virginia Lakes (lower and upper), Walker River (sections 2 and 3).
Ocean Report
Long-Range News: The long range fleet out of San Diego is still seeing excellent action off the tip of Baja, but the bite has been all very early morning stuff this week with much slower fishing during daylight hours. But during the dawn action, the Excel has reported yellowfin from 90 pounds on the small end to a 351-pound beast caught last Friday. All the boats are also reporting excellent wahoo and good grouper fishing.
Coronado Island Update: The yellowtail action, which has been hit and miss for a month, surged on this week. On Wednesday, The San Diego out of Seaforth Sportfishing was out with 37 anglers and they landed 94 yellowtail. On Tuesday, there were 51 anglers on the same boat and they landed 25 yellowtail, and on Monday the 23 anglers on board landed 12 yellowtail and 15 rockfish. That is how it has been. If you pick the right day, the bite can be awesome.
White Seabass Update: White seabass continue to be a factor for anglers fishing at San Clemente, Santa Barbara, and Catalina Island. It all comes down to being at the right place at the right time. The Thunderbird out of Davey's Locker was at Clemente Monday with 18 anglers and they managed only one seabass, along with 81 rockfish, 12 sheephead, 11 whitefish, 10 sargo, eight calico bass, four barracuda, and one halibut. The Toronado out of Pierpoint Landing was out with 16 anglers and they had limits of 16 seabass to 20 pounds, two yellowtail, and one halibut one Wednesday on an overnight trip.
Instructional Charters: The staff of 976-TUNA is hosting instructional charters throughout the year, offering advice to beginning or veteran anglers and on-the-water teaching of techniques for different saltwater species. The next trip of the season is a two-day island freelance trip on the Thunderbird out of Davey's Locker leaving June 8. Cost of the trip is $225 and limited to 25 anglers. Check the website for details or call 562-352-0012. The website is www.976-TUNA.com.
— Jim Matthews


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Mumbai: Former India coach John Wright was today appointed head coach of Mumbai Indians IPL team ahead of season six which begins on April 3.
Wright, a former New Zealand opening batsman, had a successful stint as coach of the Indian team from 2000-2005 and guided his home country from December 2010 to July 2012.
"During his time in India, John was instrumental in India`s rise up in the international table including finishing finalist in the 2003 World Cup. In the relatively brief period he had been in charge of the Black Caps, the Kiwis improved upon its performance reaching the semi-finals of the last World Cup," a release from Mumbai Indians said.
It said Robin Singh, who was the coach of the side last season, will continue to be associated with the team.
"Robin Singh will continue to lend his services to Mumbai Indians," the release said.
Commenting on Wright`s appointment, Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani said, "It`s a great pleasure to have John on board with Mumbai Indians. John is immensely respected and I am sure his cricketing knowledge and experience will be of enormous help."


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By Matthew Heimer
In the typical 401(k) plan run by Charles Schwab /quotes/zigman/240465 /quotes/nls/schw SCHW , customers pay annual investment fees averaging 0.65%, or $65 per $10,000 invested. In Schwab Index Advantage plans, the index-fund-only products the super-broker introduced last year, fees average just $15 per $10,000. So the 36,000 or so investors whose employers have adopted Index Advantage plans are now saving 77% compared to their ordinary-plan peers, right?
In most cases, wrong. As Ann Carrns of the New York Times Bucks blog reports this week, customers in Index Advantage plans are automatically enrolled in a personalized-advice program, for which Schwab charges about $45 per $10,000 annually (or three times as much as the plan's investment fees). Investors can opt out of that program, but Schwab says 87% of the plan's members have stayed on. For them, fees total about $60 per $10,000, only about 8% less than they'd be paying for a normal Schwab 401(k) that included more expensive funds.
A Schwab executive tells Carrns that employees who get individual advice tend to save more, and that with the Index Advantage arrangements investors are "paying for the personalized support at the individual level" rather than seeing their fees go to fund companies. As for investors who don't feel the need to pay for advice about choosing index funds? One hopes that they're voting with their feet via the opt-out.


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Mrs. White's Treacle Pie
Treacle pie is another name for treacle tart, a pastry-crusted, syrupy sweet treat mixed with breadcrumbs and lightened with lemon zest. Pie gives us a traditional recipe.
Reprinted with permission by Angela Boggiano. Copyright © 2013. Published by Octopus Publishing. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
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- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 40 minutes
- Total time:90 minutes
- Shortcrust Pastry
- 7oz/200g plain flour or all purpose flour
- 4oz/110g butter, cubed or an equal mix of butter and lard
- 2-3 tablespoons very cold water
- Filling
- 8oz/250g golden syrup
- 3oz/75g fresh white breadcrumbs
- grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/8in/3mm and use to line a 8in/20cm pie tin. Trim off any overhanging pastry and chill for 20 minutes. Reserve the pastry trimmings for the top.
Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C. Place a baking tray in the oven to heat.
Place the golden syrup in a saucepan and heat through. Remove from the heat and stir in the breadcrumbs, lemon zest and lemon juice. Spread the mixture evenly into the pastry case.
Roll out the reserved trimmings and cut into 10–12 strips.Twist the strips into spirals and then lay half of them over the pie filling. Arrange the remaining strips at right angles to the first strips to form a lattice. Press the ends of the strips on to the rim of the pastry case.
Place the pie on the hot baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature of the oven to 375°F/190°C and bake for a further 15 minutes. Serve warm with custard.
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