LAKES
ANAHEIM LAKE
3451 Miraloma Road, Anaheim
Phone: (714) 524-7100
Fees: Adults $8; children and seniors $6.
Schedule: Seven days per week, 6 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fishing license required: No.
Rentals: Rowboats-$12 per day.
Motorboats-$20 per day.
Rods-$3 per day.
Stock: Once per week from October to first week of July; trout only.
Note: Complete tackle shop and snack bar on premises.
IRVINE LAKE
4621 Santiago Canyon Road, Orange
Phone: (714) 649-2991
Fees: Adults $9; children $7.
Schedule: Seven days per week, 6 a.m.-4 p.m.; night fishing from 5-11 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Fishing license required: No.
Rentals: Rowboats-$18 per day.
Motorboats-$30 per day.
Rods-$4 plus $10 deposit.
Stock: Twice per week; trout, catfish, bass, crappy, bluegill, sturgeon.
Note: State record channel catfish (48 pounds, 8 ounces) and blue catfish (59 pounds, 4 ounces) both caught here in 1984 and 1987, respectively.
LAGUNA NIGUEL REGIONAL PARK
28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel
Phone: (714) 831-2790
Fee: $1.50 per vehicle
Schedule: Seven days per week, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.
Fishing license required: Yes, if 16 or older.
Rentals: No boats; shore fishing only.
Stock: Once per week trout (only during April), catfish, bass and bluegill.
Note: Fishermen must furnish own bait and tackle.
SANTA ANA RIVER LAKES
4060 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim
Phone: (714) 632-7830
Fee: Adults $9; children 3-12 years $7; less than 3 years, free. Seniors: Monday-Friday $7.
Schedule: Seven days per week, 6 a.m.-4 p.m.; night fishing from 5-11 p.m.
Fishing license required: no.
Rentals: Motorboats-$30 per day; $18 per half-day.
Rowboats-$18 per day.
Rods-$4 per day.
Stock: Twice per week with catfish; trout, sturgeon, bass, crappy.
Notes: Tackle shop on premises for bait and tackle; $5 launch fee for private boats.
YORBA REGIONAL PARK LAKE
7600 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim
Phone: (714) 970-1460
Fee: $1.50
Schedule: Seven days per week; summer hours (April 1-Oct. 31) 7 a.m.-9 p.m., winter hours (Nov. 1-March 31) 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
Fishing license required: Yes, if 16 or older.
Rentals: None; shore fishing only.
Stock: Every three months with bass and catfish.
STREAMS
(Stocked by the California Department of Fish & Game)
SAN JUAN CREEK
Directions: Take Interstate 5 south to Highway 74 (Ortega Highway) in San Juan Capistrano; drive northeast on 74, creek winds next to the highway out of Cleveland National Forest to the Pacific Ocean.
Stock: Trout, from the Cleveland National Forest boundary upstream to Lower San Juan Campground.
Fishing license required: Yes, if 16 or older.
Notes: Department of Fish & Game has not stocked during the last year because of low water flow. Fishing allowed anywhere along the creek that is not private property.
TRABUCO CREEK
Directions: Take Interstate 5 south to El Toro Road; go north seven miles. Bear right on Live Oak Canyon Road, then left on Trabuco Canyon Road to the creek.
Stock: Trout; two and one-half miles north of O'Neil Park.
Fishing license required: Yes, if 16 or older.
Note: Fishing allowed anywhere along the creek that is not private property.
HOW TO OBTAIN YOUR SPORT FISHING LICENSE Apply at:
Any Department of Fish & Game regional office.
Most sporting goods stores.
Most sporting goods departments in other types of stores.
Some bait and tackle shops.
By mail to the Department of Fish & Game, License & Revenue Branch, 3211 S Street, Sacramento, Calif. 95816.
The fee is $2.00; free if you are blind, American Indian, ward of thestate, developmentally or physically disabled.
HOW TO CERTIFY YOUR RECORD CATCH If you think you have a record catch on your line:
Be sure you are the only person to handle your line, tackle or the fish during the time after you've hooked it; disqualification may occur if others are involved.
Weigh the fish and get names and addresses of two disinterested witnesses. To be on the safe side, get a color photo of fish.
Have fish's species documented by a Department of Fish & Game biologist or other qualified fishery personnel.
Obtain the proper forms from any DFG office and follow directions for filing.
Source: Individual lakes; California Department of Fish & Game