Park Hours: 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM (Daily)
Dock Closes: 7:00 PM (Boats are called in @ 6:45 PM)
Last Plant: April 26th (3000 lbs. of Rainbow Trout)
Next Plant: May 2nd (1500 lbs. of Rainbow Trout)
Water Temperature: 60-62 degrees
Water Level: Slowly rising.

Dixon Lake's trout season so far has been outstanding with trout being caught in the 2-4 pound range. This stock has brought the life back to fishing with near limits by 8AM. It seems to be a set pattern after each stock with limits galore and excellent fishing for about 3-5 days only...after that, the fishing really tends to slow down the to single numbers being caught. This trend especially happens during a skip week for stocking the lake. Best spots for fishing have been Trout Cove, Whisker Bay and Boat Dock cove areas. The lake has received 25,500 lbs. of prime grade "A" Nebraska tail walkers so far this season. Only 1 more stock remains for this year's trout season. Best baits this season have been Power bait in rainbow, especially green and yellow this week. Green, red and or white color Power worms have been the lucky colors for big trout.

The bass action and spawns are showing some signs of improving with more activity around the spawning beds...a few small male bass are caught and released this week from anglers who are scouting out the shallow nesting spots. Plus the recent storm does not help conditions either. Things may recover quickly if the right conditions and the weather hold up this week for water temps to improve.

The lake was planted with 3000 lbs. of Nebraska "Tail walkers" on 04/26/12 for the 15th Annual Hidden Valley Kiwanis charity trout derby. The derby will be April 28th and 29th. The children's trout pond has already proven a huge hit for the kids catching their first trout. The ponds were stocked with 400 pounds of trout for the 2 day event. Results of the derby will be posted next week as the derby was in progress at the time of this report. The lake's last stock will take place on 5/02/12 with 1500 pounds of tail walkers pending weather and road conditions from Nebraska. For fishing regulations, park rules and stocking schedules please call the Dixon Lake Ranger Station at 760-839-4680 or visit http://www.dixonlake.com

At the present time, Dixon Lake no longer requires a California fishing license from the Dept. of Fish & Game. Dixon Lake has been granted an Aquaculture Permit. All anglers 8 yrs. and older will still need a daily fishing lake permit. All other park rules, fishing regulations and City of Escondido municipal codes will remain in effect until further notice other than no fishing license required.