Virginia Lakes Resort Fishing Report

Fishing Report

July 26-August 1, 2026 -- Virginia Lakes Resort Fish Report

Weather: Full Moon August 27th the "Sturgeon Moon"

Sunday	57°	5:53-8:12	Clear and calm and the light wind cooled it down for this morning but it's picking up with a great riffle on the lake for flies. 6pm getting stronger.
Monday	49°	5:54/8:12	Clear, flat lake 6:30am, 9am great riffle. It's heating up again 76° at 11am.
Tuesday	46°	5:55/8:11	Clear very warm.
Wednesday	49°	5:56/8:10	Clear and cool, 8am 53°, 12:30pm 79°.
Thursday	46°	5:57/8:09	Clear and cool, 78° at 2pm, ouch! Trophy fish stocked.
Friday	47°	5:58/8:08	Clear and cool, 56° at 8am, fishing is slow, too hot all day.
Saturday	51°	5:52/8:07	Clear and warming up to 82° at 11am, and once the sun waned over the mountain it was really comfortably cool and improved fishing.

Lakes were stocked last week on Tuesday morning and anglers weren't having much luck from their reports.

We replaced the "NO SWIMMING/NO GAS MOTORS" ON THE NEW BILLBOARD that Forest Service replaced last September AT BIG VIRGINIA. If you see anyone swimming please inform them "nicely" it is not allowed because it is drinking water and no gas motors. This also means flat boards with people not wearing full waders.

BAIT: Another week of Mice tails taking the top spot and crawlers in second place and pinched crawlers. Pink with white heads are the hot ticket, or orange with white head and brown with red head, rainbow glitter garlic, and yellow glitter powerbait, red powerbait and some shade of green along with pinched crawlers were all on the menu for the week.

LURES: 1/6oz Red/gold Buoyant, Blue/silver and gold Kastmaster, small Panther Martin black yellow dots, gold Super Duper 501, "O" gold Mepps and a few small gold plain spinners. Stay on the small size for most lures, the fishing has been sensational when it's not this hot. One cast/one fish just about every time if you pick the right lure and spot along the shore. Evenings or early am would be the best bet for now.

FLY AND BUBBLE: Black Elk hair Caddis is still working but has slowed down, #12 black ant, Adams parachute, grey hackle yellow and Griffith's Gnat and any small dark flies. Kind of nice to teach that method and it saves the resource for catch and release. AGAIN, early and late for better results.

FLY RODS: Anglers are having issues with the heat unless they go deep. Early in the morning streamers do well, with some emergers surfacing. Great hatches on Little V the last couple evenings, Matuka's, and bead head nymphs, AP nymphs and parachute Adams, Black Elk Hair Caddis . The fishing has been great! Lakes are getting stocked weekly by DFW and another load of Trophy by the County. Always try everything sometimes your arsenal might have something you haven't tried prior. The weather is going to change shortly and fishing and catching will improve.

Carolyn

Trophy Trout for the week (*pix attached)
Little Virginia/LV, Big Virginia/BV, Trumbull/T*

John O'Toole Woodland 3lb4 Pbait 7-25 LV
Kean Johannes San Diego 4lb1 tag 698 Pbait 7-26 Trumbull
Kristin Muller San Carlos 2lb9 Mtail 7-27 BV
Darcy & Grant Ogata Torrance 3lb4, 3lb5, 3lb6, 4lb3 worms 7-29 LV
Scott Nickerson Hunt Bch 3lb6 2lb7 Mtail 7-29 LV
Karen & Jessica Bauman Acton 3lb8 tag 1102 Mtail , 4lb5 tag 1175 Cheese Pbait 8-1 Trumbull
Ethan Holy San Marcos, 4lb12 Pbait 8-1 LV

Ethan Holy San Marcos 4lb10 Pbait 8-1 LV