Virginia Lakes Resort Fishing Report

Fishing Report

September 27 -October 3, 2026 -- Virginia Lakes Resort Fish Report

Weather: Full Moon Octoberr 25th the "Hunter's Moon"

Sunday	50°	648/7:47	Clear with light breeze early.
Monday	33°	6:49/7:45	Dusting of snow overnight.
Tuesday	33°	6:50/7:44	Clear and cold DFW.
Wednesday	34°	6:51/7:42	Clear and a bit cool, but warming up.
Thursday	41°	6:52/7:41	Clear and a lot warmer, finally!
Friday	44°	6:53/7:39	Clear and getting warmer but smoky haze.
Saturday	39°	6:53/7:37	Very clear wit high puffs of clouds, beautiful and I'm wary of this.

Aspens were gold around the resort and the leaves have been falling off for a couple weeks. The trees around mid point on the road still have some leaves but about 3 to 4 miles down the road where there is good cell service you can do about a 90 degree vision of great color especially west toward the peaks. Then another 3/4 mile down the grade the aspens are spectacular. They have about another 3 or 4 days and Conway Summit will be in full color and will stay for about 3 or 4 more days and possibly longer. So pack a bag and lots of camera gear and head on up to see the best color show along the highway.

Top spot for fishing the last 2 days has been Trumbull Lake, then Little or Big, but you have 2 1/2 times the distance to catch the same amount of trout. Big V is 92' deep and 29 acres, Trumbull is about 28' deep and 12 acres. Little V is about 18' deep in the hole and 13 acres.

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. FS

BAIT: Guess what, crawlers took over the top spot with power bait close behind and mice tails all doing their job. Pink with white heads are the hot ticket, or orange with white head and brown with red head, rainbow glitter garlic, yellow glitter, and any shade of green along with pinched crawlers were all on the menu for a couple weeks now.

LURES: Red/gold Buoyant, Red-blue white Buoyant, Blue/silver 1/6oz and use a Duo-Loc swivel. Gold Kastmaster or any small SPOON and a gold Super Duper 501.Panther Martin in black with yellow spots. Stay on the small size for most lures, the fishing pressure has dropped. One cast/one fish just about every time if you pick the right lure and spot along the shore. Water has warmed up again so go deep and try your best "junk" to toss that these stubborn trout.

FLY AND BUBBLE: Will work if you practice your best cast and drop your rod tip and stay consistent in your retrieve. Light hackle flies are working but you have to check the water to see what's floating, try #12 black ant, Adams parachute, grey hackle yellow, renegade and Griffith's Gnat and any small light hackle flies. Kind of nice to teach that method and it saves the resource for catch and release. AGAIN, early and late for better results. It has to be a perfect midday to catch on this method. Meaning, great ripple light breeze off and on so they trout are a bit confused as to what's moving the surface, of course a hatch would be very helpful.

FLY RODS: Anglers were having some success on streamers in olive, scuds and spider trails dropping soft hackles as it's that time of year. When the aspens are almost done at this elevation they get very active and I can actually see them with a light breeze falling off the pine trees. Yellow and orange soft hackles even Sofa Pillows, renegades and anything small with white wings. Early morning streamers are doing well, with some emergers surfacing. An occasional hatch of very small midges on Little V, Matuka's, Virginia Lakes Specials regular and VL specials, and bead head nymphs, AP nymphs and parachute Adams and callib-cripples. Always bring everything as your arsenal might have a surprise you haven't tried prior. The weather changed and fishing and catching is downhill for those not interested in getting wet (too bad). There are diehards out there

Carolyn

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

Joe Schugt 3lb4, 2lb9 fly Irvine 10-1 LV
Wyatt Bergenthal 5lb10oz DFW Fly Sierra Madre 10-2 LV

Joe Schugt Irvine 3lb4, 2lb9 Fly 10-1 LV

Mike Schugt (Joe) 3lb5 Lure 10-2 LV

Wyatt Berenthal Sierra Madre 5lb10 DFW Fly 10-2 LV

Alexis Arminta Lindsay 5lb15 DFW Trophy Jig 9-26 LV

Steve Colburn Fallbrook 2lb5 Wormmallow 8-27 BV

Eli Castillo LA 6lb5 DFW Trophy Pbait 9-5 BV

Austyn Munga
Austyn Mungia Lancaster 3lb5 tag 1010 Mtail 8-29 LV

Mike Mares Santa Cruz 3lb5 tag 1148 Fly 8-26 LV

Mark Dorsey Hesperia 3lb5 Pbait 8.19 LV

Loudon Carter Sacto 3lb9 Mtail 8017 LV

Landon Canon Baghdad Az 3lb7 tag 1042 Joshua Smith 3lb1 tag 1099 8-20 LV

Gavin Smith Ontario 3lb3, 2lb3 tag 1222 Mtail BV

Estella Chung West Hills 3lb5 with Jaydon tag 1016 worm,
Jayden 3lb6, 2lb6 tag 1036 worm 8-18 LV

Brett Robinson Simi Val 3lb1 tag 1091 worm 8.22 LV

Alex Yang LA 3lb2 tag 1027 Pbait 8-13 Trumbull

Brian Imhori
2026-08-21_Brian Imahori Torrance 2lb8 Pbait 88-14 BV

Bryce K
Bryce K Northridge 3lb5 tag 1073 Marshmallow 8-14 LV

Chris Gubler Landers 3 10oz tag 1224 Crawler 8-13 BV

Dave Hogg Chula Vista lb5 Mtail 8-13 LV

Jason Wen, Alex Yang, Jason Yang & Grace Yang
Jason Wen 4lb6 tag 1065, Alex Yang 4lb5 tag 1052, Jason Yang 3lb8 tag 1102, Grace Yang 2lb9 tag 1122 Pbait

Jeff Burkhardt Mission Viejo 3lb tag 1075 Pbait 8-14 Trumbull

Thomas Chang L 2lb8 tag 1145 Pbait 8-13 Trumbull

Wm Chen
Wm Chen Hacienda Hgts 2lb8 tag 1028 Pbait 8-12 Trumbull

Alex Samala Rancho SM 2lb6 tag 166 Mtail 8-6 LV

Annie Groh-Nordberg age 7 SanJ Cap Pbait 8-8 BV

Christian Fernandez 3lb7 Mtail 8-5 LV

Christian Higareda Whittier 5lb3 Jig 8-2 LV

Emily Schleger
Emily Schleiger age 6 first fish 8-5 LV

Jose Pineda San Jose 2lb4 tag 1113 Mtail 8-2 LV

Lewis Lerma
Louis Lerma San Jose 3lb7 tag 1011 Pbait 8-7 LV

Mia Fay
Mia Fay Indio 2lb8 tag 1095 worm 8-2 LV

Ralph Coronado Hunt Bch 4lb1 Pbait 8-2 LRalph Coronado Hunt Bch 4lb1 Pbait 8-2 LV

Richard Sanchez Victorville 4lb tag 1081 Mtail 8-3 LV

Steven Fall Modesto 2lb3 Lure 8-8 LV

Ethan Holy San Marcos 4lb10 Pbait 8-1 LV

Kean Johannes San Diego 4lb1 tag 698 Pbait 7-26 Trumbull

Darcy & Grant Ogata Torrance 3lb4, 3lb5, 3lb6, 4lb3 Worms 7-29 LV

Kristin Muller San Carlos 2lb9 Mtail 7-27 BKristin Muller San Carlos 2lb9 Mtail 7-27 BV

Karen & Jessica JBauman
Karen & jessica Bauman Acton tag 1102, 1175 Mtail Pbait 8-1 Trumbull

Regan Watts
Reagan Watts age 9 Idaho 2lb6oz crawler 730 LV

Scott Nickerson Hunt Bch 3lb6, 2lb7 Mtail 7-29 LV

Oliver Fernandez age 5 Carson 3lb LV

Fred Plamer Hunt Bch 3lb3, 2lb4 Mtail 7-23 LV

Drew Pulver Las Vegas 3lb, 3lb1 Pbait 7-22 L.JPG

Dan Nickerson Jr Carlsbad 3lb5 lure 7-22 LV

Cole Alltis age 13 Riverside 2lb6 Mtail 7-23

Bret Robinson
Brett Robinson Simi Vly 3lb1 Crawler 7-15 LV

Eric Oyama LA 4lb2 Pbait 7-18 LV

Chris Dalta Seattle 3lb4 Bly 7-7 LV

Jim Salazar Palos Verdes 3lb5 tag 748 BV

Kaylee Braceros LA 3lb1 Pbait 7-8 LV

Lisa Cruz Quartzhill 3lb7 tag 831 Pbait 7-11 BV

Michael Dalto Santa Clarita 4lb6 Mtail

Satomi Sundra
Satomi Sunada 4lb tag 768 Pworm Kigomi Sunada La Verne 3lb4 Pworm 7-9 LV

Rachel Yoon LA 6lb6oz Mtail 7-4 BV

Ella Bernthal Sierra Madres 4lb2 tag 965 Pworm 6-29 LV

Charlotte Nichols daughter 10 yr Fountain Vly 3lb10 Pbait 6-27 Trumbull

Cameron Haug 14 Riverside 2lb2 Pbait 9-29 BV

Bronwyn Luprecht
Bronwyn Lauprecht Whittier 4lb8 Kastmaster 6-30 LV

Bilo Arellano Corona 4lb2 tag 771 Pbait 6-27 LV

Bob & Chris Kawhara
Bob & Chris Kawahara San Diego 3lb6 crawler, 3.4 Pbait tag 785 6-24 LV

Brian Huerta Alpine 4lb4 tag 800, 3lb4 tag 747, 3lb8 tag 769 Mtail 6-24 LV

Cynthia Kawahara San Diego tag 745 Pbait 6-23 LV

John Ramirez Santa Fe Sprgs 4lb5 tag 797 crawler 6-25 LV

Noah Agellias
Noah Agrellias Riverside 5lb4 lure 6-23 Trumbull

Ruben Yeyes
Ruben Reyes Jr age 11 San Berdo 2lb7 worm 6-26 LV

Scarlett Ingerdia age 7 Hunt Bch 5lb tag 653 Mtail 6-24 LV

Stephanie Skinner Vegas 3lb7 tag 836 Mtail 6-24, Mars Rabun VA, 4llb2 tag 750 Mtail 6-24 LV