Preparing for the Trout Opener @ Mission Viejo Lake

The Time is Almost Here !!!!

Fall colors are in the air and so is the anticipation of rainbow trout fast approaching Lake Mission Viejo!
The 32nd Annual LMVA Trout Opener is scheduled for Saturday, November 20 at 6 a.m. Anglers will find 10,000 pounds of beautiful trout, hungry for a variety of lures and bait. For the first time in several years, the “opener fish” will travel from Mt. Lassen Fish Hatchery in northern California. The Lassen team will be stocking LMV with the “Sierra Bow” strain of feisty rainbows. Mt. Lassen Trout's Sierra Rainbow is a beautiful, richly colored, full-finned, ruby red meat rainbow trout. These fish are the closest thing you will find to a truly wild rainbow trout. When the trout first arrive, during the week prior to Opening Day, the lake will be closed to fishing until the Saturday morning season opener. The “no fishing” period allows the trout time to acclimate to LMV waters and prepare to do battle with the LMV's skillful anglers.