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Santa Margarita

Lake Santa Margarita is located on the Central Coast mountian range and has 1,070 surface acres. The lake was created by the construction of the Salinas Dam in 1941 There are over 120 tent and RV campsites with full and partial hookups, as well as primitive boat-in campsites. Boats over 10 feet allowed. No waterskiing or windsurfing is permitted. Body contact is not permitted as the lake is the drinking water reservoir for the City of San Luis Obispo. For more information, call (805) 438-5485 for reservations and information.

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Name: stretch Date: 2009-10-17
Location: la canada E-Mail: stilmor@sbcglobal.net
Water Teamp: 67 Water Clarity: 1
Report: storm came thru acouple days before,thru cranks first thing had 3,all around 2lbs,most of the fish caught were off points with rock,find structure may hold several fish

Tips: crawdad cranks,robo rivercraw 4.5 and robo ox blood curl tail,drop shot,fish cranks first thing shuts off 8-9am,then worm points and structure


Name: BD Date: 2009-07-12
Location: SM E-Mail:
Water Teamp: 76o Water Clarity: 3
Report: Practice day at Margi. Has been a few months since I was last here and the water has really dropped, so be alert as to some routes you normally take as now there is less than 2 feet at some areas. A small 9-10 boat meet going on. Chatted with maybe 5 boats and at 10AM, no one had any fish. Was warm out and very little wind. Tried all my favorite spots as well as hitting Zaca Flats with grass frogs. Not one blow-up which really laid out the rest of the day --- Nothing. Maybe two bites and that was it. Hit shallow, deep, in-between and nothing. Cranks, blades, drop, creature baits nothing seemed to hit on a bite.

Tips: No suggestions other than fish were being caught. No one wanted to fess up to where and what.


Name: perico Date: 2009-06-17
Location: santa maria E-Mail: bsleddo@hotmail.com
Water Teamp: 72 Water Clarity: 3
Report: Beautiful day at Margarita, Lots of weeds along shore looked like it could be a great catching day. Started with top water and caught 3 pounder and had no other hits. Lost good fish on dropshot and that was the two hits of the day, thru everything in the box.

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