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Sunday, May 4th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 63-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Water stained to clear, improving gradually over last 2 weeks or so. Went out 8:30 w wacky rig senkos along shore. Good bite with 3 4 lbs fish and a few small ones also. Fished about 3 hrs with best bite about 10am.
    City: Santa Barbara

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the lake at 7:00 the water has cleared a little and is warming, the fish were very active assassins were killin them all day! fish shallow to mid depth with them early and drop shot or shakey head later before the sun warms up too good. 3.5 lbs and 4lb were the biggest
    City: lompoc

    Tips: try next to the patches of green reeds that you can find, dead stick weightless zoom super flukes, baby bass color

Monday, April 28th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake clearing some. Still a lot of green alga pooling on the surface. Water down a couple of feet and rafting starting in the inlets. Lot of junk on the bottom. Fishing slow for me.

Friday, April 25th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Lived in Ventura as a kid and went to Matilija Reservoir north of Ojai once on a camping trip back in the early 60's. Anyone know if it holds any decent bass or if it even gets fished much? Or is fishing even allowed there anymore?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Perico they are pressure washing at lopez and they are doing the lock system.
    City: Taft

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Want to know if anyone has info on the inspections going on with lopez and margarita. Heard they are doing the power washing system but not the lock system. Any up dates? Hope to fish this week
    City: santa maria

Friday, April 4th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 56-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on water 7AM and had no luck early using dropshot, spinnerbait and spook. Partner caught keeper on senko 9 AM. I caught spinnerbait fish keeper 10am. Lost about 3 pounder behind island 11am on shaking worm and partner caught to keepers on senko there also. Bit of wind and boat enter went really well, used partners boat and he was there last saturday and had lock on so went right in. Guys were really nailing trout. lots of boats and lots of fish. Hope to be going on Monday
    City: Santa Maria

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Is the lake open to private boats?
    City: SB

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 56-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Approaching cold front. Cool weather, 45 deg, at 7:30am. Lake is full, ramps all open. Water in good shape, not much debris and clarity is good. Easy to make out bottom in 6ft. Fished shallow, moving slowly along banks with worms on C rig or Drop Shot. 6 or 8 boats fishing Johnson and saw a few guys sitting on beds. Slow start, bite seemed to pick up after 10am.
    City: Santa Barbara

    Tips: April 22-23 is an Annual Trout Derby. There will be large crowds. Ramps will be congested with slow launch/retreive boaters. RV park fills up the Tue or Wed before the weekend.

Monday, March 31st, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Here is the link for the Mar 25th Supers meeting in Santa Maria if you want to listen to it. It's pretty decent and it gives a good insite as to what is happening at the lake.

    http://bos-agenda.sbcgov.net/calendar/#current

    Click on the blue 'available' word and this will prompt the DVR screen. Start at about 1:37.00 on the time meter on the right lower section, by moving the center 'slide-bar' until it reaches about that time frame. Click on full -screen and listen to the meeting as it took place on the 25th.
    City: SM

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish were all small. Used robo 4 or 4.5 curlytail with splitshot rig. Holo shad or aarons. 2 smallies and 2 largemouth. Lost what felt like a good size one. Took me into the trees.
    Water clarity is messed up. big algae bloom
    City: Ventura

Friday, March 28th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 56-59

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Water very colored with a lot of suspended alga. Also a lot of brown streaks of ash, etc. Fishing not too hot!
    Lake entry working as advertised. Personnel were all very pleasant and helpful.
    City: Santa Barbara

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: In response to the Supervisory meeting held on the 11th at the SM Government offices. Nothing of value other than 'getting pushed off' happened. Meeting was cancelled from mid-morning to 2PM, them by 3:05 the Adult Health issue was still going on. Not much was said other than a reschedule to Mar 25th, naturally, at a time when most are at work [makes the crowd smaller and less hassle] and they can get all the liberal guns to close the lake. It is really funny that COMB said that the launch ramp was still 'under construction' when in fact, fill base was in place right up to the ramp to accept boat lauch but COMB stated that the landscape wasn't finished, the fish clean station wasn't finished and the 'ramp' still wasn't ab;e to accept vehicles. ???WHAT??? Little is known to the public about the 15 ton crawler crane that was used to drop in the ballast for the ramp. The ONLY way it could get to that particular spot was to DRIVE DOWN the 'uncompleted' [ha ha] ramp. So I guess it isn't ready for a car and boat! Another ploy of COMB to keep boaters off this watershed and like the Mar 4th meeting COMB had, "CLOSE THE LAKE".

    Lets us ALL unite and for a Coalition for Clean Lakes within the 6 lake region of Casitas, Cachuma, Lopez, Margartita, Naci and San Antone. Lets ALL show up at Cachuma IF the board elects to let the Trout Derby go on as planned but close it to all others. This is the big money maker for Cachuma and if all the Bassers show up in force, they cannot decline us enty into the water -- If so, stand your ground and call KCOY and KEYT and tell them to show up. Wanna make a bet we get on the water!

    It is a know fact now that some chemical that is in the product Catch and Release that we use for live wells, has something in it that is proven beyond all other brands to kill the larva of the Quagga and possibly Zebra. Anybody else have any info on this? Pass it along.

    BASSERS UNITE!!!! We want clean water too but lets have the COMB hear OUR suggestions as well!
    City: SM

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks for the 'heads-up' DK. I passed it along on my Group Email!

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Notice of Public Hearing

    March 2008

    The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on March 11, 2008 at the Betteravia Government Center in Santa Maria to consider a request from the Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board (COMB) to temporarily close Lake Cachuma to private boats. The request is based upon the threat of Quagga Mussel (an invasive aquatic freshwater mussel) possibly being introduced into the lake via private boats. The hearing will be conducted as part of the regularly scheduled meeting which begins at 9am.and should be heard sometime during the morning agenda.

    Public may give testimony before the Board of Supervisors in person in Santa Maria, or by remote at the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room in Santa Barbara.

    The Betteravia Government Center Hearing Room is located at 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, Ca.

    The Santa Barbara Hearing Room is located in the County Administration Building, fourth floor at 105 East Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara.

    Tips: Everybody show up to this!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Drove by today. Launch ramp closed. Now they are estimating March 22 for the opening date.

    My guess is to await decision at Santa Barbara Supes meeting on the 11th and to await Casitas decisions and guidance.
    City: Santa Barbara

Monday, February 11th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Spoke to the lake personnel and they said the ramp is on schedule for 28 Feb. Shud be nice IF the lake is open!!

    Meeting with Board of Supes is tentatively scheduled for the 4th of March.
    City: Santa Barbara

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tough bite for us. Nothing to report except conditions. Couldn't get any swimbait fish - had a few nicer fish a couple weeks ago. Not even a touch on the spider jig or 10" worm. Dropped a brand new spoon and broke it off on my first cast - thanks for the tip Kelly! One of those days. Didn't see any significant shad activity. Lake activity is transitioning into the winter pattern - lots of panfishers and trout danglers everywhere.
    City: SB

    Tips: Fish slow? I probably fished too fast, as usual.

Friday, November 16th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: My report of Nov 9 should be the 16th! OOPS! I need to get my calendar recalibrated

Friday, November 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 60-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Water beautiful and clear except behind island. Lots of suspended matter down there. Wife and I hit Johnson on the humps inside. A couple of small fish. Best fish was steep wall in Santa Cruz near bouys with Senkos. Chalk cliffs were slow with a couple of dinks on a jig worm. Only fished about 3 hrs. 2 keepers and several dinks.
    City: Santa Barbara