Castaic Lake and Reports

Monday, August 29th, 2005

• By Jerry B

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished from opening to about 9AM. Fished the boils with soft jerkbaits amd tube type baits.Caught 10 fish from 2 to 3.5 pounds..

  Tips: Ski arm and match the size of bait the fish are bustin on..

• By Inlang Guide Service

  Water Temp: 79

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: Hot! weather has been the key to the bite as the fish are eating on top early and late.Troll the ski arm with Z-Plug #400 blue shad and hold on. This morning the fish were eating the bait on lead core line at 5 colors 3.6 mph
  City: AltaLoma

  Tips: sweep the points in 30 feet of water and hold on.

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

• By Allantek

  Water Temp: 77

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Jigs on Rootbeer Greenflack between 2 feet and 28 feet. Drop shot oxblood worms along drop-offs.
  City: Culver City

  Tips: Drink plenty of water, very hot out! 108 degress.

Friday, August 19th, 2005

• By mark poulson

  Water Temp: 75-78

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Typical summer bite. All the fish we caught were on the main lake, on the ski arm. Better fish (6+) were on the bluff walls.
  City: los angeles

  Tips: Bubblegum swimbaits on the dropshot. :O)

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

• By Fishinman

  Water Temp: 73

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: wiiddee open!!! throw anything you havn't caught on in the past. You'll get rid of all those undesirable plastic baits you give away at club raffles!
  City: toluca

  Tips: they is on the bank! Be quiet your hunting wabbits!

Monday, May 16th, 2005

• By Justin

  Water Temp: ?

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Got to the lake at 8:30pm. Landed two 2lb LRG's in the first 45 minutes. I was using a 4 1/2" crankbait. Stayed til' 11:00 with out any more action.
  City: Reseda

  Tips: Use bright, odd colors, and a jerky presentation, this lake gets a lot of presure and the fish have seen it all.

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

• By Justin

  Water Temp: ?

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Small mouth and crappie bite was hot this weekend. Robo worms and curly tail grubs seem to be the best bets.
  City: Reseda

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

• By Justin

  Water Temp: 61

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Got to the lower lake at 9:30pm nothing until 10:30. Then things went off. Landed 2 good size lrg's, then stuck a 10-6 at about 11:00 on a rapala broken back trout imitation. Me thinks they likes to play in the weeds.
  City: Reseda

Friday, March 11th, 2005

• By Bo Viescas

  Water Temp: 58-61

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: Bass starting to finally wake up and bite! Stuck a 7lb bass in Elizabeth canyon at first daylight on a purple 7" california worm. Bass seemed to eat 7" purple worms, 7" Robo shakin worms in Aron's magic, & watermelon zipper's. we stuck fish all day! all over the lake. Fish are in tight in the morning, then pull off 10'-25'I will try to figure out how to post the picture of the fish so everyone can see her.
  City: Moorpark,Ca 93021

  Tips: Throw 7" worms, try cranks, jigs,etc. Jigs should still be biting. Today for some reason they did not want to bite jigs.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

• By Stinkybutt

  Water Temp: 56

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: On water about 11:00 or so. Headed to Elizabeth cyn right off the bat. Water looks like chocolate milk! Wind was whippin' on he main lake, so the coves were the only likely choice. Hooked into a good fish and lost it. Spoke to a couple of the locals, and they said that there were a few fish caught in the elizabeth cyn area on worms and spinnerbaits.
  City: Tehachapi

  Tips: Don't take any tips from anyone else, get out and fish!

Monday, January 17th, 2005

• By Ron Licari

  Water Temp: 55

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: We fished in a small 12 boat tournament with water visibility of 1-3 inches. We had 7 fished weighed in. There is a lot of stuff floating in the water. The water ski arm has far less stuff floating in it. We are talking uprooted tree stumps and large branches that if hit will take out your boat.
  City: castaic

  Tips: brass an glass beads and dark color worms
  bait that make alot of noise

Saturday, December 18th, 2004

• By ERIK

  Water Temp: 58

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: went up there sat and didn't get a bite i guess it's to cold or something but it did get very windy towrd midday well anyhow maybe next time
  City: BAKERSFIELD

  Tips: i don't know

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

• By Dan Curtis

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Up at Castaic on Vets Day, saw three kids in a 12' john boat fishing west walls with live shad. No livewell so they filled bottom of boat with water and stood on the bench seats taking turns bailing water. Low tech but they were haulin' in the bass big time ... and feeding the seagulls.
  City: Oak Park

  Tips: Live shad bite still goin' strong ... more so toward mid day.

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

• By mark bueton

  Water Temp: 70-75

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fishing was terrible!!!! DIDNT CATCH CRAP THAT HOW IT WAS ME AND TWENTY OF MY FRIENDS.
  City: sana maria

  Tips: DONT GO TO THIS LAKE EVER!!!!

Monday, September 27th, 2004

• By DON EKSTEDT

  Water Temp: 69 TO 72

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: FISHED THE FISHING ARM,LOTS OF BOILS THREW A ZOOM SUPERFLUKEAT BOILS CAUGHT 6 2 TO 4 LB FISH. SHIFTED TO A CLEAR SPOOK AND CAUGHT 3 NICE FISH IN THE 4 TO 6 LB CLASS. IT WAS A GREAT DAY
  City: PASADENA

  Tips: FLUKES AND CLEAR SPOOKS OVER GRASS AND BOILS

Tuesday, September 7th, 2004

• By Ross E. Mariano

  Water Temp: 73 - 75

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Started morning fishing Sammys and Assasins over top of grass beds at Sharon's Rest. Good for a handful of 2-3lb fish but more blow-ups and follows than bites. Switched to drop shot after sun came into view and caught a few more fish but bites were few. Shad were every where so decided to go crank the west walls. Bingo! Excellent bite using LuhrJensen 1/4oz. Speed Traps in Crystal Tennesee Shad pattern. First 2 casts were 3-1/2 to 4lb fish. Had several other nice fish as well as plenty of the 1-1/2 to 2lb variety. Left the lake at 2:00 but not before my partner and I had put together an 18lb+ limit.
  City: Long Beach

  Tips: Cooler water is result of water coming in. Normally this time of year it is pushing 80*, especially after the heat we have been having. Lake was recently Bluestoned again clearing up the water but also killing off the grass that provides cover, shade and oxygen. Nothing better than working a topwater bait over the top of the grass and watching a fish come out of it and hit your lure. Look for areas of shad. If you find those, the bass are near by and don't be surprised if you catch a few Stripers as the Bass are mingling with them as they chase the shad Price to get in is ridicuosly high, $22.00 but don't get fooled by all the improvements. Those were done with federal money earmarked for that long before Castaic's problems I should say problem as this has to be the most mis-managed lake in California

Saturday, September 4th, 2004

• By Virgil

  Water Temp: 72

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished the back bays along the south shore of the fishing arm. Noticably less surface activity than usual. Threw buzz baits, spinner baits (deep and surface), plastic shad and worms. Nothing. Focused on one pocket that was thick with shad and several 1-5 pound bass working the shad school. Nothing, but, spoiled fish watching me bring a bag lunch to Thanksgiving dinner...
  City: Valencia

  Tips: wear suncreen

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004

• By Stinkybutt

  Water Temp: 75+

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Tried to fish the ski arm but couldn't find anything but weeds. Found fish at the fish arm on a point in one of the coves. Tossed jigs into 20-25' water. Caught one fish 3lbs.
  City: Tehachapi

  Tips: Someone give me some tips.....I need um'

Thursday, July 22nd, 2004

• By Al

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished the lagoon last night. fished 6" plastics with only one fish good for 1.5 lbs. LOTS of grass. Tried a jig with no luck. My buddy fished with both night crawlers and a rattle trap but got skunked. Would'nt take a top water either.
  City: Sylmar

  Tips: Fishing seem to be slow at night right now so your guess is as good as mine.

Friday, July 9th, 2004

• By WAT

  Water Temp: 80

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: THE FISHING IS RED HOT!CAUGHT AND RELEASED 2O-30 BASS ( 2LBS-5LBS) ALL ON TOP IN THE SKI ARM. LATTER IN THE DAY FISHED JIGS AND DROPSHOT IN 15 TO 20FT OF WATER.
  City: TORRANCE

  Tips: OXBLOOD WORMS AND BROWN JIGS.