Lake Balboa
Los Angeles County Bass, Catfish, Tilapia, Carp, Sunfish

Lake Balboa Fishing Report

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Good Bass bite
Bass, Catfish, Tilapia
Stained

Balboa’s kicking out plenty of spring bass, although mostly skinny 1–2 pounders. Bigger fish have been hard to come by. Swimbaits and craw-style plastics are getting bit, especially when worked very tight to the shoreline. Water’s stained, so stick to dark, high-contrast colors like black and blue. Catfish are showing here and there, but the...

Balboa’s kicking out plenty of spring bass, although mostly skinny 1–2 pounders. Bigger fish have been hard to come by. Swimbaits and craw-style plastics are getting bit, especially when worked very tight to the shoreline. Water’s stained, so stick to dark, high-contrast colors like black and blue. Catfish are showing here and there, but the tilapia bite has been very good on nightcrawlers.

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Hot Bass bite
Largemouth Bass

There’s a lot of bass action at Balboa right now, and not just for dinks. Within the last few weeks, 4, 5, and 7+ pounders were all pulled out of the lake. The cooling water temps are firing up these fish. Crawfish are a major forage currently, so slow-dragging jigs and/or soft-plastic craws has been excellent. Fish are also consistently being...

There’s a lot of bass action at Balboa right now, and not just for dinks. Within the last few weeks, 4, 5, and 7+ pounders were all pulled out of the lake. The cooling water temps are firing up these fish. Crawfish are a major forage currently, so slow-dragging jigs and/or soft-plastic craws has been excellent. Fish are also consistently being caught on a variety of other baits: rattle traps, Keitech swimbaits, drop shots, square-bill crankbaits… and the list goes on. The excellent bite should continue until the first big cold front.

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Excellent Tilapia bite
Bass, Tilapia
Slightly Stained

The Tilapia bite at Balboa has been very good all summer, for both Blues and Niles. Folks are throwing flukes or small swimbaits imitating the thin minnow baitfish schooling around the lake. Throwing live night crawlers has also been very effective. For bass, the evening topwater bite has been good lately on walking style baits.

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Lake Balboa Bite Meter

2 weeks ago
Bass
Good
Catfish
Fair
Tilapia
Excellent

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