San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County Fishing Reports
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The bite has been awesome at Nacimiento this month, even as water temps hit 80 and levels continue to drop almost a half foot per week. The white bass action is really the highlight right now... big schools cruising the outer edges of flats, feeding heavily on shad. Boaters and shore guys alike have been crushing numbers on long-cast spoons...
The bite has been awesome at Nacimiento this month, even as water temps hit 80 and levels continue to drop almost a half foot per week. The white bass action is really the highlight right now... big schools cruising the outer edges of flats, feeding heavily on shad. Boaters and shore guys alike have been crushing numbers on long-cast spoons (Kastmaster) or spinners... letting them sink to the bottom, then reeling back through the schools.
The spotted bass bite is wide open as well. Small swimbaits, spoons (same as for the white bass), dropshots, or any other shad imitation are working in the backs of coves and on transition edges. There's also a morning topwater bite on walking or prop baits (Spook, Chappo)
Some big crappie are biting too, near rock or submerged wood structure. Catfish biting in just about every shallow cove on nightcrawlers and shrimp.
Santa Margarita is full and water temps are sitting at an ideal 69 degrees. Bass action has been excellent despite the post-spawn transition... fish are still stacked in the backs of coves and quiet water, guarding fry aggressively and hanging shallow. Flukes, Senkos, or light topwater baits are getting crushed on a soft lob toward those fry balls...
Santa Margarita is full and water temps are sitting at an ideal 69 degrees. Bass action has been excellent despite the post-spawn transition... fish are still stacked in the backs of coves and quiet water, guarding fry aggressively and hanging shallow. Flukes, Senkos, or light topwater baits are getting crushed on a soft lob toward those fry balls.
The panfish bite is equally strong. Redear and bluegill are pushing shallow to spawn... look for big slabs bedding on the flats. Crappie have wrapped up their spawn and are now shadowing their fry, much like bass. Find them around submerged structure or where the flats break into deeper water.
Fellas, Went to Whale Rock for a couple of hours after work yesterday. I think were definitely in the post spawn let down as fishing was extremely tough. What didn't work: chatterbait spinnerbait, TR stick worm, TR craw bait, wacky worm. What did work, hedgehog on a weighted hook. Don't know if it was the different movement or the color or a...
Fellas, Went to Whale Rock for a couple of hours after work yesterday. I think were definitely in the post spawn let down as fishing was extremely tough.
What didn't work:
chatterbait spinnerbait, TR stick worm, TR craw bait, wacky worm.
What did work,
hedgehog on a weighted hook. Don't know if it was the different movement or the color or a combination of both. Was able to finally catch a few.
The bite was extremely light, and the fish were noticeably thinner than they were a few weeks ago. Had to fish extemely slowly, almost deadsticking. Be patient.
