San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County Fishing Reports
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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.
Sunday was another good day at the lake. Early on, things were a bit tough. I got to WR at about 6:30, and though I missed on a few, I didn't cate one until roughly 9. When the bite did turn on, it came on really nicely. I ended catching a dozen fish. Still using craw baits. Green pumpkin and black/blue. Both seemed to work pretty well. I work the...
Sunday was another good day at the lake. Early on, things were a bit tough. I got to WR at about 6:30, and though I missed on a few, I didn't cate one until roughly 9. When the bite did turn on, it came on really nicely. I ended catching a dozen fish. Still using craw baits. Green pumpkin and black/blue. Both seemed to work pretty well. I work the bait slowly.
As a side note, Please don't be the person that feels they have to stand 8 feet from me when we are both a mile from the gate. It happened to me again this weekend. Set my back pack down, took 3 steps to the right to fish and someone literally walked to within 8-10 feet of me and began casting into the water in which I was fishing. I feel like this happens more than it needs to at WR. I'm a friggin' mile from the gate, which means there is a mile of shoreline to fish. I can't imagine any reason that someone would need to get that close and fish into the same water.
