silkgato said:
September Info
I am from Southern California, I own a small boat that I fish local lakes with whenever I have a chance (which hasn't been much lately). I normally fish trout, catfish and creppie but I am eager to fish salmon.
I lived and worked in SoCal for most of my life. Like you I got used to local waters. for the same species.
I have fished most of the water within a couple hundred miles or so of LA.
Just to spark interest, I suggest lake San Antonio on the central coast for striped bass, Nascimento lake nearby it is also great for 1 to two pound crappie and also has a terrific fishery for white bass (only water in CA that has true white bass), as well as large and small mouth bass. I've had 100+ fish days at Naci, where sitting in the boat you could use the same Kastmaster, tossing it toward the shore line and catch a smallie on almost every cast , then toss it out toward the open water and catch a white bass every cast.
I've even caught big Bluegill on Kastmaster at Naci out boiling among the white bass. Just match it to the size of the shad .
Isabella Lake is also excellent fishing for big crappie and Channel cats.
Don't overlook Big Bear lake for large mouth. While it doesn't produce the monsters that Casitas or the San Diego lake do, it can get you easy limits of 2 to 3 pound eaters with consistency (Try the north shore around windy point and Fawnskin/Grout Bay).
You hear a lot of reports about Skinner for largemouth and no doubt they are there, But a lot of folks miss out by not fishing it for stripers. And of course Silverwood is known for stripers, along with Castaic and Pyramid lake. With that boat the east side of the island area is a good producer, and of course you must know to fish the upwelling at Pyramid when they pump the water back up from Castaic.
Those are my favorites to fish that area. Of course, any of them also produce consistent Channel catfish bites almost anytime of the year.
Then there's the Big Water just west of you. What can you say bout the fishing off the coast from The Mexican border to the Channel Islands, just great fishing most of the year.
And don't forget what the moratorium did for the salmon fishery in delta system.
Trout and really big yellow perch are there at Crowley lake for a little more driving distance
Add to them The Colorado river for Stripers , channel catfish and the great fishing for Flatheads and you have a pretty good opportunity almost any direction you head in.
Sure it can get crowded with a lot of competition (I almost always would avoid fishing on weekends), but I miss the fishing opportunities around SoCal.
You're welcome. If I had a boat I'd hit the tide water for sure in September.
