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boblag
08-30-2005, 09:59 PM
I'm stuck down here for a year doing an internship and am trying to figure out how to catch a bass in these lakes. I don't have much experience with LM but have fished alot for SM in OR. I'm pretty close to Castaic, Pyramid, Piru, etc. I don't have a boat. Any info. would be great.
Ryan Pultz
08-30-2005, 11:44 PM
Castaic use a Rainbow trout colored rapala. rp
Fishfeet
08-31-2005, 09:34 AM
What RP said! I watched a really good show featuring lake Castiac. These guy`s were looking to set a new worlds record for the LM. They were using these HUGE plastic rainbow lures. I`m talking 12 to 14 inches long. The LM`s were just hammering them! :smash: Ff
Ryan Pultz
08-31-2005, 11:37 AM
http://www.extremelures.com/ProductImages/images/charlie/charlie02.jpg
Fishfeet
08-31-2005, 03:47 PM
The lures I saw these guy`s using were being made by a local company down in that direction. The lures looked just like a rainbow trout and were constructed to act like a crippled fish. Very lifelike. Made out of some soft pliable plastic. They were selling like hotcakes and the company couldn`t keep the shelves stocked up. They were getting some near record LM on them, like around 22# or so. Great show. These guy`s were sight fishing for those hogs and doing real well. :dance: Ff
fishnfun
08-31-2005, 04:05 PM
I saw that show too. I thought they were crazy when they first tied them on. :laugh:
Striper Club
08-31-2005, 05:16 PM
The popular big bass lure for Castaic and Casitas(Ojai) is the Stocker Trout. Reports can be found from Turner's Outdoors in LA. They have a site somewhere too..
B-RUN STEELIE
09-01-2005, 04:56 PM
Wow... I guess thats why Sportsmans Warehouse has a bunch of them up here in the Northwest. 12 inch trout lures are all the rage on waters like Brownlee or any place north of So Cal.
ExBassGuide
09-01-2005, 05:55 PM
Clear Lake and the Delta are the ones I like to fish!!!!
Roger
Codfish
09-01-2005, 06:03 PM
Actually just read an article about success with swim baits in northern waters. Thinking about getting one as I know a lake that a rainbow trout swim bait just may work on getting some of them big ole bass in there to bite.
Codfish
boblag
09-07-2005, 05:44 PM
Thanks for all the tips. I was able to find a few bass in the Kern River a little further up north. I guess the fishing is pretty slow now in Castaic, etc. 'cause of the temp (low 80's). I'll have to give the swimbaits a try!
Hunt'nFish
09-08-2005, 04:24 PM
Yea, they use stocker rainbows as feed fish for the huge LM's!
Use stuff like this: Click here (http://www.castaicsoftbait.com/quicksnap.html)
W.Tracker