swimbait101, right around this time of year when it starts to warm up is when the bass start coming back into the shallow water. They come in close on the north end first usually but sooner or later they will be in close on the south end as well.
It will be especially good if the water stays at a constant level throught the spring... floating the bouy line all the way across.
Last year on March 18, like only ten days from now is when I caught my PB LMB from the shoreline on the south end of Castaic Lagoon. The water was so low then the bouy line was not floating.
Yamamoto Fat Boy Ika, 194J Watermellon, rigged up on 10 lb. Toray flourocarbon line weightless skirt forward, #4 black chrome EWG hook, a little craw Smelly Jelly on the tenticles of the Ika.
I would say the water was about 20 ft. deep where the fish hit the lure, about twenty-five yars or so off shore. The water level was low and I was about halfway across on the exposed rocks in front of the spillway.
The last time I was at the Lagoon, that area was underwater and the level was way up as the water was going over the spillway at the south end. I would say when I caught that one the water level was probably about five feet below full pool.
I'll be up at Castaic tomorrow but I haven't decided yet wether to go to the Upper Lake around the West ramp area or hit the Lagoon again. Last week I got zeroed on the south end of the Lagoon.
Good fishing to ya, later........... geobass
Edited by geobass (03-08-2008 08:17 PM)
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