Pyramid Lake Fishing Report 10/24/14

The striper action slowed for me yesterday with not many boils compared to how it was in the previous weeks.  I saw some small boils over by the freeway rip rap near Spanish Point and Serrano but it was difficult to try to chase them with the trolling motor.  The big motor will send them down in a hurry so I try to stay off it as much as I can using only the trolling motor to get closer.

Largemouth and smallmouth was good and I had 9 fish by 10:00 and all of them came on a Lucky Craft baits.  I used the Sammy 100 in Chartreuse Shad first thing in the morning and then moved to the Sammy 100 in Ghost minnow as the sun came up.  I find the more white it is the better it works early in the day.  I then go to Ghost Minnow because it’s more natural and semi-transparent which is better for me after the sun starts to come up.

I switched between the Sammy and the Lucky Craft Pointer 97MR in Ghost minnow.  This has been the most productive jerkbait lately and remains one of my favorites.  The smallmouth and largemouth wanted it less erratic for some reason so most of them came on a steady straight wind.  Paralleling the bank was crucial in creating strikes with the Pointer and the Sammy.

There is bait everywhere!!!  I could have netted so much bait if I had a tank and net with me.  They were in the backs of covers, main lake areas, and the island anywhere I found grass.  They were very tight to the bank and in balls the size of a car.

The water temp was 69 degrees and still had some algae on wind blown banks but it’s definitely less than it was.  The grass too is almost dead and mostly brown in pockets around the lake.  For guys fishing the shore, the rip rap rock between the swim beach and the ramp looked to be good.  I saw small boils by the swim beach buoy line and some guys throwing on them caught a few stripers.  

Hope this helps, get out and fish every chance you get, this is a great time of year!!

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Castaic and Pyramid Fishing Report 10/21/2014

Castaic and Pyramid Fishing Report 10/21/2014

Castaic upper lake has been good over the past week with largemouth still up chasing

shad. Top water baits like the Lucky Craft Sammy 100 and the Lucky Craft Gunfish 95

have been working best. Largemouth have also been chewing jigs like the Dirty Jigs

3/8oz and 1/2oz with a Missile Bait Twin Turbo trailer. Drop shot a 4.5” Roboworm or

Bass Chow for larger numbers of smaller fish in areas that don’t have a lot of rock.

Shad colors and natural colors have been working best.

Pyramid lake slowed down a little but there are still stipers boiling around Spanish Point

and Serrano. The big school of fish seems to be more spread out than it has been

making it difficult to get the larger numbers we were getting. They are popping up in

smaller groups outside Brazos as well. We had better luck with Zoom Flukes with

Keitech Jig heads and Hopkins spoons. Drop the spoon on the the school when you

see them on the meter and jig it up and down raising and lowering the rod tip 3-4 feet. If

they don’t bite that, drop it down and wind it up at a medium speed. The spoon can also

be cast and retrieved but the vertical method worked best this time.

We caught largemouth on rip rap and rocky areas grinding square bill crankbaits like the

new Lucky Craft LC 1.5 Spin. Topwater was working well first thing in the morning but

then died after an hour or so. The water cooled down to 69 degrees and they should be

stocking trout soon. We will keep you updated with a report to come as soon as the

stocking truck hits the ramp.

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Castaic and Pyramid Lake Fishing Report 11/16/2014

Pyramid lake has been excellent on stripers. They aren't boiling in one

location but rather are in a large area and spread out. At times the area is

huge with fish breaking the surface in a 300 sq/ft radius. First thing in the

morning is usually best but they will pop up here and there throughout the

day. If you don't see them on the surface, drop an Ice Jig in Size 5 or 7

down while making sure you see them on your meter. Once you are down

to the desired depth, pop the rod tip 6-8 inches and then let it fall. When it

stops moving, repeat the process trying it at different depths.

Kastmasters in 1/2 oz to 1 oz have also been working great in the same

vertical fashion as the ice jig. The Kastmaster can also be cast out, let it

fall in free spool, then rip it back raising the lowering the rod while you

wind. Let if fall on the slack and then rip and wind repeating this process.

You can can also just wind it straight back after you sink it out on the initial

cast.

If they are on the surface, we prefer faster moving baits. Poppers tend to

be too slow so we us Zoom Flukes with a Keitech round jig head, Lucky

Craft pointer 97MR jerkbaits, and Lucky Craft Gunfish 95 or 115 or Zara

Spooks on the surface.

Serano point, around the island, and in the main channel leaving the

marina have been best. Keep an eye out for the sea gulls, they will let you

know where to fish if the fish are up close to the surface. If they are deep,

they may not help too much. When they stop boiling, we found them in

40-80 fee of water and dropped spoons and ice jigs on them and were bit

almost every cast. We ended up with 40+ fish by noon.

Castaic Lake has been a little slower on the boils, but they are there to be

had. Kastmasters and ice jigs also work using the same method, just

make sure there are fish on the meter or if from shore, you see bait or birds

working.

Largemouth bass fishing has also been good on crank baits, poppers early

morning, and jerk baits on windy banks. Jigs have been getting bigger

fish if you're patient. With no grass at Castaic, drop shot has also been

effective for larger numbers if you fish shad pattern Roboworks or

Basschow hand pours.

The Fall is a great time to fish so get out as often as you can. Tight Lines!!