Nor Cal Fish Report
Santa Margarita Lake Fish Report for 5-2-2022


The trout bite has picked back up

Santa Margarita Lake - CA (San Luis Obispo County)


by Santa Margarita Lake Staff
5-2-2022
805-438-1522
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WATER TEMPERATURE: 66 degrees

Crappie bite is here catching on chartruese tailed jigs and meal worms sold at the
Marina Tackle shop!

The trout bite has picked back up with another fish plant on 4/28/22 coming in at a whopping 4000 pounds of delicious rainbow trout!!Averaging 14 inches
around 1 1/2 pounds.

The bass bite has slowed a bit with bass moving off of spawn bed and into the shallow coves with algie bloom and structure. Catching bass on swimbaits and also some lead heads throwing spinnerbaits and a little bit of topwater in the early evenings.

Catfish are being caught mostly on mackeral and anchovies. Bluegill and red ear are being caught in high numbers on red worms and meal worms. See you all at the LAKE!!!



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