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http://www.countyofsb.org/parks/cachuma.sbcThe recent trout plant has anglers catching limits of fat Calvaras hatchery fish. The best bite has been from shore in Drakes Cove, E Point and Harveys Bay. Throwing Kastmasters, Panther Martins, Thomas buoyants and Rapalas all took rainbows to 3 lbs. PowerBait and 'crawlers also worked well for people soaking bait. Trollers fat lined a variety of lures around the log boom for limits, or near limits.
Bass fishing slowed with the cold front moving in and plummeting water temps, although there were fish reported on spinnerbaits and spoons. Catfish still in the mix and cut mackerel fished in Harvey's and Cachuma Bay took wiskerfish to 8 lbs. Crappie was slow last week, as were all panfish. Bow fishing for carp was a bit slower this week, but the few archers that ventured out did shoot a few, with an 8 lb. average reported.
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The water has stayed warm with the recent heat wave, which has kept the catfish active. Cut mackerel and creek channels are the key to success. There has been some decent top water action on bass early, and both largemouth and smallmouth are hitting buzz baits, spoons and poppers. The PM bite has been fair on spinnerbaits, spoons and texas rigged plastics. There has been a slow bite on trout, but bank anglers have been scoring......
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Once again, catfish generated the best action, with several 5 to 8 lb. fish weighed in at the marina. The best locations were Drakes Cove, Johnsons, Sweetwater and Santa Cruz Bays. The majority of the whiskerfish were taken on cut mackerel, but dough bait and chicken livers also worked well. There has been a decent early morning top water bass bite on poppers and spooks. The PM bite has been good at times on the flats, and both largemouth......
