I sure am excited about this lake report page. This page will be updated as often as possible. I hope to sit down and give you updated information the beginning of each month. Even if your not able to go fishing with me this month, tell your friends about the site. This should be good information if you're in a bass club, and need some fresh, up to date information on Lake Casitas and Lake Castaic in Southern California. Hey, if you own your own boat, and just fish by yourself, check this page out. I hope it helps. Oh, and by the way, when you see me on the water make sure you stop and say hi!
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Lake Casitas Bass Fishing Guide Report / Southern California 12/19/2011 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Lake Casitas has a very nice mix of trout and bass for the holiday season. The most exciting news is that a plant of 4000 pounds of Nebraska Tailwalker trout were planted on Thanksgiving day. All of these trout ranged in size from 2 to 12 pounds. These are absolutely beautiful fish and they are making for a nice mix as we catch the trout while were bass fishing. Meaning that the trout are traveling in very shallow water and since they feed on live shad many of the lure's that we use for bass are also catching these large Nebraska Tailwalkers. If that wasn't good news, Lake Casitas gets another 4000 pounds of Nebraska Tailwalker planted into the lake on December 21st, 2011 . All of the fish that are planted are not fertile fish, meaning that they cannot reproduce. Therefore we encourage our guide clients to keep the fish as they are absolutely fantastic on the grill. The big trout fillet out much like a salmon, and of course we take care of all the fish cleaning for you at the end of the fishing day. We are offering two different fishing trips, one in which we leave at 7am in the morning and fish for a half, or a full 8 hour day. For those that are concerned about the cold temperatures in the morning we are also offering a trip that leaves at 10 AM in the morning and returns to the dock at 2 PM. As always we provide all the fishing tackle necessary for your day. All of your fishing rods, reels, and tackle are ready for you when you arrive. Lake Casitas is absolutely beautiful this time of year. The afternoon temperatures have been in the mid-60's to low 70's. There are very few boats on the water, so it provides a great atmosphere for your fishing guide trip. When you arrive, there will be bottled water, ice, and packaged snacks all on board, all at no extra charge. I know a lot of you have some time off for the holiday season, this is a great time to get the family out fishing. As I said this Southern California lake offers a great mixed bag of trout and bass, and all the fishing is being done casting a variety of artificial lures into the shallow water. If you would like to book your fishing trip you can e-mail me at the "Contact Rich Tauber" page at the top of the screen. You can also reach me on my personal cell phone at (818) 439-1154. Sure hope to hear from you soon so we can take advantage of some of this wonderful winter fishing |
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Castaic Lake Bass Fishing Guide Report / Southern California 11-1-2011 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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The best bass fishing I have seen in three years! That's the best way for me to describe what's going on right now at Castaic Lake in Southern California. With almost perfect weather conditions, and few if any boats on the lake, the bass fishing is been absolutely terrific. Now let me make this clear, the lure fishing is very poor. The hot ticket without question is fishing with live shad on the flyline. We have been going out each morning and netting live threadfin shad for bait. We have been doing this in the early morning hours when the water is clear and the shad are easy to spot. We have been fishing the shad on a spinning rod with 6 pound test line and a #4 Daiichi drop shot hook. Most of my clients or catching anywhere from 10 to 60 largemouth bass a day. Absolutely phenomenal catches. This is absolutely the best time for you and your family to enjoy some of the best fishing that we have seen in quite some time. We are open for business seven days a week. And there are half, and full-day trips available. We are beginning our day at 7:30 AM each morning. When you arrive all your fishing rods, reels, and tackle are ready to go. As always, there's bottled water, ice, and packaged snacks on board all at no extra charge. Prices start at $225 per day, and everything you could possibly need for your day of fishing is included. This is a great time to bring children, and family, as fishing with live shad is very simple, yet super productive. You can always e-mail me at the contact Rich Tauber link at the top of the page. Or you can call me on my cell phone at (818) 439-1154. Castaic Lake is one of the most famous bass fishing reservoirs in Southern California and it is certainly living up to its reputation. We really hope that you get the chance to go out on a guided bass fishing trip with me as this is some of the bass fishing you will experience for quite some time. Hope to see you soon! |
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Castaic Lake Bass Fishing Guide Report 10-5-2011 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Lake Castaic is offering up some pretty phenomenal fishing at the current time. It all started about three weeks ago when a huge volume of Thredfin shad floated to the surface causing a fantastic top water bite on both the largemouth and striped bass at this Southern California fishing hotspot. What makes this especially fun is there's also a pretty good volume of live shad to scoop in the back of a few selected pockets. We use this live shad to catch the stripers and largemouth during the idle times as we wait for the fish to start boiling on the surface. The lure fishing at Lake Castaic has been 100% top water, Zara Spooks, Zip Irony's, rattle traps, and a white buzzbait have been the top choices. It's been pretty much all visual fishing as we idle into the coves and pockets waiting to see activity from birds, shad and boiling bass. There is a huge volume of shad in the lake right now, both threadfin and ghost minnows. If you would like to book a trip, this would be a super exciting time to go. I know of very few anglers who don't enjoy the sight of a bass striking a top water lure. We have half and full day trips available. As always my boat is iced down with plenty of bottled water, soda, and sport drinks. We also have all types of package snacks on board for no additional charge. As always my bass fishing guide service has all of your rods, reels, and tackle ready to go each morning. We are starting the day out at 7am. The weather has been mild at Lake Castaic, and the boat traffic has been little to none. If you have any questions about this tremendous top water fishing available right now at Lake Castaic please feel free to call me on my personal mobile phone at (818) 439-1154 or you can email me at the "Contact Rich Tauber" link at the top of the page. Look forward to hearing from you real soon so we can take advantage of this tremendous opportunity at Castaic Lake. |
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Pyramid Lake Bass Fishing Report / Southern California 8/23/2011 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Fantastic striper fishing is the only way to describe it! Pyramid Lake been the hotspot for striped bass for about the last three weeks now. The fish began boiling, and crashing the surface feeding on live shad around the first day of August. With water temperatures in the mid-70s, it is been pretty much an all day affair. The best action has been early but the stripers continue to boil most days until around 10:30 in the morning. The best bite without question has been in the Yellow Bar area, but there are lots of stripers out in open water in the main body of the Lake. The best part about this is it gives my bass fishng guide clients a great opportunity to have lots of action, but also be able to bring home as many fish as they like to eat at the end of the fishing day. The striped bass are super tasty at the end of a long hard fishing day. We are starting each morning at 7 AM. It's all top water fishing. Which makes it really fun casting at actively boiling stripers as they get after those Thredfin Shad. The best bait without question has been a Heddon Super Spook. What's really nice about Pyramid Lake right now is that after catching the stripers in the morning my guide clients are able to cast white spinnerbaits in shallow water grass beds for largemouth bass. This makes for really great day, as you get the wide open striper action in the morning and then a nice chip at the largemouth bass in the afternoon. Most of the kids are back in school, so boat traffic on the Lake has been minimal. As we all know this has been a very mild summer, so afternoon temperatures have been a comfortable 80° or so each day. When you book your trip, all your drinks, bottled water, and soda are iced down and ready to go when you arrive in the morning. There are also packaged snacks on board, all at no extra charge. Prices range from $275-$375 for a full-day fishing trip depending on the number of people that will be going. Of course you will fish out of my brand-new 2010 model year Phoenix Bass Boat. We have waited all year for the striped bass to show up, and boy did they show up. This is an excellent time to book a fishing trip, and one of the most exciting times of the year to go fishing. What's really great about booking a trip right now is you get that great opportunity at the striped bass in the morning and the largemouth bass in the afternoon. You can book your trip by going to the "Contact Rich Tauber" link at the top of the page. You can also call me on my personal mobile phone at (818) 439-1154. My fishing guide service is open 7 days a week. I really look forward to hearing from you and getting you out on Pyramid Lake as it is one of Southern California's very best fisheries. |
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Lake Casitas Bass Fishing Guide Report / Southern California 5/7/2011 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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We have Live Shad!!!! Yes folks you heard it right, we are now netting live shad for bait at Lake Casitas in Southern California. As most of you know this is one of the most exciting times of the year. Every season anglers come from all over the country to take part in the incredible fishing that takes place every May and June at this world-famous fishery. Here's the story. On May 1 we began to see the shad. It was difficult to net, but we could see it, and occasionally we would make a small scoop of Shad. As of today's report the shad are thick and floating in a very large area of the lake. I have been going out every morning and netting the Shad early before my customers arrive. What's really nice is there seems to be bait throughout the day if you ever need a little extra to top off your bait tank. All of the bass are being caught on light spinning tackle with 4 pound test line and very small red hook. All of the bass are coming on the fly line shad, meaning we are using no weight. It is absolutely amazing how much fun it can be to catch these 2 to 6 pound largemouth bass on this ultralight fishing tackle. This is absolutely the most fantastic place in Southern California to bass fish in the month of May in June. Since I'm on the water every day fishing, I am one of the very first people, if not the first person to report that the shad are up and available at Lake Casitas.
As most of you know my business has always been a first-come first-served operation. This is absolutely a classic time to fish with family, children, wives, and relatives. It's one of those great times where you can sit back, relax, and let the live Shad do all the work. It's something that all bass fishermen in Southern California look forward to and here it is!
I am taking trips out seven days a week. I offer two types of bass fishing guide trips. One is a four hour half day fishing trip. You can bring one to three people, all your tackle is provided, and there is ice, bottled water, and packaged snacks on board all at no extra charge. My second trip is a full eight hour day guide trip. Once again all tackle is provided, and there's bottled water, ice, soda and packaged snacks on board once again for no extra charge. Both of these trips leave at 7am daily. And I also offer a half day trip that leaves the dock at 12 noon and returns at 4pm.
Since this is a first-come first-served operation it is very important to contact me as soon as possible. Once the word gets out that the shad are up and available at Lake Casitas the months of May and June book very quickly. You can e-mail me at the top right hand corner of this page, at the "Contact Rich Tauber" link. You can also call me on my mobile phone at (818) 439-1154. Once we have contact, we can work out any small details, and I can answer any and all questions that you might have about your day of bass fishing. I sure am excited about this special time of year and the tremendous bass fishing that we have right now at Southern California's Lake Casitas. I look forward to hearing from you and taking advantage of this spectacular bass fishing. |
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Lake Casitas Bass Fishing Report 2/10/2011 Southern California |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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There up!!!! The Bass at Lake Casitas are starting to move into shallow water. With this recent band of great weather, the water temperature has risen to almost 63° in the afternoon. With the full moon approaching on February 19th, we could see our first set of spawning fish this season. The water is crystal clear, you can see almost 12 feet deep in places. Without question the best fishing seems to be in the afternoon. And without question the best lure has been a Senko. We are fishing the Senko on 8 pound green monofilament line and a spinning rod. Almost all of our fishing has been an 0 to 10 feet of water as the fish cruise shallow water looking to pair up for the spawning season. The lake opens each morning at 6:30 AM. The Marina Café also opens at 6:30 AM. This is one of the finest times of the Bass fishing season, and is a great time to book a guided fishing trip on this wonderful Southern California Bass fishing reservoir. Lake Casitas is known for its tremendous site fishing in the spring. Lake Casitas is one of the very first bass lakes in southern California to warm up as it is almost at sea level. Without question this is the very best choice for Bass fishing in February. You can call me at (818) 439-1154 to book a fishing trip, or reach me at the contact "Contact Rich Tauber" link at the top of the page. There has virtually been no wind and the weather has been fantastic. I am available for guided fishing trips seven days a week. For 1-3 anglers we are fishing out of my brand new 2010 Phoenix 721 custom bass boat. And if you have a group of 4 to 10 anglers, we are using our 21 foot custom pontoon boat. We would love to have you come up and visit us at Lake Casitas. I will be your personal fishing guide for the day. We provide all fishing tackle, rods, and reels. The boat will have ice, bottled water, soda, and packaged snacks on board each day, all no extra charge. I am here to help you enjoy great day on the water with friends, and family. Look forward to seeing you soon! |
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Lake Casitas Bass Fishing Report/ Southern California 1-17-2011 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Fishing at Lake Casitas is fantastic! The shad at this Southern California lake have been up for almost 4 weeks now. We are making bait every morning. The water temperature is 62°. The fish are in 5-20 feet of water. Lake Casitas opens every morning at 6:30 AM. We are fishing the fly line Shad on 4 pound test line. It's the best fishing that we have had in January in almost 20 years. The boat leaves the dock each morning at 8 AM. I have a half day fishing trips that leave the dock at 8am and return at noon each day. I have a full day fishing trips, that leave each day at 8 AM and return to the dock at 3 PM. The daytime temperature has been in the high 70s each day. The morning temperatures have been in the mid-40s each day. There is little to no boat traffic on the lake. We have had catches of 6 to 30 Bass each day for almost a month now. It's some of the best fishing I have ever seen it Lake Casitas. This is a tremendous time to book a bass fishing guide trip! You can reach me at the "Contact Rich" page at the top of my site. This is probably the best fishing available in Southern California at the present time. This is the first time the bait has floated in the month of January in over 10 years. All of the bait is good-sized shad, ranging from 2 to 4 inches in length. We are nose hooking the Shad with a number eight bait holder hook, and fishing it on the fly line. Any of you interested in booking a fishing trip, please call me at (818) 439-1154. This is a great time to book a professionaly guided bass fishing trip with your family, friends, and people interested in catching their first bass. The Marina Café opens each morning at 6:30 AM for breakfast. We really hope to see you soon, please contact us to book your personalized fishing trip. Thank you and good fishing! |
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Lake Piru Bass Fishing Report / Southern California 12-10-2010 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Have some vacation days for the Holiday Season??? Want to go fishing? I have the solution! We have some really fun bass fishing at Lake Piru. The water level is stable, and rising a few inches each day. The water color is really nice, and the weather has been warm (for the winter) and very stable. This Lake has been a great surprise to all the bass fisherman in Southern California this year. The lake is loaded with quality northern strain largemouth bass. Right now the bass are shallow, less than 15 feet deep. The super hot deal is a chartruse crankbait. As best as I can tell the fish are feeding hard on small bluegill. We have been fishing the crankbait with the more experienced anglers. I have been trolling the exact same crankbait when I have families or less experinced anglers on board. We have been catching fish everyday and they are nice quality 2-4 pound bass. If you would like to book a fishing trip this holiday season, just call my personal cell phone at (818) 439-1154. You can also email me at the top of the page at the "Contact Rich" link. We start each day at 8am. I have half (4 hour) and full (8 hour) days avaiable. I have all your rods, reels, and lures ready to go each morning. There is ice, bottled water, soda, and packaged snacks on board each day at no extra charge. You will be fishing from my 21 foot, 2010 Phoenix Bass Boat. I really look forward to hearing from you and getting on the water to do some real fun bass fishing at Lake Piru! |
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Castaic Lake Bass Fishing Report / Southern California 11-21-2010 |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Castaic Lake remains the top bass fishing choice for the holiday season here in Southern California. The water level is super high and crystal clear. There are two basic approaches at Castaic Lake right now. Fish the live shad and glass minnows, or chase the breaking fish that are popping up at various times during the day. I have been netting live bait in the mornings and using it on the trips that involve kids and family. For the lure guys, we have been fishing a brown jig on 15# line, and a Super Spook when the fish come up and break shad on the surface of the water. I am avaiable 7 days a week during this holiday season. We are starting out most of the trips at 7am each morning. I also offer a guided bass fishing trip from 11am to 3pm each day. It's a 4 hour bass fishing trip that is real popular duing the Fall/Winter months that takes advantage of the warm afternoon sun. All soda, bottled water, ice, and packaged snacks are included in your chartered fishing trip at no extra charge. The weather has been wonderful when you keep your eye on the weather forcast and pick a nice day. I will have all your tackle, rods, reels, and lures ready for you when you arrive. If you would like to book a trip this holiday season, please give me a call at (818) 439-1154 or email me at the "Contact Rich" link at the top of the screen. I know that many of you have relatives in town for the holidays, it would be my pleasure to take them out fishing and enjoy a great day on the water. I wish you a great Thanksgiving, and I look forward to hearing from you! |
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Lake Castaic Bass Fishing Report 10-12-2010 / Southern California |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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The shad are up and the bass are biting! Wow, sure is fun to catch those bass, and big stripers on topwater baits. It all started about 3 weeks ago. By the first of this month we started catching lot's of fish on a regular basis. The largemouth and striper are mixed for the the most part. What I mean is, when the fish start breaking on the surface, you make a cast with your topwater bait and catch a striper, on your next cast at a boiling fish, you just might catch a largemouth. The water tempeture is 70 degrees, and the lake level is very high, almost full. All the largemouth bass are that good soild 2-4 pound grade. The big story this fall is the average size of the striped bass, they are 4-10 pounds!! The water is getting clearer each and every day. There is little to no boat traffic which is typical of the fall season. The lake opens at 7am and closes at 6pm. I have half day (4 hour) and full day (8 hour) trips available this month. We have been making (netting) live shad to fish with each morning. The shad are really large this season which is great to fish with. The hot ticket has been flylining to live shad on 4 pound test line and a #8 baitholder hook. This is a great time to fish Lake Castic, it is one of the best bass lakes in California. The weather has been fantastic on this southern California reseviour, with morning's in the low 60's and afternoon's in the low to mid 80's. As most of you know, I do not need a deposit to schedule a fishing trip. Just give me a call on my personal cell phone at (818) 439-1154 and we can set up a date for you to go fishing. You can also reach me via email at the "Contact Rich" menu bar at the top of this page. I have all your tackle, rods reels, and lures in the boat for you ready to go. I look forward to hearing from you. Good Fishing! |
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Lake Piru Bass Fishing Report 9-10-2010 Southern California |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Lake Piru remains the Southern California surprise lake of 2010. It's sort of the perfect storm, heavy rains last winter and farmers from the surrounding area not needing to buy water from Lake Piru for there crops. Here it is mid September and the lake is still just a few feet from being full. The water is crystal clear with tons of grass growing up from as much as 15 feet of water. My clients have just had a ball fishing topwater baits all day long. That's right, no need for anything but a buzzbait, Zip Irony, frog, and chugger. Sure you could go out and catch fish deep, but the topwater thing is too much fun. All the big fish have come from shallow water, less than 15 feet. School is back in session and the lake has little to no boat traffic. On a weekday it is sort of like a private lake. The lake opens at 6:30 am and I am meeting my clients in the marina at 7am each morning. You can park your car right next to the water, walk a few steps to where my boat will be waiting, and ready to go. I have a real neat technique for kids and beginners to catch fish on crankbaits, so it's a great time to bring the kids also. The morning is cool, and the afternoons have been beautiful. I am open for business 7 days a week, so give me a call and let's get you out on Lake Piru. It's a short drive from Los Angeles and the fishing is very good. You can call me at (818) 439-1154, it's my personal cell phone, and I can answer any questions that you might have. You can also go to the top of the page a click the "contact Rich" page. No need for a deposit, just let me know the day you want to go fishing and we are set. Good fishing, and hope to hear from you soon. |
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Lake Piru Bass Fishing Report 8-4-2010 Southern California |
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Written by Rich Tauber
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Lake Piru is the spot to be this Summer! That's right Lake Piru. As most of you know I was busy fishing the U.S. Open at Lake Mead in Nevada for most of July. I was able to catch one of the largest bags of fish the last day and finished 18th, my third straight top 20 finish in the "Western Super Bowl of Bassin" Now I am back and working at Lake Piru. The fishing has been very good. It's all lure fishing, no shad are up, or avaiable to net. No worries though, it been real fun with a combination of "speed" baits. What I mean is topwater, buzzbait, crankbait, and spinnerbait. All the fish are "up" in the water column. We are fishing from the surface down to about 10-12 feet deep. The fish are suspended and following schools of bait in open water for the most part. We have been catching lot's of fish off birds. Meaning that we watch the Grebs, which tell you where the bass are. We are starting every morning at 6am. My boat is tied to the bock in the marina. You can drive your car almost right up to the boat, walk a few steps, and get on board. As always I have everything you need, rods, reels, and all the hot lures. There is a wonderful resturant "Pancho's" and a super Ice Cream Parlor right there in the town of Piru if you would like to dock the boat have lunch. As always I have ice, soda, bottled water, and packaged snacks on board the boat each and every day. The lake level is very high, darn near full. The water is super clear with lot's of great grass beds to pitch your topwater baits around. I am avaiable 7 days a week, and I have half day trips for those of you who would like to just fish for 4 hours in the morning. Right now, Lake Piru is the best bassin spot in Southern California. You can call me at (818) 439-1154. or email me at the "Contact Rich" page at the top of the screen. Look forward to hearing from you and chasing those Piru bass! |
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