Welcome to So Cal Fish Reports

As we approach the docks, the Independence would like to extend a huge thank you to Roger Eckhardt, Graftech Rods, Avet Reels, and all our incredible sponsors for keeping the tradition of this 16-day run alive and well. While this year

Boat work is moving along and we are looking ahead to the start of our 2026 season. Conditions are looking good and we excited to get back on the Bluefin. We have made the decision to make the first 3

Here's Miles who came out with me yesterday to do some bass fishing at Lake Cachuma, catching some really nice bass, both smallmouth and largemouth bass. Miles is going be a professional bass fisherman real soon after showing us what

Joren Toledo just hooked, landed, and released a 23.7 pound catfish on mackerel! Making him the new Whopper Contest leader for catfish!

YOUR WEEKEND STARTS HERE Lake Hemet was thrilled to receive our second private stock of the year form Mt Lassen on Tuesday (2/3). 4,000lbs of  rainbow and lightning tourt sure makes a big impact in a lake of our size. There is something

Fishing was great at Lake Nacimiento last week, with the lake near 50 percent of storage capacity. Anglers caught high numbers of small spotted bass with a few bigger largemouth mixed in. Finesse plastic worms and small jigs produced best,

Stocking: Another 1,500 pounds of Rainbow Trout was stocked last week from Wrights Rainbows. Our next planned stocking is the week of Feb. 12th. We will continue to stock Rainbow Trout through April. The total stock this season will be 19,000

Fun day today with long drifts catching this nice grade of bluefin. Beautiful weather and great Flyline fishing most of the day. Great way to finish up. Headed up the line tonight and looks like more of this lovely weather

The trout are still sitting quite shallow due to water temps hovering in the mid to high 30s. This makes them very accessible from the shore for anglers fishing all kinds of techniques. The most consistent way to get results is

It's Snowbow Time! The Upper Owens River remains strong despite a lack of storms recently. Traffic has been light and the fish cooperative. January was fun, let's make February even better! We have availability, get in touch to book your trip.

Southern California Lake Cachuma Fishing Guide Report 02/04/2026 - This is Matt that who came out from Kansas visiting and wanted to come out and fish Lake Cachuma in this great summer weather in January. Matt had a great day

TROUT PLANT 2/3/26 Our second trout stock brought another 4,000lbs of Mt Lassen’s finest, delivered to us this week!!! Just like our stock on 1/6, this delivery included a HUGE number of trophy sized trout. It brings us great joy to see such