Cachuma Lake Fishing Report

Cachuma Lake - Santa Barbara, CA (Santa Barbara County)


by Cachuma Lake Staff
12-28-2020
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The annual fishing derby s cancelled until April 17 & 18th, 2021.

As of December 27th the lake capacity was 63%. The fishing has been great the last week with all the low pressure weather systems we’ve had. We are in our winter season at Cachuma. Bass and trout are our two main species that are being caught still, and mixed in are a few Crappie and Catfish. To increase your odds for catching bass, its recommenced to fish slow and on the bottom during the winter season (i.e drop-shot, nedrig, jigs, and small swimbaits). Bass get lethargic in colder water so in return their metabolism slows down, so smaller baits are more suitable.

Trout have been biting just about everything under the sun, from powerbait to bass lure.

Crappie have been biting on small deep diving crankbaits and nightcrawler as they are still in very deep water.

The Catfish have mostly been biting on garlic nightcralwers which we sell in our tackle shop.

 Fishing from the shore this winter has also seen some success. If fishing from shore, its recommenced to fish from main lake points or anywhere fish have access to deep water and shallow water at the same time.



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