Anyone that is looking to catch some stripers needs to head up to Castaic. The bite has been good for the past month but with the cloud cover it’s been red hot. I hit it up on 07/30/06 with my son and a friend and had no problem getting our three limits. As luck would have it the Elderberry buoy line was broken so everyone was fishing inside next to the dam. My son had so much fun. You could throw in any direction and you were instantly on. We actually caught about 80 fish to 6 pounds. Nothing big, But a lot of fun. We also managed to catch some really nice largemouth in Elderberry. The stiper bite slowed down after we started letting fish go. I had a stiper about 20 pounds boil on a little dink I was reeling in. It was pretty cool.

-Shane

Ouch palmdale shane. that hurts.

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I forgot to mention that all largemouth were released…...

Shane,
My bro & I were there on Friday 7/28 fishing from shore at the end of the buoy line (on the West Ramp side). We saw lots of boil but, all out of casting distance. We end up used bait & caught 5 dink Striper and one 3 lbs LMB (released).

Khanh.

PS: Check your PM Shane.

Yo Shane, do you think you could get some largies on rip baits right now? I did well earlier this year fishing Castiac on Staysees and Pointers but that was before the shad started coming on strong. Just wondering...

Anyways man, good job on the stripers! I haven't fished for 'em in a while, last time at Castiac I ended up getting a couple on boils, all small dudes. Tight lines man!

Bass + Fisherman= BAASS ADDICTT!!!

I know a couple guys getting fish on rip baits right now.
-Shane

the LMB are biting ripbaits but so are striper. whatever you fish, use a slower retrieve if you want to catch more largemouths then stripers. largemouths were biting the darter head really well too.

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