Lately Santa Margarita has been a little tough one me, but I was hearing some good things yesterday at Wilderness Outfitters about the bite up there so despite the drizzle I headed up at 2:30. There was a trout plant today with 2000lb's of small sized trout put in so I started getting that good feeling as I headed out. Rather than fish around the marina I went up to white oak and threw a big spinnerbait and a black jig. After a bit, I got bit (har har) on the black jig and stuck a nice fish right around 4lb's. Very nice. The fish was in about 12 feet of water. I fished the jig for a while longer before switching to a crank. I worked the bank back towards the marina and picked up a small one about a pound and a half up shallow. A few minutes later it was on and I stuck 3 quick fish all over 2lb. By then it was about 5 so I did what I always do when there is a trout plant, I went in to the marina and threw the MS Slammer and the small AC Minnow in hopes of a striper or big bass. Well the only thing I saw feeding on the trout was a cormorant which happily wolfed one down out by the bouys. Trout were rising everywhere as the sun went down, but I didn't bother fishing for them. <P>Here's the photos.<BR>Starting with the jig fish<BR><img src="http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/1_20_00_rob_jig_4lber.jpg"><P>and 2 of the crank fish (gotta love those self taken shots)<BR><img src="http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/1_20_00_rob_trap_inhand2.jpg"><P><img src="http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/1_20_00_rob_trap_inhand.jpg"><BR>

hey rob i am thinking of going up there soon one of these weekends ,any ideas on going any weekend soon? my buddy and i were wondering if i could get little direction on what to do<BR>

David,<BR>Is this David from the SB Bass club or someone else? Either way, the bite has been good at Margarita lately. The fish are doing what they usually do when the water comes up, which is move up into shallow structure. I would flip jigs up shallow and try big colorado spinnerbaits in the afternoon if the sun comes out. Right now it's pouring rain so I can't make any promises about the bite other than that the water will be very off color. Bring your 20 and 25 pound line.<P>-Rob