Pan fish and bass have been biting like crazy all around the lake!

Santa Margarita Lake - CA (San Luis Obispo County)


by Santa Margarita Lake Staff
10-3-2022
805-438-1522
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Pan fish and bass have been biting like crazy all around the lake! Most of the wooden docks in the marina and by white oak have been having lots of luck, while anglers on boats are doing well back in the narrows and in the bays across from white oak! There was also our first reported trout in months as the weather has been much cooler in the morning and nights.

Water temperature: 79-81 degrees




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