Really Good Top Water Action in The AM

Santa Margarita Lake - CA (San Luis Obispo County)


by Santa Margarita Lake Staff
9-28-2020
805-438-1522
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Really good top water action early morning hours landing 4-5 pound largemouths. As it warms up for the day, set up a wacky style with a watermelon or green pumpkin senko and drop shot down deep where they hide in the afternoon heat. Bluegill are still loving those live red worms and biting 3-5 feet below your float. A few crappie were caught this week in the wee hours of the morning when the sun just comes over the mountains. Catfish are switching to worms it seems, a bundle of large crawlers have been more successful than cut baits.





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