2024 Lake Nacimiento Fishing Report and Fishing Map,Local Fishing and Hunting Clubs, and Private Hunting Ranches
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At Lake Nacimiento, white bass fishing can hit just about anything especially when up in the spawning grounds, called The Narrows. There must be both sufficient inflow and correct water temperatures for spawning, this dry year will thus present some challenges. White bass will move back out into the Lake if a storm front comes through.
The locals catch 40-fish stringers during the spawn. While some whites do spawn in the other tributaries to the lake, they concentrate in the main part of the Nacimiento. As our fishing map shows, action is centered at the Narrows even more in a dry year like this one. Try and motor as far into the Narrows tie up there and hike even further .
According to our fishing report, after the spawn, the plan is to fish when whites are on a feeding frenzy for shad. Look for schools of hungry whites on the surface, so that shad create a roil of water. There are several spots where whites like to school, such as across the lake from Oak Shores. The western shoreline of Snake, and right at the mouth of Las Tablas Creek.
White bass won’t start spawning until the water reaches 60 degrees. Males move into the spawning grounds first, and then the fatter females follow. During and after the spawn that anglers see the absolute best white bass fishing of the year.
Using 2-pound test is one of the best ways to catch fish on this lake with a micro-jig in usually white or yellow. However, any small minnow-type lures are best during the spawn, or shad minnows you get from the lake. Anything white, silver, yellow or chartreuse jig, plastic worm, spoon, spinnerbait or plug to include crappie jigs, Bullet Jigs, skirted Micr-jigs, small silver or gold Mepps spinners, white and yellow Rooster Tails, Shad-pattem Shad Raps, and Critter Getters . Hair Raisers also work well especially in white.
Probably the best bait for whites is those live shad they are busy pursuing. If you see a boil, try to dip a few shad to use for bait.
If you can't find any surface action, troll the areas listed above with small Sassy Shads, Silver Buddies, Kastmasters or similar spoons. Troll very slowly and during the winter months, troll with lead core line to get baits down when the whites are. When the shad are deep, the white bass are under them, anglers manage to catch them, using down riggers, Pink Ladies, deep-diving planes or lead-core line, and working at 40 to 45 feet. According to our fishing report, the majority of the catch is the top 10 feet of water, however.
The main spawn, or biggest part of the spawn, is always in the main part of the river, although white bass will spawn in any of the feeder streams because white bass are like salmon, return to the stream they are spawned in.
Without much rainfall this year, the other feeder streams can dry up .The important thing to consider is that the white bass maintain over the shad schools, and are moving continually.
There are times during the summer when you can watch them on the surface, feeding periods can last as long as 45 minutes but periods in between the feeding frenzies can last several hours
If the conditions become right for spawning, it may last clear through mid-April, but there times it it can be over in two weeks.
Water temperatures in the high 50s are necessary, as well as a good amount of incoming water and they also want fairly clear water.
Fly Fishing using a fly tied with white yarn, a couple little silver beads for eyes, and intertwined in the white body, a thin piece of silver tinsel, that may also have a little marabou off the back.
Fly fish in the upper reaches of the Narrows, but some also fish the surface of the lake during the early summer months.
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