Lake San Antonio

I've been doing a lot of web surfing ever since I moved to the area and Lake San Antonio has caught my eye.  From the sounds of it, the striped bass fishing in late fall is pretty good.  Are there other times of the year when it is hot?  The only stripers I've ever caught have been on the east coast so I'm looking forward to catching a western.  Looking forward to catching them in the surf too.  I've also read that San Antonio is decent for LMB and SMB.  A good smallmouth fishing trip is always good.  I like catching largemouth, but can't seem to break that past the 3-4 pound range.  Is it worth skipping a day in the salt?

A good smallmouth fishing trip is always good. 

AMEN! 

Nomad,
It's either San Antonio or Nacimiento (both?) that has "wipers".  Xbreed of striped bass (stripers) and white bass. 

Never fished either lake, but it would be fun to catch one of those.

Stuart

yeah, I'm new to most of these lakes because I'm pretty new to kayak fishing the area myself.

http://www.fishsniffer.com/maps/sanantonio.html

what's the word on this lake?

I've got a hankering to check out the white bass in Nacimento.

http://www.fishsniffer.com/maps/nacimiento.html


Scott

I have kayakfished both lakes.They are huge in kayak terms.San Antonio has some really nice largemouth and the crappie and smallmouth in Nacimento are great.Remember that most of the best white bass fishing  in Nacimento are back in the narrows , and that is a long way via kayak as you are very limited in launching because most of the shoreline is private property.Perhaps getting back there by motorboat , and then using your yak would work.My favorite kayak lakes on the central coast are Lopez and Santa Margarita.The latter is my personal best choice.Good camping,NO waterskiing or jetboats allowed,5 MPH limits in the coves,and generally better for kayaks as it is a fishing lake first , not general recreation like Nacimento,San Antonio,and Lopez.Quiet most of the time,especially midweek.The redear spawn in the spring is non stop fishing,or should I say catching.The lake has some size to it , but a kayak can handle all of it , especially considering you can launch a number of places along it's body.You are not restricted like Nacimento.Scott Shaw