New in LA

I was fishing for a while from shore on Castaic lake for stripe bass .
I was told the lower lake has some small population of crappie but they are very small size , any body tried upper lake to fish crappie i would be surprise if such a beautiful big lake as a Castaic i am talking about upper lake for some reason has NONE.
Thank you for your time and if any body from South California do not mind to share some information about crappies lakes in LA area i would really appreciate it .
Just moved to LA lust year from different country and people i know have nothing to do with fishing unfortunately......
Thank you again....

hey bud I grew up aruond there I think you would be better off going to lake isabella which is north of you. I now liv in arkansas crappie everywhere here.Never done much crappie fishing there but ive heard of them being in lake isabella

also you need to find out when the fish spawn there thats when you catch the big crappie try using minnows small hook small wieght and bobber try different depths around cover trees, logs crappie like that

Welcome aboard to Crappie.com from the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains!

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Welcome aboard to Crappie.com from the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains!

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Hi i really appreciate your respond, but after i Google lake Isabella it's about 3.5 hours driving from Studio City where i am, kind of far.

yeah studio city is far from there thats the problem wiyh living in L.A not many good lakes where you can catch crappie

My brother lives in burbank and fishes ill ask him for you

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Originally Posted by crappie dober

My brother lives in burbank and fishes ill ask him for you

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It would be grate does he have boat what kind of fishing he prefers?

yes he has a boat he fishes for bass and trout and goes to arizona to crappie fish

Man is there any chance he might need a fishing partner i would love to cheep in for any expenses he might have . would love to learn and some times people do not want to go alone especially now when the gas prises and every thing not so cheep. I am not a huge fan of bass fishing , but crappie trout big cat fish i would love to, but if you think this is not appropriate question i apologizes, and thank you very much for your time .

welcome aboard every bit of knowledge helps you will get plenty from this site

I believe you would be better off trying Lake Piru. There are some nice Crappie in that Lake and it is a bit closer to you. Rent a boat, try jigs both tubs and Curly tails, 2" or less and 2 lb and 4 lb line. Many lakes in California do not allow minnows. Also, Lake Isabella is good for Crappie in May. However, plan to stay up there over night as the wind sometimes comes up and you may only get a couple of hours on the Lake. French Gulch is the place to fish.