Castaic Lake
North LA County · near Castaic / Valencia · Los Angeles / SoCal
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Bass spring/fall · trout winter/spring (planted)
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. Castaic, north of LA, has a storied trophy-bass history (once produced near-record largemouth). Bass, stripers, and planted trout. Main lake and the smaller Castaic Lagoon; several launches.
What is here
- Features
- Legendary trophy-bass water · Once produced near-record largemouth · Stripers & planted trout · Close to Los Angeles
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Casting · Bait · Trolling
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Largemouth bass (trophy history) · Striped bass · Rainbow trout (planted) · Catfish & crappie
- Intl tip
- License required. Storied trophy-bass water — the trout-fed largemouth can still get big, especially around winter/spring trout plants. Stripers and planted trout too. The main lake and the Lagoon offer options. Close to LA. Fish the trout-plant timing for the big predators.
The guide
Castaic Lake, in the hills at the north edge of Los Angeles County, is hallowed ground in the world of trophy-bass fishing — du…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Castaic Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.53, -118.61