Lake San Antonio
Bradley / Lockwood (S. Monterey Co.) · near Bradley · Central Coast
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Bass spring–early summer; stripers/catfish summer; tracks lake level
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). Monterey County park; day-use fee, marina, launch, and camping.
What is here
- Features
- Large warm-water reservoir · Largemouth + striped bass · Camping & marina · Wintering bald eagles
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Plastics & jigs · Topwater · Striper fishing · Trolling
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Largemouth bass · Striped bass · White crappie · Catfish
- Intl tip
- Spring is prime for largemouth; check current lake levels first (this reservoir fluctuates a lot) and target the coves and points. The south-shore marina is the main hub.
The guide
Lake San Antonio is the big-name bass reservoir of southern Monterey County — a long warm-water lake known for largemouth and s…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake San Antonio — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.79, -120.88