Fished the Santa Ynez river on Saturday May 17th. The day started out breezy and chilly when I arrived at the crossing I intended to fish. It was about 8:30am. I was the lone person fishing at that hour and it was incredible up there. There is always something special about being the solo on the water in the early morning. I could see and hear the fish rising and splashing as they ate... I managed to hook but miss two smaller fish in that first pool before I was competing with several other fisherman who had arrived. I moved up the river and found an incredible pool with larger trout, several of which I could see rising. I managed to land about 7 fish in the next few hours all in the 10" range with the largest going about 12". These were suprisingly active lil trout with several spastic leaps per fish as I fought them on my light tackle. I also caught a smallish sunfish on a nightcrawler but I couldn't tell what variety it was. It looked like a green sunfish, but I can't find anywhere that mentions green sunfish in the river or in Cachuma further downstream. Anyone have any idea what type of sunfish are in there (besides smallmouth bass)? I fished this river many times in my life and have never had anyone give me a definite answer. It isn't a bluegill or redear as it has a slightly elongated body and is paler than a bluegill. All fish came on either a silver castmaster or cut nightcrawlers. The nightcrawlers worked really well but the trout really inhaled those things and two of em were gill hooked. I kept those two for dinner last night, for farm fish they were pretty tasty. :9 The contents of the stomachs was interesting... on of them had almost no discernable material, while the other one was absolutely stuffed full of black pond snails. I had no idea that trout ate those little black 'pond' snails. I took a picture of it and will post, but I left it at home. Has anyone else seen this in a trouts stomach before? All in all a really fun day on a really pretty little river just 20 minutes from home. I was hoping for some smallmouth bass, but maybe next trip. I will try to post some pics later.