Does anyone know where the larger bass are in Lopez? Fished there for a week and the largest was only about 12" or so. Talked to many other folks and they all had the same comment. Lots of dinks, but no large fish? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

Hey Fred,

As I recall, Lopez Lake is by Cachuma Lake in Santa Barbara. I've been to Cachuma numerous times and I'm not sure if Lopez looks any thing like Cachuma structure wise, but if they are alike, I have a couple tips for you.

Ive had good luck with a jig-n-pig from 1/4 oz. to 1 oz. depending on the depth in black, blue, purple, and brown colors by submerged tree's, rockpiles, and docks. Most fish that I got were in the 3 to 6 pound range. My buddy did manage to get a 9 pound largemouth and a 4 pound smallmouth.

Also if Lopez has a big log boom around the marina like Cachuma or some docks you can fish by, throw a swim bait right under those areas and you have a good chance of gettin' a monster bass or a bunch of quality fish.

Hope this helps you out dude!
powaybasser 15

Thanks PB. Tried all of the above. Jigs, brush hawgs, craws, cranks,DS worms of all colors, spinnerbaits, swimbaits. Good grief!
I have been fishing there for several years and have never seen it like this in the fall. I see a lot of people fishing vertically with DS, but no one is doing much. Lots of bait fish on the graph in deep water, surrounded with echos of larger fish, but can't get them to take.

Thanks for the suggstions though.

Fred