SJ,

I fished oso this morning, It wasn't too good, basically it was too hot to stay out on the water too long. I got there at about 7:30 in the morning and hooked a fish immediately on a crankbait. It wasn't very big, but it looked healthy, a rare scene at oso. Then at about 9:00 I got the biggest fish I have caught at oso, it was about 5 pounds according to my cheap scale and put up a hell of a fight. I think I have caught a longer fish, but surprisingly this fish was fat and healthy as well. This is the first time I have fished oso in about 3 months, but I bet the majority of the fish are still skinny and weak. After the second fish it got really sunny and hot and I couldn't find any fish on my meter so I continued to work the shoreline only to miss about 5 fish, for some reason I just couldn't hook them on my plastics, I saw them take and one even took it and in one stride took the bait, jumped and spun with it and then gave me back half my worm and the hook. I was done around noon. The fish were mostly deep in the plants and cover along the shoreline, and hard to get out.

Can anyone give me any pointers on fishing oso and other southern california lakes during this time of the year, I am new to bass fishing and this is my first time fishing in the late fall and winter.

Bozzo