It's been one of those years. For two full months my clients have fished one lure and one lure only,,,,a topwater plug! We have not made one single cast with a plastic worm at Lake Castaic all summer. The fishing has been just flat out fantastic on topwater. Huge schools of largemouth bass, sometimes 75-125 bass in a school, crowd and bust thredfin shad throughout the fishing day. No time seems to be better that another. It's an all day thing. These are 2-3 pound fish with and occasinal 4 pound fish in the mix. The best baits have been the "Irony" from Zip Baits and the "Super Spook" by Heddon Bait Co. When the fish are not breaking, fishing with the live shad has been fantastic! I have been using 2 shad nets to make bait throughout the day. Many of my clients have actually caught so many fish that by by noon they have told me "that's enough, let's take it to the house". We have been launching the boat at 7am each day, and the weather has been very pleasant with light breezes each afternoon. We have the big holiday weekend behind us. Lake Castaic becomes much more of a straight fishing lake now that most of the pleasure boating is done for the year. This is a great time to call (818) 439-1154 or email me about a fishing trip on this super Southern California bass fishery. Great weather and wonderful bass fishing. It's as good at it get's at Lake Castaic!