Lake Casitas, Castaic Lake, Pyramid Lake Bass Fishing Guide Report 10/22/2016 – Well our guide fishing service has been fishing three different lakes for the past week to 10 days. The solid bass fishing at Lake Casitas in Ventura California continues. We've been netting live shad to use for bait for two weeks now and we're now starting to net some bait that's just a little bit bigger. And with it the fishing has improved. We're making the bait off bird pushes in isolated areas on Lake Casitas. We're fishing the live shad on 6 pound test line and rigging it in kind of a unique fashion which were sharing with our clients. We also have some pretty solid fishing on a drop shot plastic worm as well. Water temperature is holding steady at 74°. We're expecting a beautiful week of weather next week. With daytime temperatures in the mid-70s. We're not sure how long the bait situation will continue so we recommend our clients get a hold of us as soon as possible to book a fishing trip. Since we now have 3 boats at Rich Tauber Fishing we are utilizing our Ranger 22 foot center console boat to fish striped bass at Castaic Lake. There's a very steady bite trolling an umbrella rig. There are isolated striped bass boiling on shad mostly in the morning hours. Were using a custom umbrella rig that we have used in the past with great success at Castaic Lake. The fish are good size ranging from 2 to 6 pounds. We are not fishing pyramid Lake at this time. Fishing has been very poor there and we're waiting for the situation to improve. As many people know there was a major algae bloom at Pyramid Lake and that actually was when the fishing was best. The water has now gone crystal clear and since then the fishing has dropped off dramatically. The water is beautiful clear but the fishing is super tough. We're going to concentrate our efforts for the next few weeks on Castaic Lake and Lake Casitas. Anglers interested in fishing for striped bass we can arrange a trip for you at Castaic Lake and those that would like to get take advantage of the live shad fishing at Lake Casitas you can make arrangements with me to take you personally. As always on all of our boats we provide all the rods reels and tackle you'll need for the day and there is always bottled water ice and package snacks on board all of the trips at no extra charge. Anglers can also call or text me direct at 818-439-1154 for more information.