El Capitan Lake Fishing Report and Map, plus Local Private fishing and Hunting Clubs
How to fish El Capitan
Low water won’t stop bass action at El Capitan this year but
El Cap is almost devoid of any brush or structure so most of the places which hold bass here are
the bare spots between small rock piles primarily
the upper north sections. In spring the best approach to locating bass will be to
observe which bank areas have the
flattest terrain for potential nesting,
and where is the best offshore cover
which proximate to such key spawning
areas.
Patience and fish finders are the keys to finding and also note the
banks and how they appear well up the hillsides. Angling divided between the
bank and the main channel of the San Diego River (and the lake really looks
like a river these days). The wild card:
beginning with the post spawn, will be the dam arm; however, for the spring
months,
El Capitan Lake is located
some 30 miles northeast of San
Diego and can be reached by taking
El Monte Road 8 miles to the lake.
El Monte connects with Lake
Jennings Park Road from Highway 8
to the south. Crappie fishing gets
going in February and March, the bass fishing is best from late February through
April. The lake limit is five bass with a 15-inch minimum, and also you will find
bluegill, blue and channel catfish.
A deep diving crankbait such as a Fat Rap (crawdad) or fire
tiger Deep Little N or Fat Free Shad let
you make a series of casts in and around
targets leading up to your key cut, nub
point, or shoreline rock cluster. Get
the bait down to the bottom, then walk it over and through the rubble,
pausing occasionally.
Because El Capitan has silversides as well as shad as
forage, small bladed spinnerbaits fished tight to the bank often score as well.
lt‘s really on outside structure or early in the summer where the standard bladed
Hildebrandt tandems are used most often by lake regulars.
Retrieve the
small-bladed spinner- baits out to about 5 feet of water and make another cast.
On the outside rockpiles or channel
edges, however, make long casts and slow
roll the bait so it nicks the
bottom. On spots and contours like these,
your best baits will be a jig and pig or plastic worm on El Capitan. All black,
black/brown or brown/purple jig and pork combos in less than 10 feet of water.
Adding a rattle to
the jig and shaking it in place or
tapping it against a hard bottom really
wakes up the early sea son biters. As
for plastic Worms, black and brown with
a blue vein are as traditional but don’t get locked in. El Cap is known for its “clear green” color
and it is the best lake in San Diego County for green weenies, watermelon or
motor oil colored plastic. Everything from 4 to
10 inches will get bit, but more bites
are likely if you go with 6 inches
and under. Carolina rigging is
popular, but Texas rigs, dart heads and even drop shotting will be employed, although the latter is more suited for fishing the deeper structure spots.
Low water won’t stop bass action at El Capitan this year but
El Cap is almost devoid of any brush or structure so most of the places which hold bass here are
the bare spots between small rock piles primarily
the upper north sections. In spring the best approach to locating bass will be to
observe which bank areas have the
flattest terrain for potential nesting,
and where is the best offshore cover
which proximate to such key spawning
areas.
Patience and fish finders are the keys to finding and also note the
banks and how they appear well up the hillsides. Angling divided between the
bank and the main channel of the San Diego River (and the lake really looks
like a river these days). The wild card:
beginning with the post spawn, will be the dam arm; however, for the spring
months,
El Capitan Lake is located
some 30 miles northeast of San
Diego and can be reached by taking
El Monte Road 8 miles to the lake.
El Monte connects with Lake
Jennings Park Road from Highway 8
to the south. Crappie fishing gets
going in February and March, the bass fishing is best from late February through
April. The lake limit is five bass with a 15-inch minimum, and also you will find
bluegill, blue and channel catfish.
A deep diving crankbait such as a Fat Rap (crawdad) or fire
tiger Deep Little N or Fat Free Shad let
you make a series of casts in and around
targets leading up to your key cut, nub
point, or shoreline rock cluster. Get
the bait down to the bottom, then walk it over and through the rubble,
pausing occasionally.
Because El Capitan has silversides as well as shad as
forage, small bladed spinnerbaits fished tight to the bank often score as well.
lt‘s really on outside structure or early in the summer where the standard bladed
Hildebrandt tandems are used most often by lake regulars.
Retrieve the
small-bladed spinner- baits out to about 5 feet of water and make another cast.
On the outside rockpiles or channel
edges, however, make long casts and slow
roll the bait so it nicks the
bottom. On spots and contours like these,
your best baits will be a jig and pig or plastic worm on El Capitan. All black,
black/brown or brown/purple jig and pork combos in less than 10 feet of water.
Adding a rattle to
the jig and shaking it in place or
tapping it against a hard bottom really
wakes up the early sea son biters. As
for plastic Worms, black and brown with
a blue vein are as traditional but don’t get locked in. El Cap is known for its “clear green” color
and it is the best lake in San Diego County for green weenies, watermelon or
motor oil colored plastic. Everything from 4 to
10 inches will get bit, but more bites
are likely if you go with 6 inches
and under. Carolina rigging is
popular, but Texas rigs, dart heads and even drop shotting will be employed, although the latter is more suited for fishing the deeper structure spots.
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