Cal Poly SLO fishing

[fish-on-bro]

My son is a freshman at Cal Poly SLO, just got back from visiting him during parents weekend. Got to drive around and check out the country, very nice I must say. Those rolling hills are beautiful, and was thinking. There must be some nice streams or creeks to fish. I didn't see a fly shop in the area. If anyone knows of some places to throw a line. To protect the area, PM's welcome. Thanks

Fish-on-bro, out....

[Pete]

Good luck finding good moving water here. We have the hills and valleys but, mainly seasonal flows. SLO Creek and I believe it is Pozo creek (feeds Lopez lake) flow year round.

SLO creek has the dumbist set of fishing regs you ever saw. Not too sure of the dates, maybe opens some weekend in Nov. and closes sometime in March, can fish on Sat, Sun, Wed and legal holidays, single barbless hook, 0 fish limit and can't fish east of the south bound lane of 101, or within 200' of the fish ladder.

Pozo Creek feeds Lopez Lake and the first 13 creek crossings are on private land. As a warden told me fish it at your own risk. If you see PVC pipe run into the creek just keep moving. The pot growers take it personal. Takes a 4x4 to access unless you are a glutton for punishment.

You can also fish Nacimento River as it flows thru Hunter Ligget (sp?). That also has some wierd dates to it. As in if they are having manuvers you don't want to be on the base and won't be allowed. Takes a permit that you can print on line

We do mainly still water fishing: Lopez Lake, Santa Margarita Lake, San Antino ( Stripers) and Nacimento Lake. That plus the big blue. We can have some great surf fishing. Barred Perch up to 2+ lbs. Morro Bay, Oceano, Pismo and Cayucos. I am not too much help there as I am on a steep learning curve on the surf stuff. I do know that a 5wt. or less won't do the job in the surf. We have bigger surf and more wind than southern ca. Plus wet wading can cause shrinkage. Water is quite a bit colder than Socal.

The local fly shop closed his doors and went internet. Rent priced him out of SLO. I believe there is a small shop in south county somewhere.

[Wildman]

Chuck-you can catch fish in a dried up creek with no water. I'm waiting to see the picture evidence when you get back from that visit!

[Wildman]

Chuck-you can catch fish in a dried up creek with no water. I'm waiting to see the picture evidence when you get back from that visit!

[fish-on-bro]

Pete, I fish the surf here in SD and do pretty darn good. Gotta give the central coast a try. As far as dealing with the pot growers, not my cup of tea.

Fish-on-bro, out....

[fish-on-bro]

Jim, don't know how well I will do, I'm going barbless.

[Wildman]

You'll do well. I quit wearing them myself a year ago.

[anacrime]

Pick a blue line, go

[Danny McB]

Pick a blue line, go

Hello,

My home town. As much as I would love to say go for this idea. 2 things: 1.) Its probably a steelhead stream so the regs will be wierd. 2.) there's probably a guy with dreads and a machine gun watching you.... especially this time of year.

I second what Pete said. Also I have never actually fished them but I have checked them out a few times and talked to people who have fished them and had success. There are about 4-5 ponds on the actual campus that hold some willing warm water fish. Hit me up next time your up this way and maybe I can join you or direct you to some more exact locations depending on the time of year.

Danny McB