Magic Johnson Lake is a lake in Los Angeles County, California.
Magic Johnson Lake is a lake in Los Angeles County, California and covers about 12.3 acres.
Magic Johnson Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for Magic Johnson Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, and Rainbow Trout.
Start the black crappie search on Magic Johnson Lake by trying to fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
To begin with bluegill on Magic Johnson Lake, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
The first largemouth bass pass on Magic Johnson Lake should work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
To begin with channel catfish on Magic Johnson Lake, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
Other targets listed here include Rainbow Trout, and Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig; keep the lure near the depth that produced, then repeat the first clean pattern.
Use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket; use a small lure when bites are scarce, then use the same depth on the next similar feature.
Shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move; start beside the first useful break, then change retrieve speed before changing lures.
A light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control; fish isolated cover before a long empty edge; keep the first pass close to structure, then write down the depth that works.
Record the wind, water color, depth of the repeat bite, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce; keep the first pass close to structure, then use wind to narrow the search.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.