Nicco,

I fish Castaic for Stripers and LMB. I think you have enough swimbait there to fish Castaic. When the Stripers come out to chase the trout you can catch themm with various Trout Plugs and Plastic Swimbaits. I have seen people catch them on the AC Plugs, AC Minnow, Smirk Plugs, Smirk Poppers, MS Slammers and Huddlestons. Without using anything expensive, I have seen people catch those stripers off Rat L Traps, Storm Swimbaits and Bomber Lures. When the linesides are on the prowl you can catch them on almost anything. You just got to get the lures to them and be there when they cruise by.

If you are fishing for LMB at Castaic, dropshotting Roboworms in oxblood color is very effective. You can also use a shakey head rig, texas rig, carolina rig and split shot rig. A jig also works great as well as throwing Senkos and Fat Ikas.

Nicco, having a great equipment is nice, but it will not guarantee you a fish when fishing. You need to spend time at the lake and experiment to see what works for that day. Castaic can reward you when you put in your dues. Some days it's wide open and some days the lake is closed due to high winds. I have fished Upper Castaic and the Lower lake a lot and I can guarantee you that there are very big fish on that lake.

When all else fails visit Scott at the Marina. He is the manager of the bait shop and boat rental there. He can tell you what's going on on that lake.

Good Luck. You have a lot of nice equipment already so don't worry and just use it. I myself am waiting for the Stripers to come up and chase the trout around the Marina and the Dam.

Raymond