I grew up on the santa ynez river. Fished it for twenty years. When I was 5 the bass were awsome and the blue gills were huge.
The santa ynez river taught my brothers and I how to fish. Unfortanatly I saw my share of idiots who would rather brag about how many planted trout they killed rather than just enjoy "Gods country" as I refer to the santa ynez area. Check lake cachuma for a man named Niel Taylor. He is a 7 time world champion flycaster and fished the santa ynez with Zane Gray prior to the dam for steelhead. See ya - Enjoy and take care of my old back yard. PS. The US Forest Service and SB county sheriffs are reponsible for protecting us and the river from the new idiots. Jim.