The Rise and Fall of Lake Casitas

Episode 12 California was long thought to be the state that would produce the world record largemouth bass. First, it was the San Diego lakes that profited from the 1959 Florida bass experiment conducted by Orville Ball. Shortly after, Lake Casitas, in Ventura County, was stocked in 1968, as was Lake Castaic in 1974. By the late 1970s and early 1980s, these fisheries were producing record-class catches that began to outshine the San Diego lakes. In this episode, we discuss what happened to the famed Lake Casitas and why it will never produce a record-class fish again. Mentioned in the show: Orville Ball and the Florida Bass Experiment (   • Orville Ball and the Florida Bass Experiment  ) Jim Brown and California's BIG BASS EXPLOSION! (   • Jim Brown and California's BIG BASS EXPLOS...  ) Send us a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-big-bass-podcas... For more of The Big Bass Podcast, look for us here: Website: https://www.thebigbasspodcast.com Facebook:   / thebigbasspodcast   Instagram:   / thebigbasspodcast   Twitter:   / bigbasspodcast   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5T6tfLV... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1050305 Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-b... iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/106577969/ Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0a5... Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BR9VZRZN References: https://datacentral.desmoinesregister... https://caltrout.org/our-work/steelhe... https://www.venturariver.org/2022/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilij... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilij... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ca.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casitas... http://www.californiasgreatestlakes.c... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura... https://venturawatershed.org/the-wate... https://venturawatershed.org/wp-conte... https://www.venturariver.org/2007/12/...