Lake Casitas Recreation Area

"Beautiful lake. This gem used to be a a potential world record potential for Florida strain large mouth bass. Unfortunately it's not managed well anymore but still holds its beauty when they allow water in and not spilling into the pacific ocean. It's only 16 miles from the pacific ocean to the highest mountain tops so when California gets rain it usually just gets wasted into the pacific. Very poor water management here. The lake is usually very low in drought years."

"They will allow campsites to turn into loud block parties that don’t stop all night! Playing loud boombox in highest volume until past 1am with NO STAFF enforcing lights out at 10pm. What a waste of $80 for ONE night ! Not including the $10 we were charged just for driving around to find a spot day before. Had to leave first thing in morning because the party started back up. Couldn’t even make the breakfast I bought food for because it didn’t feel safe. I’m an experienced camper who spends weeks at a time driving around the country and this is the first campsite where Lights out at 10pm are NOT enforced . Thank GOD I don’t have kids because they would have learned every swear word in the book last night"

"Very good campground with every style of camping amenity. From full executive style hookups to basic dry campsites and day camping/picnic/group meet-up sites/boat ramp. There is a restaurant, bait shop, grocery, and multiple black water dump sites throughout. Rent a boat but keep out of the water."

"Nice place for a weekend getaway. Camping with family celebrating a birthday. Large camp ground with a lot of trees. Lake at about 75% and beautiful. Our group went on a 4.5 mile bike ride inside the park. Very hilly suggest eBike."