Got up at 4:30 pm and started my drive to Lake El Capitan. On my way there, it started raining and the wind was picking up so I had a feeling that this was not going to be a fun day out in the water. El Capitan get pretty crazy when the wind is blowing, and the forecast for the day was high wind.
Anyways, met up with a couple of friends there at about 5:45 am. The wind was not bad when we got there and the rain seemed to have stopped. We launced the boat and started fishing a cove, we managed to hook 1 on a fluke.
We then made our way back to the north end of the lake. The water level was way up so a lot of sunk down trees around. We pretty much spent the whole day in this spot to get out of the wind and fished around the trees. We caught a lot fish tight to the banks on frogs, flukes, dropshot and flylined senkos. We fished from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm and managed to catch & release around 25 bass, all were solid fish between 2 to 4 pounds.
Fun day and definitely one of my better day at Lake El Capitan.
Lake Dixon 3/22/10
Dropped my nephew off to Wild Animal Park to meet his grandparents, while I headed down to fish Lake Dixon. Got there around 10:00 am, the lake wasn't as crowded as I thought it was going to be. The lake is usually very crowded during springtime with fisherman looking for those big spawning bass, but it is still pretty early in the spawning season for Lake Dixon. Lake Dixon is usually the last lake in southern California for spawn.
Anyways, I went cruising around in the shoreline for spawning bass. I saw some early spawners but definitely not a full blown spawning season yet for the reason being that the water is still cold. I did see a couple of big females cruising around on the north side of the lake.
As I walked down the shoreline, I found and worked a bed with a female and a male bass on it. I could not get the female to bite, but the male was very aggresive. The small male bass had taken my lure about 4 times without me setting the hook hoping that the female does not get spook. By the 5th time, I finally got frustrated with the male and set my hook on him and released him a few yards down the shoreline. So I walk back to try and work on the female bass only to find that the male bass was back, that's when I decided to walk away and do some blind casting with the spinnerbait instead.
Ended the day with a couple of small bass caught on spinnerbait and senko worms. Fun day, it was warm and little breezy at the lake. Hope to come back in about a month for the full-blown spawning season.
Anyways, I went cruising around in the shoreline for spawning bass. I saw some early spawners but definitely not a full blown spawning season yet for the reason being that the water is still cold. I did see a couple of big females cruising around on the north side of the lake.
As I walked down the shoreline, I found and worked a bed with a female and a male bass on it. I could not get the female to bite, but the male was very aggresive. The small male bass had taken my lure about 4 times without me setting the hook hoping that the female does not get spook. By the 5th time, I finally got frustrated with the male and set my hook on him and released him a few yards down the shoreline. So I walk back to try and work on the female bass only to find that the male bass was back, that's when I decided to walk away and do some blind casting with the spinnerbait instead.
Ended the day with a couple of small bass caught on spinnerbait and senko worms. Fun day, it was warm and little breezy at the lake. Hope to come back in about a month for the full-blown spawning season.
KVD Wins The Bassmaster Classic
Source: ESPN.com
Kevin VanDam puts on another clinic; he started big and finished big as he wins his 3rd Bassmaster Classic title. With the great career that he has built, there is no doubt that he will go down in history as the best angler ever.
Kevin VanDam grabbed the lead with a limit weight of 19 pounds, 8 ounces. KVD said that he was using a trio of baits to effectively cover the range of water in the area he was fishing. With the lake temperature remaining in the low to mid 40s, KVD said he found the fish mostly concentrated in small areas, which explains why he fished that same area in all three days of the tournament.
Congratulations KVD, you really are the greatest.
Japanese Angler Ties World Record Bass
Source: ESPN.com
The IGFA has officially certified and approved Kurita's application for record status a little more than six months after the catch. The IGFA's regulations require that a record fish weighing less than 25 pounds be surpassed by two ounces or more. Technically, Kurita's 22-pound, 4.97-ounce largemouth bass from Lake Biwa in Japan is tied with a bass nearly 1 ounce lighter that was caught 77 years ago in Georgia.
Many believed that a world record will be coming out of California, all were stunned to learn of Manabu Kurita's catch in July of 2009.
The largemouth bass is native only to the eastern United States and transplanted to every state except for Alaska as well as other parts of the world including Japan.
The previous record was caught in 1932 by George Perry in Lake Georgia. It's one of the longest standing records in the IGFA, lasting over 77 years.
Congratulations Manabu Kurita on a great catch.....
The IGFA has officially certified and approved Kurita's application for record status a little more than six months after the catch. The IGFA's regulations require that a record fish weighing less than 25 pounds be surpassed by two ounces or more. Technically, Kurita's 22-pound, 4.97-ounce largemouth bass from Lake Biwa in Japan is tied with a bass nearly 1 ounce lighter that was caught 77 years ago in Georgia.
Many believed that a world record will be coming out of California, all were stunned to learn of Manabu Kurita's catch in July of 2009.
The previous record was caught in 1932 by George Perry in Lake Georgia. It's one of the longest standing records in the IGFA, lasting over 77 years.
Congratulations Manabu Kurita on a great catch.....
Trout Fishing - Lake Poway 1/2
Woke up at about 4:30 am, packed up some food and off I go to Lake Poway to try my luck again with the trout.
Got to the lake around 5:30 am, driving up to the parking lot to find out that it is almost full. Looks like it's going to be a busy day, which turned out to be just that. After getting my permit, I started walking the very limited shore access due to high water level and the numbers of anglers fishing the shorelines.
Finally, I settled on a spot just before Boulder Bay and pretty much stayed in the spot for 6 hours. Ended up catching 3 small trouts soaking Powerbait in rainbow color. Left the lake at about noon, never did see many people catching fish. I think that I only saw 1 fish in a stringer while walking back to the car.
A very disappointing day for me, 3 fish in 6 hours, but it beats working so I take it any day.
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