newbefisher
01-02-2009, 05:46 PM
Originally I planned to hit up Skinner with AmpMan today, but he couldn’t make it. Not wanting to waste a good day off work, I decided to hit Hemet Lake again, but with my daughters and a couple of their cousins. I’ve been promising my niece that I would take her fishing, so I finally decided to make due on my promise. We got to the lake around 8:45 and I was able to get my usual spot. I finally got my line wet around 9:15 (it’s not easy to do with 4 kids) and got my first hookup at 9:30. I handed it over to my nephew to reel it in. It ended up being the largest one of the day. There was no wind when we got there, but at around 10am, it started up and never stopped. It made it hard to cast as it was blowing towards us. We ended up leaving at 2:30 with everyone catching a fish and me catching 3 (because they would get bored and go walking right before a hookup)
My niece's first fish ever:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0168.jpg
My daughter in action:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0169.jpg
Group pic:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0171.jpg
My biggest fish (the only one without a bunch of dots. Camera does it no justice):
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0173.jpg
Nephew's fish:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0174.jpg
Hitting the snow on the way out:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0175.jpg
All fish were caught on the usual (inflated nightcrawlers). 3 of the 7 fish were larger than most of the fish I have ever caught there. They were definitely larger than any of the ones I caught last month. Hopefully this is a good sign for the coming year.
My niece's first fish ever:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0168.jpg
My daughter in action:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0169.jpg
Group pic:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0171.jpg
My biggest fish (the only one without a bunch of dots. Camera does it no justice):
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0173.jpg
Nephew's fish:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0174.jpg
Hitting the snow on the way out:
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/newbefisher/SSPX0175.jpg
All fish were caught on the usual (inflated nightcrawlers). 3 of the 7 fish were larger than most of the fish I have ever caught there. They were definitely larger than any of the ones I caught last month. Hopefully this is a good sign for the coming year.