Oh What A Day....!!!

[SoCalGuy7]

That is exactly what I was thinking sitting first in line at 5:00 am this morning, cloudy, breezy and starting to rain...

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Diamond%20Valley%20Lake%201-21-09/utf-8BSU1HMDA0MzAuanBn.jpg


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Diamond%20Valley%20Lake%201-21-09/clouds.jpg

Got a boat and met up with FishTacosmmm, again, we weren't even trolling for 5 minutes and he's hooked up! As usual! A nice LMB!

We were targeting Stripers but the word around the lake was they are DEEP!

Then after a while we started trolling the East Dam and traded hookups, the day was looking great ( for LMBs).

Then I got my largest of the day! A nice 3lb Striper.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Diamond%20Valley%20Lake%201-21-09/SoCal-1.jpg


The rain picked up and the next few hours were slow, Taco scored this nice 7 lb Striper back at the East Dam again.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Diamond%20Valley%20Lake%201-21-09/DSC09180-1.jpg


Look at those stripes Rambo!

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Diamond%20Valley%20Lake%201-21-09/DSC09181-1.jpg


Like I mentioned all the fish were deep, most of the people we talked to got skunked....

Rain shot!


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Diamond%20Valley%20Lake%201-21-09/utf-8BSU1HMDA0MzEuanBn.jpg

Deep trolling shot.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Diamond%20Valley%20Lake%201-21-09/trolling.jpg

We caught around 8-10 "Green Stripers" total. The weather was great I love the rain!

Remember if you're going anytime soon ......GO Deep!

Great meeting you there, Art!



SCG7

[DCCTrouserTrout]

Nice "striped" bass

[one_leg]

Great going.

[DccFISHerMan]

Nice art work!!!

[troutdog]

Nice stripers...how'd you cook'em?


TD

[SoCalGuy7]

Nice stripers...how'd you cook'em?


TD


We had sushi !!!!:ROFL:





j/k CPR all Greenies

[GdHkSet1]

SC,
Did you troll near the tower? Any water coming in?....

[Kareem Korn]

Funny report. Looks like it glassed off and turned into a nice day.

[SoCalGuy7]

SC,
Did you troll near the tower? Any water coming in?....

I didn't see any water coming in anywhere and we hit most of the lake...:Confused:
Where by the IO tower? Is that where it would come in?

[SoCalGuy7]

Funny report. Looks like it glassed off and turned into a nice day.

It glassed around 1 pm...and was pretty calm until it was time to get off the lake.

[snag]

Thanks for the report, Rambo's going to be jealous that you guys put the hurt to the.......................?????, LOL.

Nice going out there, The fish I caught monday were hardly worth taking a photo of.

Tight lines to you.

[RamboBoy]

LOL LOL LOL ! Striper Mouth Bass! Nice and Healthy Fish!

Taco, did you bring those home and make some sushi for me? I have been waiting for you to delivery sushi to my casa, lol.

[dodoman]

okay, now i know what a striper looks like.lol

congrats on the qualitys.
did taco fall off the boat, by any chance?

[steve092]

Nice work on the green stripers.

[matt duarte]

nice job guys! i cant get a bass for the life of me right now! hows the socal swimbait comming along?

[SoCalGuy7]

nice job guys! i cant get a bass for the life of me right now! hows the socal swimbait comming along?

The bass were there yesterday...

We sealed some lures last week will finish sanding the primer today and tomorrow and maybe painting some this weekend....:Big Grin:

Here is our drying box.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Swimbait%20pics/utf-8BSU1HMDA0MTguanBn.jpg

[kpn]

Nice report on the Green Stripers Socal :Wink:. Great job on the lures too.

KPN.

[seal]

The bass were there yesterday...

We sealed some lures last week will finish sanding the primer today and tomorrow and maybe painting some this weekend....:Big Grin:

Here is our drying box.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Swimbait%20pics/utf-8BSU1HMDA0MTguanBn.jpg

Socal, 2 in rainbow for my Mead trip next week?

Just kidding I'd loose um on the first cast for sure, being the rookie wood chucker that I am.

Nice quality LMBS's!

[fishtacosmmm]

The green monsters swim freely around DVL
but this time of year they are deep an slow
and the skunk jumps and boils on top

Most people today at DVL got skunk again
because they were not deep enought
and not slow enought.

I meet with Brian aka Socalguy07
and we looked for Striper bass, but could not find a single fish
we think they gathered somewhere safe and not biting.

So next in our list was the green monster, Largemouth bass
and we had double hookups as we searched and metered the lake
the water is very low and private boats are not admited yet
because of the ramp being short, but they're working on it

if fishing bass from shore use a sinker
attached to a 3 way and a floating
rapala may do the trick just reel slow

I saved these fish from Brian's magic marker
LOL

[Nessie Hunter]

:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

Now that was funny, thanks...

Those are some chunky fish ya got, congrats..

[Adam_B.]

Thanks for the funny report. Those lures you got going are looking good SoCal. I need to get a swimbait setup so I can buy one of your lures when they are finished.

[matt duarte]

The bass were there yesterday... We sealed some lures last week will finish sanding the primer today and tomorrow and maybe painting some this weekend....:Big Grin: Here is our drying box. http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Swimbait%20pics/utf-8BSU1HMDA0MTguanBn.jpg

drying box huh? You dont need a drying wheel? Does the top coat come out smooth just by hanging? If you can send me some pix on the box id rather hang mine than have to put on a wheel.. You planing on anyother swimmies besides the plug? I think im goona rattle can a few of mine just to get them on the water for testing i would of had a air brush but a swimbait setup caught my eye lol

[MAVERICK27]

Nice fish, sounds like a great day. Love the Striper upgrade haha

[SoCalGuy7]

drying box huh? You dont need a drying wheel? Does the top coat come out smooth just by hanging? If you can send me some pix on the box id rather hang mine than have to put on a wheel.. You planing on anyother swimmies besides the plug? I think im goona rattle can a few of mine just to get them on the water for testing i would of had a air brush but a swimbait setup caught my eye lol

That is our drying box for sealing and priming....

Here is our spray station. He's priming.....

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/Swimbait%20pics/utf-8BSU1HMDA0MjQuanBn.jpg

This is our drying "wheel". For paint and clear coat.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/utf-8BSU1HMDAzMzYuanBn.jpg


:Envious:

[TroutOnly]

HEY SO CAL I WANT TO BUY ONE OF THE PLUGS,I THINK ON THE DOWN RIGGER ABOUT 75FT DOWN I CAN STICK SOME BIG STRIPEYS AT CASTAIC,,,t/o...NICE GREEN AND BLACK STRIPES THERE,,,