rcfb73
03-09-2009, 01:36 AM
havent posted a report in a long time...due to lack of fishing mostly
after a couple days of phone tag, Patrick (mr. Bendo) finally got a hold of me and said he couldent take only fishing once every 2 weeks, and that he needes to take a vacation day and fish thursday AND friday last week..unfortunately i could only fish one day out of the week, which was thursday, so we opted to get get us some tailwalkers at SARL. pat got there bright and early (probably around 4:30 is my guess) i strolled in a little after opening at around 6:15 (i dont get off work till 1am..need my sleep!) and started to rig up. around 6:30, my baitstick line is in the water, soakin some garlic PB. me and pat start to do the jig thing around around the area where we were fishing at...about an hour goes by and we got nothing...then i see my strike indicator start doing the movement that we all know and love...after about 4 or 5 mins i pull in this guy.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8734/s6300623.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300623.jpg)
got me my personal best! 7lb Mt. Lassen rainbow trout! felt good to get the skunk smell off that soon into the game. threw him on the stringer, rebaited and patrick and i continue to throw some plastics at the fish and see if they are intrested.. a little while after see pat swing to set the hook out of the corner of my eye and hear some drag being pulled as well..
up he brings the catch of the day!
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8450/s6300626.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300626.jpg)
i guess he got the stripe of his back now...sorta.
we continue to fish that spot up until around 12 with nothing more than a bite here and there, but no hookups or jig strikes. we gather our thoughts and decide where to move to...patrick tells me "That spot directly across the lake looks pretty good." so we loaded up the trucks and tailedwalked on over there.
get to the new spot, rig up and cast out..not 15 mins after i cast out i get hit and reel in a nice 3.5lb tailwalker. i have to say, although it didnt do any aerobatics, this fish fought stronger and longer than the 7lber i brought in earlier in the day. very impressed with these fish!
couple minutes later pat get the official de-skunker
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7042/s6300627.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300627.jpg)
finally patrick got a fish and is happy..i however had to turn on my A game, cause i thought this was gonna be the day i would outfish patrick.
around 1:30, score was me, 2, patrick 1. started throwing the dropshot, mini jigs, buncha different scents, plethora of powerbait, etc, etc. for nada for a while. Then i get slammed again on my bait rod. another tailwalker that took me for a nice ride...brought it a nice 3 lber. score 3-1! just about then pat puts on his game face, changes up to a crawler and BAM
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2865/s6300628.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300628.jpg)
3-2. the bite pretty much shutoff for me..pat on the other hand was making his comeback
#3
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5872/s6300633.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300633.jpg)
score is tied.. were fishing this lake hard. casting like 200 times an hour tryin to see who will win the day. then it happens..the reason why they call him mr. bendo
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9205/s6300631.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300631.jpg)
"NOT COOL BRO"
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3677/s6300632.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300632.jpg)
fished down to the wire...until lake security creeped up on us to make sure we were packing it up just at 4.
final score, patrick 4 (only took a picture of his biggest)
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5700/patsarl.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=patsarl.jpg)
steve 3
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2706/mesarl.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mesarl.jpg)
once again a great day fishing. patrick, it was good to get out there with ya again buddy.. sorry for the late report, just havent had time to get to it.
give you a call tomorrow about the sierras..im 85% sure im gonna be able to go.
thanks for reading!
after a couple days of phone tag, Patrick (mr. Bendo) finally got a hold of me and said he couldent take only fishing once every 2 weeks, and that he needes to take a vacation day and fish thursday AND friday last week..unfortunately i could only fish one day out of the week, which was thursday, so we opted to get get us some tailwalkers at SARL. pat got there bright and early (probably around 4:30 is my guess) i strolled in a little after opening at around 6:15 (i dont get off work till 1am..need my sleep!) and started to rig up. around 6:30, my baitstick line is in the water, soakin some garlic PB. me and pat start to do the jig thing around around the area where we were fishing at...about an hour goes by and we got nothing...then i see my strike indicator start doing the movement that we all know and love...after about 4 or 5 mins i pull in this guy.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8734/s6300623.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300623.jpg)
got me my personal best! 7lb Mt. Lassen rainbow trout! felt good to get the skunk smell off that soon into the game. threw him on the stringer, rebaited and patrick and i continue to throw some plastics at the fish and see if they are intrested.. a little while after see pat swing to set the hook out of the corner of my eye and hear some drag being pulled as well..
up he brings the catch of the day!
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8450/s6300626.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300626.jpg)
i guess he got the stripe of his back now...sorta.
we continue to fish that spot up until around 12 with nothing more than a bite here and there, but no hookups or jig strikes. we gather our thoughts and decide where to move to...patrick tells me "That spot directly across the lake looks pretty good." so we loaded up the trucks and tailedwalked on over there.
get to the new spot, rig up and cast out..not 15 mins after i cast out i get hit and reel in a nice 3.5lb tailwalker. i have to say, although it didnt do any aerobatics, this fish fought stronger and longer than the 7lber i brought in earlier in the day. very impressed with these fish!
couple minutes later pat get the official de-skunker
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7042/s6300627.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300627.jpg)
finally patrick got a fish and is happy..i however had to turn on my A game, cause i thought this was gonna be the day i would outfish patrick.
around 1:30, score was me, 2, patrick 1. started throwing the dropshot, mini jigs, buncha different scents, plethora of powerbait, etc, etc. for nada for a while. Then i get slammed again on my bait rod. another tailwalker that took me for a nice ride...brought it a nice 3 lber. score 3-1! just about then pat puts on his game face, changes up to a crawler and BAM
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2865/s6300628.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300628.jpg)
3-2. the bite pretty much shutoff for me..pat on the other hand was making his comeback
#3
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5872/s6300633.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300633.jpg)
score is tied.. were fishing this lake hard. casting like 200 times an hour tryin to see who will win the day. then it happens..the reason why they call him mr. bendo
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9205/s6300631.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300631.jpg)
"NOT COOL BRO"
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3677/s6300632.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6300632.jpg)
fished down to the wire...until lake security creeped up on us to make sure we were packing it up just at 4.
final score, patrick 4 (only took a picture of his biggest)
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5700/patsarl.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=patsarl.jpg)
steve 3
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2706/mesarl.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mesarl.jpg)
once again a great day fishing. patrick, it was good to get out there with ya again buddy.. sorry for the late report, just havent had time to get to it.
give you a call tomorrow about the sierras..im 85% sure im gonna be able to go.
thanks for reading!