fisheromen
04-23-2009, 09:22 PM
After a long hiatus, I finally got the chance to do some fishing! :Smile:
Decided to go to Lake Piru and see if the recent hot weather had turned on the Bass and Crappie bite.
Got to the lake at 6:30am when it opened and was 3rd to get the boat in the water.
Air temp was 57 degrees and water temp was 65. Most of the lake was 65 degree, but some areas went as high as 68!
I was excited to see the water that warm, for you know what that means! :Wink:
However, there appeared to be a serious cold front moving in and there was some servious overcast! :Angry:
In fact, the cold overcasted sky lasted most of the day.
Here's a shot of the sky at 9am...still overcast.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/am.jpg
Water level still very low...check out the ski-school sign...yes, way up there!
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lowwater.jpg
Unfortuantely, the bass were not interested in playing in the early morning. I was only able to land one that was about 8 inches. I tried some topwater sammys, crankbaits, senkos, spider grubs, various plastic worms, but they just weren't interested. :Explode:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb1.jpg
However, at around 10:30am, either I finally found the right bait, or the bite just seemed to turn on and the bass were on the chew. For the next 2 hours, I landed about a dozen, half were of which were less than 12 inches, and the rest were 13-16 inches and up to 3.5 pounds. These were all taken on 4 inch roboworms.
Here are some pics of some of the better ones:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb2.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb3.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb5.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb6.jpg
Then , I turned my attention to try and get in some Crappie action. After drifting for a little while, I was finally able to get in on some of the action. I'd find one here and there but just couldn't find the whole school of them. However, about half of the ones I caught were HUGE (at least from my standpoint) and by far the largest I ever caught here at Piru! They were all carbon copies of each other. Either they were about 13 inches long and about 1.5 pounds, or they were about 8 inches long. There were no medium ones.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c1.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c4.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c3.jpg
Here's a shot of the live well with the slabs!
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c67.jpg
While Crappie fishing, I was plesantly suprised to see that I was able to entice quite a few bass as well! In fact, I ended up getting my largest bass on a tiny crappie jig.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb4.jpg
Wind was not really a factor today, but the weather stayed cool all day long, and even when I left at 1pm, it was still overcast.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/leaving.jpg
Overall, it was an awesome day on the lake and I was reminded of one thing....
You don't need to have the most expensive gear and tackle to catch the most fish. :Wink:
Case in point...today, I caught most of my fish and my largest one, on my least expensive rod and reel setup and a bait the cost me about 25 cents!
Until next time,
Fisheromen
Decided to go to Lake Piru and see if the recent hot weather had turned on the Bass and Crappie bite.
Got to the lake at 6:30am when it opened and was 3rd to get the boat in the water.
Air temp was 57 degrees and water temp was 65. Most of the lake was 65 degree, but some areas went as high as 68!
I was excited to see the water that warm, for you know what that means! :Wink:
However, there appeared to be a serious cold front moving in and there was some servious overcast! :Angry:
In fact, the cold overcasted sky lasted most of the day.
Here's a shot of the sky at 9am...still overcast.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/am.jpg
Water level still very low...check out the ski-school sign...yes, way up there!
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lowwater.jpg
Unfortuantely, the bass were not interested in playing in the early morning. I was only able to land one that was about 8 inches. I tried some topwater sammys, crankbaits, senkos, spider grubs, various plastic worms, but they just weren't interested. :Explode:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb1.jpg
However, at around 10:30am, either I finally found the right bait, or the bite just seemed to turn on and the bass were on the chew. For the next 2 hours, I landed about a dozen, half were of which were less than 12 inches, and the rest were 13-16 inches and up to 3.5 pounds. These were all taken on 4 inch roboworms.
Here are some pics of some of the better ones:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb2.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb3.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb5.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb6.jpg
Then , I turned my attention to try and get in some Crappie action. After drifting for a little while, I was finally able to get in on some of the action. I'd find one here and there but just couldn't find the whole school of them. However, about half of the ones I caught were HUGE (at least from my standpoint) and by far the largest I ever caught here at Piru! They were all carbon copies of each other. Either they were about 13 inches long and about 1.5 pounds, or they were about 8 inches long. There were no medium ones.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c1.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c4.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c3.jpg
Here's a shot of the live well with the slabs!
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/c67.jpg
While Crappie fishing, I was plesantly suprised to see that I was able to entice quite a few bass as well! In fact, I ended up getting my largest bass on a tiny crappie jig.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/lmb4.jpg
Wind was not really a factor today, but the weather stayed cool all day long, and even when I left at 1pm, it was still overcast.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/stankyu/leaving.jpg
Overall, it was an awesome day on the lake and I was reminded of one thing....
You don't need to have the most expensive gear and tackle to catch the most fish. :Wink:
Case in point...today, I caught most of my fish and my largest one, on my least expensive rod and reel setup and a bait the cost me about 25 cents!
Until next time,
Fisheromen