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Megsdad
05-24-2009, 01:53 AM
I took the family to lake Havasu last weekend (weekend of the striper tourney) mostly for fun dragging the kids behind the boat and to rent some jetski for my Son (just turned 18) and his friend. We arrived Friday evening and had the RV hooked up ready to go just in time to catch the sunset.

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my wife with first glass of vino
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We saw some boilers right by the breakwall (Sand Point Marina) so we ran down to see if we could get them to bite. We threw swim baits, crankbaits and white mini jigs at them and got one on each, no repeaters, all three juvinile stripers no more than 10 inches. While at the Marina we saw what appeared to be bass still on beds, we threw at them but they wanted nothing to do with it. Thought we would try worms in the morning.

Next morning, got some night-crawlers and hit the marina. To our surprise, what we saw the night before were not bass but Big Redear in about 10ft of water (on Beds) middle of the harbor. here are some pics.

my sons friend ryan
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Daughter Megan
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Me
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Didn't fish much while out on the boat, but did give it a try every time we would stop in a cove to chill. not much to report, one very solid striper that shook loose when it jumped (3-4 lb'er good size fish).

Next morning caught a few carp on bread, they would not touch corn:

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and one more of these
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Thanks for listening, enjoy the pics
Joe

team760
05-24-2009, 06:35 AM
very nice pics. and report....looks like you had a blast with the family...thats what really counts....T.

BassLady
05-24-2009, 10:20 AM
good job those are some good looking fish! looks like you guys had a blas. im so jealous, i would have loved to make it out there this weekend for some fish slayage

JENSEN500
05-24-2009, 11:16 AM
nice report! we fished that area for 10 days ending the derby weekend and were dissappointed with the bite. looks like you got into a good redear bite (good eating fish) and the carp are a fun bonus.
thanks for the good read.

jeff

crappiemike
05-26-2009, 09:41 PM
those are the biggest red ear by far this year!!! thnx for the thread...

cm

KID-FISH
06-09-2009, 02:25 PM
DITTO!!!:Shocked: I didn't know they got that big, nice job on those red ears...must have put up a nice fight!

Thanks for sharing.

KF

Troutman65
06-10-2009, 08:35 AM
Nice going on the fish.:Cool: Thanks for the post.

Loye
06-18-2009, 12:40 PM
Nice job on the panfish. those suckers are huge.I want to fish the colorado some day.

steve092
06-18-2009, 04:59 PM
Great job on those giant redears!

Bird dog
06-19-2009, 11:18 AM
Looks like lots of fun.Thanks for sharing!

Psych22
06-19-2009, 09:00 PM
WTG out there, i know those suckers put up a nice fight, would have loved to be there.