AQUABOOGIE AKA MADDFISHIN
06-24-2009, 07:26 PM
HELLO ALL!!! I HAVE BEEN READING ALL THE POST ABOUT THE UNFORTUNATE LUCK SHORE ANGLERS HAVE BEEN HAVING TRYING TO CATCH THE CAT AT SARL:Angry:. I TOO AM A SHORE FISHERMAN (RENTING BOATS GETS WAY TO EXPENSIVE). I HAVE FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE FISHING FOR CAT AND THE OCCASIONAL STRIPPER. I HAVE LEARNED A FEW THINGS OVER THE YEARS THAT MAY BE OF HELP TO THE :Skunk: WEARY SHORE ANGLERS. I HAVE FOUND THAT EVEN THOUGH THE STOCKING BEGINS IN JUNE; THE REAL SHORELINE ACTIONS DOSEN'T START UNTIL MID JULY, IT DOSEN'T MATTER IF THEY STOCK 12 OR 12,000 POUNDS OF FISH, THEY WILL JUST GROUP AND HUDDLE IN THE WARMER AND DEEPER MID-LAKE UNTIL THE WATER TEMPETURE RISES, WHICH OCCURS MORE SLOWLY THAN THE WEATHER TEMPETURE:OMG!:. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS EARLY AM SHORE FISHING, I AM NOT SURE WHY, BUT CATS ARE SNAGGED EARLY BETWEEN 5AM AND 9AM IN THE SAME LAKES THAT GAVE :Skunk: THE NIGHT BEFORE. A FEW DAYS OF 80 DEGREE JULY WEATHER USUALLY GETS THE GAME INTO FULL SWING! I ALSO FISH THE PARK LAKES, IN WHICH THE CATS WILL BITE MORE WILLINGLY IN JUNE. I BELIEVE THIS IS BECAUSE THE PARK LAKES ARE MORE SHALLOW (10 TO 15 FT DEPTH), SO BAIT PRESENTATION IS EASIER, BUT BE AWARE; YOU MUST FIRST HAVE A FISHING LICENSE TO FISH IN THE PARK LAKES ($50+:Angry:; I HEARD THE TICKET FOR NOT HAVING A LICENSE IS OVER $200, AND THE OCCASIONAL GAME WARDEN OR PARK RANGER DOES SHOW UP, I HAD TO SHOW MY LICENSE TWICE LAST YEAR); SECONDLY IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW THE STOCKING DATE OF THE PARK LAKES, BECAUSE THE PARK ANGLERS ARE ALL WATCHING THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME PLANTING SCHEDUAL (CALIFORNIA.GOV), AND THEY COME OUT IN DROVES AND FISH THE PARK LAKE OUT IN 3 TO 6 DAYS. I HAVE FOUND THE DAY AFTER THE PLANT TO BE GREAT, AND EARLY AM HOURS TWO OR THREE DAYS LATER ALSO EXCELLENT. SHORE ANGLERS DO GET LUCKY AT THE BIG LAKES IN JUNE, ITS JUST RARE TO GET CATCHES ALL AROUND THE LAKES. THE EXPERIENCE I AM SHARING WAS GAINED MY FIRST TWO YEARS FISHING. I PRIMARILY FISH IRVINE & SARL. MY FIRST YEAR FISHING I WAS SO STOKED THAT I KEPT FISHING FOR CAT ALL YEAR ROUND. I WENT SARL & IRVINE JUNE TIL OCTOBER, AND TO CASTAIC, PYRIMID, AND EVERY PARK I COULD TRYING TO CATCH CATS FROM THE SHORE DURING THE OFF SEASON; NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JAN, FEB, MAR... WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE. AFTER MID OCTOBER I HAD NO LUCK FROM THE SHORE, I JUST KEPT GETTING MY LINE WET. I AM NOT A TROUT FISHERMAN SO THAT WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION. HOWEVER WHEN JULY ROLLED BACK AROUND MY LUCK WAS AGAIN ABUNDANT, AND HAS BEEN EVERY YEAR SINCE. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THE LAKE THIS YEAR (HAD TO RENT A BOAT, TO EARLY TO SHORE FISH) FROM 830 TO 1130 MY FRIEND AND I CAUGHT 9 CAT. I KEPT 3 AND HE TOOK THE REST BECAUSE HE IS THE COOKING CONNOISSEUR AND I JUST LOVE TO FISH! I WILL BE OUT AT SARL & IRVINE ALL SEASON; AND YES I HAVE 1.5 FAVORITE SPOTS AT SARL AND 2 AT IRVINE:Fishing Hole:, HOWEVER I LIKE SPACE...SO YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN:Secret:. GOOD LUCK THIS YEAR ALL MY BROTHER & SISTER SHORE FISHERMEN!!! I WILL SEE YA AT THE LAKES:Dancing Banana:!!!
my attachments are: various angles of the three still whole uncleaned frozen cat caught opening friday at irvine & two bags of fillet from last year...yeah i know...PEACE
my attachments are: various angles of the three still whole uncleaned frozen cat caught opening friday at irvine & two bags of fillet from last year...yeah i know...PEACE