Castaic Lake 11/4/09 and 10/30/09 - Good fishing!

[marzocchi]

Did not feel like putting up a report last week, so here is two reports in one =)

11/4/2009:

Got the green lights from pops yesterday to go fishing. No work. I guess he knew I was feeling a little stressed, so some R and R would keep me at ease. Here is how today went:

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Started the day out with the Breakfast of Champions: Gallions large italian combo

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Despite the daylight saving time and leaving early, some people are more anxious to fish than I am. I got to the main lake way before the sunrise and there is already a line. I give up on trying to be first in line.

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It was a beautiful cold Wednesday morning. There was only one lone shore fisherman today. Guess the shore fishing has slowed down a lot with the cold weather.

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I was actually trolling in the morning, it was very slow. I got bit while winding up my spreader. It was a 5-8 pound fish. I tried to bounce her onto the boat, but she came off. Next time I will use more reasoning and use my net. Finally, got to my favorite morning ledge and busted out the plastic. Instant bendo! Put 3 on the boat.

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Here is one of the fish that fell for my imitated minnow.

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I had a ball catching them on plastics. The only problem is every bait gets swallowed up. Got some from morning ledge. Then found some boils and pulled a couple more out of the water.

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Got tired of plastic fish. I think I have A.D.D. or something so I decided to do some trolling. While trolling I found Mr.Falcon fishing also. He caught himself a nice fish and enjoyed himself a nice breakfast. That is him below the arrow. Wished I had better picture than the crap iphone camera. Trolling went really well. Not as good as the plastic fishing in morning, but I will take whatever I can get.

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After catching so many fish I was beat. I just anchored up and did some bait and wait and enjoyed the other half of my sandwich. I washed it down with some fruit punch powerade. Life is good.

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Caught some more fish after I fueled up. Here is my limit of 10 stripers. A lot more got released with a few LMB.

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As soon as the day started, it came to an end. Had a great time on the lake. Fishing today was pretty damn good. A lot of plastic fish. Trolling was pretty decent too. Bait and wait, was non existent.

Hope you enjoyed fishing with me.


10/30/09:

Here is last week report. I only took a few pictures. I was having a bad day. Long story =X. Trolling totally sucked in the morning. So I went with plan B. Bait and wait. But before going to my bait and wait, I had to visit my obligatory morning ledge. Picked a couple of bass and striper. Then I got tired of throwing rubber so I went to do some bait and wait. Caught me another huge channel catfish. Also caught me a large bullhead catfish. I promised my moms friend a catfish, so I ended up keeping the bullhead. Dan aka Lowe Boat came by and did some bait and wait with me. So did a fellow in a nice Seaswirl Striper boat. But the bite died down after they showed up. I caught about 17 stripers, released a lot of dinks. Dan told me that in the evening the trolling was good, so I decided to stick around. Call up Dan later on but he had already left. I trolled and trolled and Dan was right. The evening troll was excellent. Kept my limit to keep the striper population in check. Here are the pictures:

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Big Fat Kitty.

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The day takes.

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parting shot.

Thank you for fishing with me again. Til next time.

[bigd87]

nice report, sandwich looks delicous haha

[disbejonnn]

Nice report! cant wait to get back home to go fishing!

[fishindude420]

dang im getting myself one of those sandwitches next time i go down to castaic. they look frkn bomb! lol. nice report man, i gotta get back out there soon.

[jeff4321]

imo fishing plastics is WAY better than driving around at slow speeds waiting to get hit..

[basscat]

That sandwish looks good, what do they ask for that? Sounds like they open early so that you can still get in line?

[Sea Legs]

those are some nice fish and a good lookin sandwich! good job

[marzocchi]

That sandwish looks good, what do they ask for that? Sounds like they open early so that you can still get in line?

$5.99 no tax. The Lake opens just before 6am. But you still have to wait about 10 minutes so they can set up shop. Then you have to wait about 3-5 minutes for each car. If you anxious like me, it is like waiting a lifetime. =)

[marzocchi]

imo fishing plastics is WAY better than driving around at slow speeds waiting to get hit..

I agree also. They explode on my plastic and it gets my heart pumping everytime. If they miss all I do is give another twitch and another explosion. I had them miss 4 or 5 times before. Very exciting.

[basscat]

$5.99 no tax. The Lake opens just before 6am. But you still have to wait about 10 minutes so they can set up shop. Then you have to wait about 3-5 minutes for each car. If you anxious like me, it is like waiting a lifetime. =)

Actually, I meant, what time does the sandwich place open? Weekdays and weekend...

Thanks...

[Fire Ball]

Actually, I meant, what time does the sandwich place open? Weekdays and weekend...

Thanks...

They open pretty early because everyone goes there before the lake open to get some food and some other stuff. Call them up: 661-257-3523