Troutman65
11-07-2009, 09:57 PM
First thing I want to say is Never go tent camping without a Air Mattress to sleep on !!!!
I was toying with the Idea to fish the trout Opener for a week before the day and last min. Wed. Night about 8 PM ish decided to go with a buddy I grew up with . He wanted to go like at 4 AM on Thursday and I said that would be to late and why not camp for a few days. So we agreed to camp and started packing all the camping /fishing gear. I went to the store and got food & drink . We had my truck loaded and ready to go and got to the lake parking lot 1AM ish. I was thinking that we would be up closer to the front of the line at this time. Wrong. We were in the 5 th line at 1 AM. :Shocked: Oh Well, thats how the Mop Flops. Saw Mitz Timster, & Tom. Really nice to see the guys out there in the parking lot. They do such a great job.
I hate sleeping in my truck so make a long story short I did not get to sleep that night. One great thing about the lines at Irvine lake is they go fast because of Nick & Whitney on Friday morning. We got through the gate and went straight for the camp ground and set up camp. The main camp grounds have new cinder block fire pits . Very nice. I need sleep and do not function well with out sleep so my plan was to kick back and relax for Friday. ( Shocking I know ) So we kicked it and drank beer, BBQed . I tryed to nap but could not . So I go out and try to fish for a bit for nada. Oh well, I was not into it . I did see many people catching trout all around. It was wide open fishing on most every bait. So I tell myself Saturday is my day to fish and get my first trout for the Season.
I brought some of my Troutma65 Tri-Tip and BBQed it up . Not long after eating dinner I was heading for the tent at 6:30 PM to crash out and get a good nights sleep for tomorrows trout slay fest. ( Or so I thought )
Got up and went to the tackle shop and saw 2Quick . Ordered breakfast and was the 4 th car in the line inside the lake along the road to trout Island. When the first two cars come through the gate the campers can go get their fishing spots.
I set up in area in the flats. The fog rolled in by this time and it was a bit chilly out. I set one fishing rod up with a Berkley Power Worm ( pink ) w / white power egg. 2 foot plus leaders first thing in the morning. ( After it warmed up I shorten the leaders to about 16 " ) My other fishing rod I used Garlic power bait .
Not to long I get my first stocker size trout. Sweet. I finally get my trout. This went on for a while and by 8:30 Am I had my limt of trout. About this time my buddy calls me and says he is ready to go fishing. I got to the camp ground and pick him up and drop him off as I head to the tackle shop for my second limit pass. I did catch 2 trout with an inflated nightcrawler power egg combo. I got 3 trout with the garlic power bait . The rest of my trout were caught with the pink power worm w/ white power egg combo. I really like using the power worms . The family fishing next to me were using lures & everything else to catch their limits. It really was great fishing. The trout seemed to be hungry. Almost all the trout I landed had swallowed my bait . I only got 2 that we lip hooked.
At some point I went to my truck and had a power nap. I sure needed it as sleeping on the ground in the tent really wrecked me. So I snored away as my buddy got to fish for his limit. I woke up refreshed and got my biggest trout of the day , a 2 pounder. It fought great. All the fish fought good but the larger ones are the funest to catch.
A buddy of mine took his daughter fishing and they fished the Lagoon and got limits.
We were paid up for another night of camping ( Saturday night ) I said there was no way I am going to sleep another night on the ground without a Air Mattress. It was agreed that we would go pack it in.
.
Truly, this was a great trout opener as the trout were hungry and on the chew.
Thanks for reading
I was toying with the Idea to fish the trout Opener for a week before the day and last min. Wed. Night about 8 PM ish decided to go with a buddy I grew up with . He wanted to go like at 4 AM on Thursday and I said that would be to late and why not camp for a few days. So we agreed to camp and started packing all the camping /fishing gear. I went to the store and got food & drink . We had my truck loaded and ready to go and got to the lake parking lot 1AM ish. I was thinking that we would be up closer to the front of the line at this time. Wrong. We were in the 5 th line at 1 AM. :Shocked: Oh Well, thats how the Mop Flops. Saw Mitz Timster, & Tom. Really nice to see the guys out there in the parking lot. They do such a great job.
I hate sleeping in my truck so make a long story short I did not get to sleep that night. One great thing about the lines at Irvine lake is they go fast because of Nick & Whitney on Friday morning. We got through the gate and went straight for the camp ground and set up camp. The main camp grounds have new cinder block fire pits . Very nice. I need sleep and do not function well with out sleep so my plan was to kick back and relax for Friday. ( Shocking I know ) So we kicked it and drank beer, BBQed . I tryed to nap but could not . So I go out and try to fish for a bit for nada. Oh well, I was not into it . I did see many people catching trout all around. It was wide open fishing on most every bait. So I tell myself Saturday is my day to fish and get my first trout for the Season.
I brought some of my Troutma65 Tri-Tip and BBQed it up . Not long after eating dinner I was heading for the tent at 6:30 PM to crash out and get a good nights sleep for tomorrows trout slay fest. ( Or so I thought )
Got up and went to the tackle shop and saw 2Quick . Ordered breakfast and was the 4 th car in the line inside the lake along the road to trout Island. When the first two cars come through the gate the campers can go get their fishing spots.
I set up in area in the flats. The fog rolled in by this time and it was a bit chilly out. I set one fishing rod up with a Berkley Power Worm ( pink ) w / white power egg. 2 foot plus leaders first thing in the morning. ( After it warmed up I shorten the leaders to about 16 " ) My other fishing rod I used Garlic power bait .
Not to long I get my first stocker size trout. Sweet. I finally get my trout. This went on for a while and by 8:30 Am I had my limt of trout. About this time my buddy calls me and says he is ready to go fishing. I got to the camp ground and pick him up and drop him off as I head to the tackle shop for my second limit pass. I did catch 2 trout with an inflated nightcrawler power egg combo. I got 3 trout with the garlic power bait . The rest of my trout were caught with the pink power worm w/ white power egg combo. I really like using the power worms . The family fishing next to me were using lures & everything else to catch their limits. It really was great fishing. The trout seemed to be hungry. Almost all the trout I landed had swallowed my bait . I only got 2 that we lip hooked.
At some point I went to my truck and had a power nap. I sure needed it as sleeping on the ground in the tent really wrecked me. So I snored away as my buddy got to fish for his limit. I woke up refreshed and got my biggest trout of the day , a 2 pounder. It fought great. All the fish fought good but the larger ones are the funest to catch.
A buddy of mine took his daughter fishing and they fished the Lagoon and got limits.
We were paid up for another night of camping ( Saturday night ) I said there was no way I am going to sleep another night on the ground without a Air Mattress. It was agreed that we would go pack it in.
.
Truly, this was a great trout opener as the trout were hungry and on the chew.
Thanks for reading