H20Rusty
11-25-2009, 04:19 PM
Headed out to a spot on the Coachella canal Wednesday morning. Beautiful day, great water. Man the water was clear! I didn't know what the bottom looked like. I assumed it was flat but it's just like a river bottom with rocks and structure all over the place. It was like looking through glass.
Total for the day, 1 striper and 1 smallie. Both released. Cell phone cameras don't do that fish justice. It's not a dink! I just have really long arms! Who cares... I caught a fish, and I didn't have to drive 100 miles.
The smallie was unintentionally released--dropped before it could be photographed. There were many fish on the move. I had 4-5 hits in 2 hours and a couple trailers following all the way to the bank. Mostly stripers.
Both caught on blue lipless cranks. Let 'em sink. The fish are deep and will hit only if it is on the plane in front of them.
After seeing all those rocks, it makes me think that there may be crayfish down there for those smallies to feed on. Maybe I'll try a crawfish immitation next time. I'm even thinking about a trap or two in a couple of different locations just to see of there are any there. Smallmouth + rocks = crawdads. I'm looking for more baits to fish in the canal.
Total for the day, 1 striper and 1 smallie. Both released. Cell phone cameras don't do that fish justice. It's not a dink! I just have really long arms! Who cares... I caught a fish, and I didn't have to drive 100 miles.
The smallie was unintentionally released--dropped before it could be photographed. There were many fish on the move. I had 4-5 hits in 2 hours and a couple trailers following all the way to the bank. Mostly stripers.
Both caught on blue lipless cranks. Let 'em sink. The fish are deep and will hit only if it is on the plane in front of them.
After seeing all those rocks, it makes me think that there may be crayfish down there for those smallies to feed on. Maybe I'll try a crawfish immitation next time. I'm even thinking about a trap or two in a couple of different locations just to see of there are any there. Smallmouth + rocks = crawdads. I'm looking for more baits to fish in the canal.