Irvine Lake Report & Pissed off HOLDOVER?

[Rooster]

Partners in crime for the day were none other then Yamafish & Ladyfish.

Gameplan: Tourney 12-19-09: Go for gold or bust :LOL: Leave all bait at home. Troll, Troll then Troll some more. Use big baits expecting less strikes but a better grade and hopefully a money fish. :BFish: Limit the trolling areas and work a zone hard.

Conditions: Mild temperature with some sunshine -Gusty winds 5-10 with decent 3-5 feet visability. Lots of boat pressure. Surprisingly we only got our lines cutt once which resulted in 4 lures lost :Shocked: Other then that very pleasing trolling zones.

Techniques: Trolling speed 1.80 to 1.95 in 35-40 FT of water. Meter showing bigger units holding at 20-25 feet. Using Big Crainkbaits scented with secret sauce -size 7. All flatlined on 4-6lb mono running down to 10-15 feet deep.

Fishing area: UNDISCLOSED area :Secret: 6:30am to 1:00pm

Total "Team" Fish Count - NO Money Fish landed.
(10) Bows 1lb - 2.11 lbs
(2) Farmed appeared to be 2lbs each
(1) Toad -Lost at the net :Angry:est 6 lbs
(1) Holdover Trout :???: Jimmy?

There was without a doubt a pattern out there and fish holding in sevral areas. At one point I had what i beleived was an easy money fish.
This thing was fighting like it was no tommorrow. It was like fighting an underwater PITTBULL :LOL: By far the hardest fighting trout i have caught in sometime after sevral minutes we were finally able to see it.. I couldnt believe my eyes :Shocked: It was like a 1 -1 1/2 lb trout...

I told Jimmy about it at and he asked did ya see the tail? Didnt think about what he was getting at till later. Could it be a holdover? I heard mention of that the vine is actually having a few holdovers showing up from time to time..

BBQ and Deep fried Turkeys with Team 57 after the event. Great event and great people. Was great seeing ya Yamafish, Ladyfish, TroutDog, Omar, Wess, Daryl, Sue, Hitts, Big Daddy, Noho & Others.

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[Troutman65]

Nice report Rob !!! Congrats on your trout. Sorry you did not get the Money trout. :Wink: Next time .

As for the hold over trout , It may be possible this year because of the lake water level stayed high all Summer . The trout would have to go deep by the dam and try to not get eaten by the Bass & CATFISH . Also as the lake temp rises in the Summer most of the trout can not take the 80 * water temps and I have seen many a trout pop up to the water surface floating dead. In years that the lake level gets drawn off heavy I don't think trout would survive and there would be no hold over trout .

ILG

[ghetto dad]

damn rooster didnt know that was you at the dinner..sorry i wasnt as social as i normally am man....its been a rough few months...havent socialized in quite a while

GREAT report brother

GD

[Daryl]

Nice fish guys and gal. Thanks for the report Rooster. There's always another tournament just around the corner.

[Big Daddy]

Great report Rooster and That trout has to be a hold over look at that beautiful tail. It was Great meeting you out there and Thanks for the magic bait, I'm glad that you clarified as it not being a "BROWNIE" I would have been embarrased if you guys came by me and I was Tearing it up.:ROFL: I hope to see you guys soon it was Fun.

[Angler Dan]

Nice pics and some good looking fish. Love that full tail.

[Poxy Boggards]

Way to go out there guys! Nice to see you all at the end of the day!

[johnsfishing]

thanks for the post Rob!
way to go out there guys.. trolling is the best and the most fun.
nice work.

johnsfishing

[Hitts0n]

Wow is that what a full tail look like !!?? That was a nice looking fish !!
Great seeing you out there ! It was fun ! Can't wait for the next one !!

[TroutOnly]

NICE FISH ROGER AND ROOSTER, BUT ARMANDO THIS IS WHAT A FULL TAIL TROUT LOOKS LIKE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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[ghetto dad]

OMG!! :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: @ the "Trolly Trout!!!" mean...lmao

GD

[Rooster]

Thx for the comments everyone.. Maybe it was just a pissed off trout :ROFL: Whatever it was it truely made my day. That battle wont be forgotten..

Nice pics BOB,, That Trolly trout is hot :LOL:

[Fisherman57]

Nice work out there Rob!

Looks like you, Roger & Rebecca had a productive day!
That fat bellied, full tailed trout musta been a nice fight!


You're the Week #1 winner of Irvine Lake's
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Dana

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[MAVERICK27]

Wow,,,,first report I have EVER seen from Rob and he won....awesome!!! Haha, Roger must have gotten your login info then :)

I'm kiddin buddy! Great report and way to represent for the team! Sorry I missed ya. I'll see you there again asap!!!!

[Rooster]

Wow Thx Dana.. What a great gift.. Thx Team 57, FNN & Irvine Lake.. :Thumbs Up:

[Mondo21]

Nice job out there Rob. Thanks for the detailed report and pics. It's good seeing Yamafish back out at Irvine. Cindy:Big Grin:

[muskyman]

This is a full tail
This is the way we do it here in Chicago, no truck trout here. Although they would make good bait for the browns :)

[troutdog]

It was great seeing you, Yama and Ladyfish out there slaying on the troll....thanks for coming by to hang out for a bite to eat and chance to chat. Congrats on the pass, guess that means I'll see you out there soon!


This is a full tail
This is the way we do it here in Chicago, no truck trout here. Although they would make good bait for the browns :)

My parents are from Chicago and I have been there numerous times, you can have the brown trout and cubbies and we'll take the truck trout and warm weather! :LOL:


TD

[NoHo ART]

nice report rob and congratulation on the pass.
man you missed out on the fried turkey it was awesome.
after seeing that you lost 4 lures i don't feel to bad getting run over and spooled by an idiot that was anchored up while i was passing him but as soon as i passed him by 5' he decided to pull anchor and gun his boat over my lines.
anyways bro hope to see you out there soon.

[bigd87]

great report n congratz on free admission!