Castaic Lake 2/23/10 Another fantastic fishing day

[marzocchi]

I promised Dan (Lowe Boat) that I fish with him before his surgery on 2/24. I realize it was 2/22 so I called him up to go kill some some stripers before his big day. Met Dan at 7:30 at Castaic in the parking lot. We decided on the spot to hit for the day. I was at odds deciding which spot to hit. We agreed on the blue chip spot that was producing recently and headed out. Dan was nice enough to take me on his boat. I did not have to tow my aluminum skiff out there, which is a welcomed change. Fishing again was excellent. We had quite a few large units. We bust off a couple and had plenty of miss bites. Otherwise we have limited out in the morning time. Enough of my rambling, I need some sleep. Here is todays stills:

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Here is how the day started. A large unit that fell victim to Gallions pack of sardines. Sucker.

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Here is another jailbird. Not as big as the first one, but very notable.

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Open wide.

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Yea! another large unit! This one was pretty.

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Decent fish. Long-side?

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The School bus came later on in the day. Here is one of the schoolies.

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Here is Dan with another one.

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Schoolie in the death trap.

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When the school bus was not around, we got these.

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These two are the dead give away to where we were. Find these guys and you found our spot. These two love sardines. They will circle your boat the whole day, if you feed them just once. Dont let their cute fuzzy feather fool you. They will steal your bait on your hooks if they get the chance.

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We also got one of these. Released it. They do more to help the lake than harm it like the stripers do.

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We ended the day with this one.

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Here is Dan picking up the days bounty stringer from the water before we headed back to the ramp. We had a good day.

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I kept two for mom and pop.

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and two more for my neighbor who puts up with the weekly fish smell and the noise from my work garage.

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To give you an idea of the size of the fish. Here is my pops modeling another pair.

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Parting shot. It was like glass out there in the evening.

Hope you enjoyed fishing with me again. I know we missed last week. We'll make up for it with a double trip. Good luck on the surgery Dan. Thanks for taking me out on your boat.

[Fishbones]

You guys killed them WTG. thats a hefty stringer of stripers..WOW....:EyePop:
those ducks are cute.....im sure just alittle sardine wont hurt.. (see thread titled Angler Attacked) LMAO yeah right.....
....only caught 1 striper in my life...im gunna have to make it out there soon to change that....

[sansou]

Nice job on the good looking stripers!

Steamed, asian style with herbs & soy!!

[TroutOnly]

FISH TACO;S WITH SALSA AND SOME AVACADO,,,,,,,,,,,,,t/o,,,,,,,,,,I THINK DAN PREFERS CHINESE INSTEAD,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[scca]

Very nice SLAY you guys put on them !!! Great job !!

[Fire Ball]

Wow, very nice jailbirds! I'm glad that the Lagoon and the Upper Lake are both doing well. Now to decide which lake I am going to hit this weekend! Hmm..

[fishinone]

Nice Catch guys.

Dan, Get well soon. I'm looking forward to seeing you out at the lake again.

[Fishthewhaler]

You are the man!! Dan's had them in his crosshairs for a while, and he's very willing to share info if you talk to him. Way to go out there, castaic is so tempting, but i will hit piru friday to start prefishing this panfish derby in march. That stringer looks like they went full speed!

[bassgrabber1]

What was that other fish if you don't mind....was it a hybrid?...sorry for the dumb question. Wait is that a cat?...nevermind..sorry.

[Newfishsmell]

Oh **** , thats alot of stripers ...
Good job !

[Ray Lopez]

nice catchs

looks like a killer day on the water!
Congrats!!

[GeordyBass]

I'm absolutely glad you and lowe got such a great catch! You guys definitely slayed a nice set of Striper. I hope your parents had an Awesome Dinner Marzzzz.:Cool:

[Fishnfun]

Looks like another great day for you guys at Castaic. Plenty of meat for dinner.

[DEADROOTS]

Hey! You and mr lowe boat had an awesome day there! Good job!

[Agro]

Very nice! You got that lake dialed in for sure!