Castaic Lake 3/02/10 The Pigs came out to play. WFO!

[marzocchi]

What a incredible day at Castaic! This was one of my better days fishing at the lake. Every week it keeps getting better and better. I had WFO topwater action on boiling school size stripers, then some huge fish showed up later on. I had a blast. Here is the flash back in time from this morning:

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I was suppose to fish with my friend Ricky this morning, but when I called him, he was too tired to go fish. I was going to do some cattle boat rockfishing as a plan B, but I already did that yesterday. I went ahead and check the weather. The barometer spike was good and a cold front with rain was coming through. All the signs of good striped bass fishing, so I decided it was for sure a striper trip for today. Here is a picture of the Lake before heading down the hill to the ticket office. I swear I saw some boils along the dam.

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I had a really good feeling about today. I put on the same shirt I went rockfishing yesterday. I found a seagull pooped stain on it this morning. I wore it anyways. It is suppose to be good luck. Here is how the ramp looked. Empty. That is my striper killing machine to the inside right next to the rental boat.

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As I coast down the lake to my designed fishing spot I saw some small boils in the water. So I took out my plastics. Instant bendo!

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Stripers! Lots of them boiling on bait fish. If you are wondering what I was using, look at its mouth.

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It is kind of hard to make out. But near the top, those are boils. They were not going out of the water, just small ripples. I did the run and gun thing and slide onto them.

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Bendo on the slide. I tried my best not to spook them. I had a really good slide and I had a wide open bite for awhile. I could have caught 9848 of them today. The new generation of stripers are numerous.

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There wasnt much size to them, but they were plentiful. This one swallowed my plastic. It was amazing watching these guys attack my lure. They were like white missles. If my bait popped off, another schoolie would explode on it. The water was like glass so watching it was awesome.

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Here is another one that I happen to take a picture amidst the wfo bite. I had fun playing with them all morning. There was one instance where I got popped off 4 times and every time my bait was free, another school size striper would attack the bait.

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After the topwater action fizzed out, I went to do some bait and wait. Mann was it good! I started out with a large unit.

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Another large unit! This one had two hooks in its mouth. Guess what? The other hook was my old hook. I could identify it because it had the same ultra small swivel I use and green mono. This fish must have been one that I broke off from my previous week fishing.

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Big bendo again!

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More large units! I am so glad I wore my bird pooped shirt.

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The school bus always shows up. Here is a schoolie water action shot.

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More schoolies.

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After the schoolies left. Some really decent fish started to show up.

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Then it was like someone turned on the lights. Every bait that hit the water was an instant bite. I guess you can say it went WFO again. But this time it was all large units!

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I had doubles quite a few times. All large units. That top one was a x-large unit.

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This is how my cooler looked. I kept all the large units. I needed a couple more large units to fill my limit.

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I was totally beat fighting those large units. So I took a break and had me a Gallions large Italian Combo sandwich. It is a must if you come to Castaic. I washed it down with some peach iced tea. MMMMMmmmm....Soooo Good.

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After I replenish myself. I went back to fishing. It was still good fishing. The school bus made another round.

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Another random schoolie.

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It wasnt long before they went on the chew again and I was getting another double. The bigger models began to push through once more.

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Large unit Bendo! You can say it was WFO!

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Another nice one.

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OK I am done. Limited out on the large units. I cant be too picky on which size to keep. They were all big. I was done by 11ish. Left them biting. Not even a half's day fishing.

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I gave my pops my fish. To give you an idea of the size, here is my pops holding up his dinner.

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Here is me and my big fish. It was a pig.

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Parting shot. That is a cormorant on top of the giant bobber.

I hope you enjoyed fishing with me again. I had a great time. See you all next week.

[Ray Lopez]

Damn super jail bird slay!!!!


Good job being out there man you got on the bite like none other. Glad to see the stripers are poping off right now. Looks like we might have a bass and striper crazed lake here really soon

[fishfinder]

I can't stand reading this stuff, while i am at work. couple more weeks and I am there.

[Fishbones]

damn....whatta amazing day on the water...too bad for ricky.....hope he got enuff sleep....lol

[diamondbear]

REALLY GOOD JOB on the stripies . Thats gotta be the BEST looking sandwich Ive ever seen , ha

[CAPT'N]

Beautiful day! Nice fish...............!

were you drifting with the Bait or anchored?

Capt'n

[Fire Ball]

Man, you always slay them! I'm glad to see that they are boiling! The last one looks like a hawg!

[blackberg]

nice! Again!

ok who want to go halfs on a rental boat there?

-bb

[bsp]

The stripers are definitely getting more active. I was there Sunday and they were boiling all around the launch ramp. No hookups though, so that kind of sucked. Congrats on some killer fish!

Also, the large Richman's is better imo, but the Italian is good too. :Big Grin:

[Newfishsmell]

Hey next time rickys too tired to go fish look me up ....:Big Grin:
Oh and thanks for the tip on Gallion's that sandwice is
making me hungry .....

[primo55]

Thanks for the post!! Nice stripes!!!

[Ray Lopez]

Also, the large Richman's is better imo, but the Italian is good too. :Big Grin:

lol hey that's the only two sammys i get there every time i go fishing. Gallions sandwiches are a castaic staple when you're on the lake.

[fisherman from long beach]

that is what fishing is all about and the shirt with bird **** for good luck,never heard of it ,but believe me next time out fishing im gonna rub my shirt on some rocks and let the seagull **** soak in,i need all the help i can get,lol.nice report and pics ,i bet your friend wished he had woken up.

[gletemfeelsteelgary]

Nice job on them feesh....way ta slay...you dn't need that Galions sandwich now.....it's fish taco time

[Fishthewhaler]

I think your report was xcellent and you have put up the best quality numbers yet. Nice going on those pigs. I guess i'm heading back out there for another hoot this week weather permiting.
Nice fish
ftw

[KID-FISH]

Cool report and nice action shots! Congrats on a great day of fishing...that pic of you holding that pig is cut off a little, must have been a nice fight though.

KID

[marzocchi]

Beautiful day! Nice fish...............!

were you drifting with the Bait or anchored?

Capt'n

The plastic fish were all on the drift. The bait and wait was on anchor.


damn....whatta amazing day on the water...too bad for ricky.....hope he got enuff sleep....lol

That silly bear Ricky is kicking himself right now.

[gletemfeelsteelgary]

The plastic fish were all on the drift. The bait and wait was on anchor.



That silly bear Ricky is kicking himself right now.
How deep were you anchored : )

[marzocchi]

How deep were you anchored : )

It was 65-70ft. It seems like they really like this depth right now. I have no clue to the reason of this.

[MAVERICK27]

Outstanding day. Time to hit Castaic again! Thanks for te eye candy!! I'm striper fishing tmorrow, shoot me a PM with what worked for ya if you get a chance, I havent been out for em in a while. Congrats on an epic day!

[gletemfeelsteelgary]

It was 65-70ft. It seems like they really like this depth right now. I have no clue to the reason of this.
Probably moving up into their pre-spawning patterning locations and one could guess their finding food sources regularly at that particularv depth (pure speculation)

I saw them staged in about 95' to 120' deep about a month ago....typically you can see the schools of hawgs stage in 175' to 225' out of the channel near the jet ski area bouys on a normal basis, I see it every year other than this year, my last spotting of them staged up in the deepwater canyons was just about when the shad bloom started strong a several months back...and that was out in the main channel north east of C point...this years patterning is different than a normal pattern....

Doesn't matter whatever logic you put into it....you getting them and that's all that matters...
saweet..
Keep up the good work
Gary

[marzocchi]

Outstanding day. Time to hit Castaic again! Thanks for te eye candy!! I'm striper fishing tmorrow, shoot me a PM with what worked for ya if you get a chance, I havent been out for em in a while. Congrats on an epic day!

Check the weather at Castaic before you go tomorrow. It is blowing out there where I am. Dont want you to drive all the way there for nothing.


Probably moving up into their pre-spawning patterning locations and one could guess their finding food sources regularly at that particularv depth (pure speculation)

I saw them staged in about 95' to 120' deep about a month ago....typically you can see the schools of hawgs stage in 175' to 225' out of the channel near the jet ski area bouys on a normal basis, I see it every year other than this year, my last spotting of them staged up in the deepwater canyons was just about when the shad bloom started strong a several months back...and that was out in the main channel north east of C point...this years patterning is different than a normal pattern....

Doesn't matter whatever logic you put into it....you getting them and that's all that matters...
saweet..
Keep up the good work
Gary

I was finding them at 90-120 a month ago too. Then I accidently found them by setting the anchor wrong. They kept passing through at 65-70ft range. I am going to keep metering around whenever I go home. You are probably right about the staging thing.

[RamboBoy]

Great story of your fishing report! The weather cloudy and fishing striper slayah good job !

[nsluggs]

damn what a wonderful beatiful splendid day for you :Not Worthy:. man i just ate my dinner and now i want a sandwich.. by the way what does WFO stand for?

[marzocchi]

damn what a wonderful beatiful splendid day for you :Not Worthy:. man i just ate my dinner and now i want a sandwich.. by the way what does WFO stand for?

Wide Open. The F, well you can decide on it.

[McFingers]

Wow. Epic Slay. Good Job man, keep it up!!

[Captain Castaic]

Nice linesides!!!! Way to slay. Awesome pics and report.

C.C.