fishinone
04-02-2010, 11:13 AM
I took the day off from work yesterday. I put a call in to Dan (Lowe Boat). He told me that the fish were biting and told me to come on out, so I headed for the lake.
I found Dan and Joe and set up and catching nice fish on a slow pick.
I set up with fish under me and didn't get hit, even when I saw the fish approach my bait on the fishfinder. I tried a few different baits, chovies, dines from a couple different bags, still no hits.
I was moving to deeper water when Loweboat picked up this one while I was changing spots.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401101410.jpg
I took this picture of him landing a nice fish with my cell phone then cropped it later. You can see it there in the net.
Here's a picture of Dan holding up the stringer. There are 4 striper and a catfish.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401101414a.jpg
Nice catch Dan!
After I tried a few more sets with no hits the wind came up hard and blew me off of my spot. While I was pulling anchors to move to a sheltered spot, Dan went by and said he was headed for the barn.
I made a move to the buoy line and set anchor after a couple tries. I got some different dines that were frozen into a chunk out and started prying them out of the chunk with my 99 cent bait knife.
It was soon on. I missed a couple hits on my first rod while I was retying the second one before putting it out. When I rebaited the first one it was hit as soon as I got it to "The Depth Of The Day" 32 ft. Then it was on. I caught 3 fish one right after the other right out of the same spot. All of them were 3 1/2 to 4 lbers.
Then there was a lull. When they started back up I lost a fish due to not retying. After retying I got another on that pole as soon as I hit 32 ft., then hooked up the other pole while I was playing the one on the first pole.
The final score was;
5, 3 1/2 to 4 lbers
2 dinks, I gave the dinks away.
3 nice ones farmed
That 4 lb leader gets you hits, but be sure to test your knots again after landing fish.
Here's one getting ready to go into the freezer.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401102055.jpg
Here are his friends.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401102056.jpg
Here, they're ready for freezing except for today's dinner at the upper left.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401102156a.jpg
I found Dan and Joe and set up and catching nice fish on a slow pick.
I set up with fish under me and didn't get hit, even when I saw the fish approach my bait on the fishfinder. I tried a few different baits, chovies, dines from a couple different bags, still no hits.
I was moving to deeper water when Loweboat picked up this one while I was changing spots.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401101410.jpg
I took this picture of him landing a nice fish with my cell phone then cropped it later. You can see it there in the net.
Here's a picture of Dan holding up the stringer. There are 4 striper and a catfish.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401101414a.jpg
Nice catch Dan!
After I tried a few more sets with no hits the wind came up hard and blew me off of my spot. While I was pulling anchors to move to a sheltered spot, Dan went by and said he was headed for the barn.
I made a move to the buoy line and set anchor after a couple tries. I got some different dines that were frozen into a chunk out and started prying them out of the chunk with my 99 cent bait knife.
It was soon on. I missed a couple hits on my first rod while I was retying the second one before putting it out. When I rebaited the first one it was hit as soon as I got it to "The Depth Of The Day" 32 ft. Then it was on. I caught 3 fish one right after the other right out of the same spot. All of them were 3 1/2 to 4 lbers.
Then there was a lull. When they started back up I lost a fish due to not retying. After retying I got another on that pole as soon as I hit 32 ft., then hooked up the other pole while I was playing the one on the first pole.
The final score was;
5, 3 1/2 to 4 lbers
2 dinks, I gave the dinks away.
3 nice ones farmed
That 4 lb leader gets you hits, but be sure to test your knots again after landing fish.
Here's one getting ready to go into the freezer.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401102055.jpg
Here are his friends.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401102056.jpg
Here, they're ready for freezing except for today's dinner at the upper left.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20-%201%20April%202010/0401102156a.jpg