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carpinator
04-18-2010, 10:33 PM
WENT UP NORTH FOR THE ANNUAL LAKE CACHUMA TROUT DERBY. DAY #1 STARTED OUT OVER CAST WITH LITTLE TO NO WIND WITH A SURFACE WATER TEMP OF 60 DEGREES. WENT OUT WITH THE KID AND GRANDPA AND WERE ABLE TO CATCH 6 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH. GOT ALMOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT RED EAR AND BLUE GILL.
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TROUT FISHING WAS A LITTLE SLOW, THE BIGGEST TROUT THIS YEAR WAS JUST UNDER TWENTY INCHES LONG AND JUST OVER THREE POUNDS, THE DFG STOPPED STOCKING CACHUMA SO NOW IT'S ALL INDEPENDENTLY STOCKED AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH. SINCE TROUT FISHING WAS SLOW WE WENT OUT TO THE SHALLOW TREE LINED AREAS AND NAILED SOME BLACK CRAPPIE WITH MINI JIGS
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WE GOT A FEW NICE SIZE ONES, WE PAYED THE PRICE BY LOSING MORE THEN A FEW JIGS ON TREE BRANCHES AND WATER PLANTS
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I ALWAYS SAY YOU CAN BUY MORE JIGS AND THESE WERE WORTH IT!
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THE KID GOT INTO SOME SMALL MOUTH OF THE JIGS
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NAILED SOME LARGE MOUTH BASS OF OF THE PLASTIC, THIS ONE HAD SOME BATTLE SCARS
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MOST OF THESE FISH WERE CAUGHT LATE IN THE DAY IN ALL THOSE LAZY COVES CACHUMA HAS, EVEN CAUGHT A CHANNEL CAT AND A COMMON CARP,ONCE AGAIN ALL FISH WERE CAUGHT ON ULTRA LIGHT GEAR
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I CAN NEVER SEEM TO GET AWAY FROM THESE BEASTS
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ALL TROUT CAUGHT IN 10 FEET OF WATER EITHER DRIFTING WITH CRAWLERS, OR TROLLING WITH DODGERS TRAILING CRAWLERS, OVER ALL TROUT FISHING WAS SLOW FOR MOST EVERYBODY, WE'LL GET' EM NEXT YEAR.
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DAY#2 WAS REALLY SLOW THE WIND CHANGED DIRECTION THE WATER CHANGED COLOR AND THE RESULTS WERE ONE BIG SKUNK FOR THE HALF DAY WE SPENT OUT. IN THE END WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME , LAKE CACHUMA IS A REAL TREASURE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND SLAYING AGAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE IT WAS ALL WORTH IT AS WE ENJOYED SOME TRIPLE C's, FRIED CORONA CRAPPIE CAKES AFTER A HARD DAY OF FISHING !!!!!
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TopwaterTony
04-19-2010, 08:40 PM
Way to salvage the trout slay with all that variety. I have heard good things about Cachuma before, I am going to have to get out there one of these days. tight lines ... TT

troutslayer05
04-19-2010, 09:55 PM
Nice work out there. I travled down to Santa Barbara for the weekend and saw the Calaveras stock truck having mechanical troubles on the 154 on the way up to Cachuma. Sucks that there not getting as much trout as they should but it looks like you guys killed it nonetheless. Nice work!