SDDave
10-14-2010, 07:39 PM
With all this heat the lake was due to pop again, launched around 2:30 and ramp looked like pea soup W/chunks
Said Hi to Oscar, told him how nice the water looked, he said he had to go in it twice to do something, must have been something cus I wouldn't want to swim in this crap...
Headed down the fish arm to look around, I threw the punker for awhile to see if the big boys wanted to play yet, nothing going...
Worked my way down the lake, looked in a cove and saw a couple of fish break the surface, said to myself, here we go, got out two top water rigs and a rip bait, Zara Spooks with rattles, the rattles help in this dirty water,
started tossing the rip bait in open water, no takers, then the cove went WFO !!! striper's were chasing bait up on the banks, open water boils, tossed the white plug, I'm on, got that fish in the boat, grabbed the other rod with the chrome bait on and pop pop pop walking the bait and I'm on again, I'm thinking, do i want to keep these fish and have all my neighbors running from me cause I pass out to much from the time before, screw it I'm killing striper's tonight...
Slay slay.... so much fun watching these fish hit at the bait time after time knocking it into the air only to do it again, then to stick em the next time, I work my way all the way back into the cove and saw the bass in the back pushing bait around, first cast, bam, 3 pounder largie, I take time out to call my friend back and tell him whats going on after I had talked earlier and told him the lake was dead and it was time to head up to Pyramid, all the reports say that all the other lakes, fish are busting on shad, DVL, Pyramid, Piru, Castias, only dog around had been Castaic, no consistency , this is a good sign.. so I left him a voice mail with the sounds of splashes in the background for him to hear and get worked up...
As I came out of the back there was two guys in a Nitro getting in on the action, I talked to them as we fished and told them that the fish had been up for over a hour and a half before they showed up, these guys were getting hooked up on casts to the boils, I was still casting to open water and fish were still coming up and hitting the plugs,
Final count in all the mayhem, two plugs with bent hooks, 6 reties, limit of striper's taken, 4 largies released, Headed in on the last call from the lifeguards at 6:12 lake Closes at 6:30 they were saying.
Got to the ramp, yelled over to two guys who had been fishing the dam for no luck and asked if they wanted some fish, Yes was the answer, hooked them up with all ten fish, talked to them, told them that I guide, Got to get the Plug in anyway I can, they were stoked, no ice chest so they just tossed them in the back of the pick up and headed home to start cutting, nice guys I hope they give me a call and come fish with me...
No pictures of fish tonight, Action was to hot to stop and take cell phone pics... Did get a nice Sunset pic I'll share...
For anyone wanting to get out for the late evening or earlier morning bite thats if this holds up, I running end of the year specials... It's fishing not always catching, but if this holds up, nows the time, so for all you folks wanting to fish the top water walk the dog style nows the time... Once the plants start, the lunker punkers are coming out as are all the swimbait sticks, so those trips are going to be go big or go home...But hopefully some Double Digit fish...http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr349/sddave50/f0362eda.jpg
Said Hi to Oscar, told him how nice the water looked, he said he had to go in it twice to do something, must have been something cus I wouldn't want to swim in this crap...
Headed down the fish arm to look around, I threw the punker for awhile to see if the big boys wanted to play yet, nothing going...
Worked my way down the lake, looked in a cove and saw a couple of fish break the surface, said to myself, here we go, got out two top water rigs and a rip bait, Zara Spooks with rattles, the rattles help in this dirty water,
started tossing the rip bait in open water, no takers, then the cove went WFO !!! striper's were chasing bait up on the banks, open water boils, tossed the white plug, I'm on, got that fish in the boat, grabbed the other rod with the chrome bait on and pop pop pop walking the bait and I'm on again, I'm thinking, do i want to keep these fish and have all my neighbors running from me cause I pass out to much from the time before, screw it I'm killing striper's tonight...
Slay slay.... so much fun watching these fish hit at the bait time after time knocking it into the air only to do it again, then to stick em the next time, I work my way all the way back into the cove and saw the bass in the back pushing bait around, first cast, bam, 3 pounder largie, I take time out to call my friend back and tell him whats going on after I had talked earlier and told him the lake was dead and it was time to head up to Pyramid, all the reports say that all the other lakes, fish are busting on shad, DVL, Pyramid, Piru, Castias, only dog around had been Castaic, no consistency , this is a good sign.. so I left him a voice mail with the sounds of splashes in the background for him to hear and get worked up...
As I came out of the back there was two guys in a Nitro getting in on the action, I talked to them as we fished and told them that the fish had been up for over a hour and a half before they showed up, these guys were getting hooked up on casts to the boils, I was still casting to open water and fish were still coming up and hitting the plugs,
Final count in all the mayhem, two plugs with bent hooks, 6 reties, limit of striper's taken, 4 largies released, Headed in on the last call from the lifeguards at 6:12 lake Closes at 6:30 they were saying.
Got to the ramp, yelled over to two guys who had been fishing the dam for no luck and asked if they wanted some fish, Yes was the answer, hooked them up with all ten fish, talked to them, told them that I guide, Got to get the Plug in anyway I can, they were stoked, no ice chest so they just tossed them in the back of the pick up and headed home to start cutting, nice guys I hope they give me a call and come fish with me...
No pictures of fish tonight, Action was to hot to stop and take cell phone pics... Did get a nice Sunset pic I'll share...
For anyone wanting to get out for the late evening or earlier morning bite thats if this holds up, I running end of the year specials... It's fishing not always catching, but if this holds up, nows the time, so for all you folks wanting to fish the top water walk the dog style nows the time... Once the plants start, the lunker punkers are coming out as are all the swimbait sticks, so those trips are going to be go big or go home...But hopefully some Double Digit fish...http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr349/sddave50/f0362eda.jpg