Sarl 12/24/10

[Jigslinger]

I was dying to fish after all the rain we've had. Wanted to hit LNL but heard that the storm did quite a number on my favorite trout pond. So looked around for an alternative. SARL was the only logical choice as everywhere else was affected by the rain. SARL is truly my nemesis and I have not been there since 1999. The only fish I've ever caught there was a CARP! So I chatted up a couple guys for info on how to catch fish there.

My friends and I got to the lake at 5:30am and there were about 60 cars in line. Went straight to a spot giving by the resident experts and tried to set up. It was still dark and COLD so decided to wait for the sun because we didn't have lights. As soon as there were lights we setup rods with powermouse, nc/pb, and straight nc. I got bit on my new rod before all the baits were in the water. Quick fight with a couple runs on the 2lb line and a beautiful Sierra Bow came up. Maybe a little less than 2lb but full colors and full tail. I thought this was great! Another 20min goes by and my friend's rod gets hit big. He grabbed it and it's fishon! A few runs and another beautiful 'bow came up. This one was a solid 2lb. I thought it's not gonna be that bad after all. Wrong! That was it for the next 4 hrs. We tried everything. Then around 11:30am the same buddy got hit again. He grabbed the rod and it's a bigger fish. Took off. ZZZZZZZZZZ Snap! See ya! Missed opportunity on a lunker. That was it. Left at 2pm when the lake closed. Alot of people were skunked around us. Not sure where all the fish in the stocking vid went. LOL.

The weapon:
http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3762-1.jpg

The warriors:
http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3882.jpg

http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3795.jpg

http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3686.jpg

The catch:
http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3712.jpg

http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3927.jpg

http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3930.jpg

The dejected skunk pose:
http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/jigslinger1/_IGP3887.jpg

[Trout Doctor]

Nice report, and man, those pictures are beautiful... Definitely not cell phone shots, that's for sure.

[Marley]

Wow, nice pictures! Definitely not point-and-shoot. Too warm for a Nikon. EOS? Whatever, what fun! That shot of Da Boyz on the pipes is classic.
BTW, you were on the wrong side of that lake...

[Jigslinger]

Nice report, and man, those pictures are beautiful... Definitely not cell phone shots, that's for sure.

Definitely not my usual cell phone shots. :LOL:

A buddy of mine is into photography took pictures the whole time 'cuz the bite was so slow. I don't know what camera he used but it was over $3K. Now I want to invite him on all our trips so we could have more photo shoots! :Cool:

[Jigslinger]

Wow, nice pictures! Definitely not point-and-shoot. Too warm for a Nikon. EOS? Whatever, what fun! That shot of Da Boyz on the pipes is classic.
BTW, you were on the wrong side of that lake...

Not sure what camera, Marley. It belongs to my buddy and he a great job capturing those moments. He even made that little pond looks like some mountain lake in some of the pics. :)

We were at Chris' Pond. Didn't see too many peeps on the other side. Were you fishing the main lake? Sounds like you did well. We always seem to be in the wrong place or come on the wrong day. :)

[Marley]

Ths are some talented shots, to be sure. I was not there that day, actually been a few weeks since I fished SARL, but the backside of the pond has always done better for me than 3-Pipes. Plus, I've been boating it more than shoring it so it's been a big lake venture for me. A fun and magical place, wherever you set up. I'm glad you caught fish!

[smokehound]

Boating is better at sarl than the shore fishing. You can Cover way more ground, search for suspending crappie. (You're allowed a 5 trout- 5 crappie limit, any crappie above 3 lbs is required C&R.)

There are still catfish here! Catfish still bite in winter! Take a boat out to deeper water for the kitties.

I'm sure there are still tons of them left, earlier this month people were catching nice tilapia. Saw a big gold tilapia caught.

[CASTAWAY]

Nice camera work. The three pipes never look better..lol And nice fish. Thanks for the report....

[Jigslinger]

I'll try back there next time. Thanks, Marley!

[Jigslinger]

Smokehound, we thought about getting the pontoon with the coupon rate. But it seemed to me you would need a fishfinder to do well there because there weren't any visible structures. Any tips if we were to get a boat next time?

[Jigslinger]

Nice camera work. The three pipes never look better..lol And nice fish. Thanks for the report....

I think you're right about the pics, Castaway! Maybe you'd want to hire my buddy to make your favorite pond look like a mountain portrait. :)

[ghetto dad]

NICE job man....great report...im hoping i had "something" to do with you finally posting brother! :Wink:

thanks for the great report and pics!!

[Jigslinger]

NICE job man....great report...im hoping i had "something" to do with you finally posting brother! :Wink:

thanks for the great report and pics!!

Bro, you had everything to do with it. hahahaha

[ghetto dad]

Bro, you had everything to do with it. hahahaha

thats good man...cant wait to fish with you again at the lake brother...missed the last TWO weeks fishing cuz of the rain and dirty water.. :(

take care brother....