JohnnyBoy
01-17-2011, 11:55 AM
LNL – 1/13/11
This report is for Thursday, January 13, 2011. I took a vacation day, in the hopes of getting LNL, without all the crowds that lake has been getting as of late. I was glad I had that Thursday off, but I was a little disappointed to see that while less crowded, it was still a good sized crowd for a weekday. Does anyone work in Laguna Niguel ?
It was a beautiful day though, clear skies and warm temps in the later part of the day. The three pipes area was once again hopscotch boats and tubes, but not quite as bad as on Saturday or Sunday. The other point about that was that by noon-ish, a good number of those boats were back at the boat dock unused. So the crowd actually thinned as the day went along.
Fish Count – I caught a total of 11 fish. I had 2 in the creek inlet area early, then 1 on the way to the three pipes area. I caught 2 more in the three pipes are, went through the little inlet on the back side past the two aerators and made a bathroom stop by the concession building. I caught 1, out in front of the boat dock, 2 in the flats, and then 2 more in front of the launch ramp. Keep in mind this was from about 8:45 in the morning till roughly 3:30 in the afternoon.
What Worked – The water quality/clarity has improved significantly. So the color selection changed. I used plastics the whole day. I caught 7 using white on green, 3 using white on pink shad, 1 using white on yellow.
Observations - My take on the conditions are that with improved water quality the fish are going back to the normal color patterns. Being in the tube has its advantages. You can move in and out of the boats easily, and don’t have to deal with the shore crew. Meaning, you can go find the fish. Right now it seems that you do have to find the fish. While I wouldn’t call it slow, I wouldn’t call it wide open either, somewhere in-between. While it’s good for the lake to have a good population of fisherman, it’s not so good for me. Have to change up, shorter casts, and more movement. If nobody is home keep moving till you find the fish, when they shutoff, move again. Change up my color patterns pretty frequently right now. These fish are finicky is all I can say. The flavor of the day though seemed to be green. They liked green on Thursday.
This report is for Thursday, January 13, 2011. I took a vacation day, in the hopes of getting LNL, without all the crowds that lake has been getting as of late. I was glad I had that Thursday off, but I was a little disappointed to see that while less crowded, it was still a good sized crowd for a weekday. Does anyone work in Laguna Niguel ?
It was a beautiful day though, clear skies and warm temps in the later part of the day. The three pipes area was once again hopscotch boats and tubes, but not quite as bad as on Saturday or Sunday. The other point about that was that by noon-ish, a good number of those boats were back at the boat dock unused. So the crowd actually thinned as the day went along.
Fish Count – I caught a total of 11 fish. I had 2 in the creek inlet area early, then 1 on the way to the three pipes area. I caught 2 more in the three pipes are, went through the little inlet on the back side past the two aerators and made a bathroom stop by the concession building. I caught 1, out in front of the boat dock, 2 in the flats, and then 2 more in front of the launch ramp. Keep in mind this was from about 8:45 in the morning till roughly 3:30 in the afternoon.
What Worked – The water quality/clarity has improved significantly. So the color selection changed. I used plastics the whole day. I caught 7 using white on green, 3 using white on pink shad, 1 using white on yellow.
Observations - My take on the conditions are that with improved water quality the fish are going back to the normal color patterns. Being in the tube has its advantages. You can move in and out of the boats easily, and don’t have to deal with the shore crew. Meaning, you can go find the fish. Right now it seems that you do have to find the fish. While I wouldn’t call it slow, I wouldn’t call it wide open either, somewhere in-between. While it’s good for the lake to have a good population of fisherman, it’s not so good for me. Have to change up, shorter casts, and more movement. If nobody is home keep moving till you find the fish, when they shutoff, move again. Change up my color patterns pretty frequently right now. These fish are finicky is all I can say. The flavor of the day though seemed to be green. They liked green on Thursday.