erickfmf
03-29-2011, 10:51 AM
I have been viewing this forum for quite a while now just seeing what everyone is catching and discusing.
Finally I am going to break the ice and let you know my fishing experiences and whats to come. I live in El Centro, and fish all Imperial Valley Canals. Last year I was on a catfish hunt, I wanted a big catfish that was going to fight and and make me retire from fishing for the summer (summer months are HOT!!) So I caught my fish, not the same as that 70 pounder out of Otay lakes Blue Hunter caught, but a 37 pounder out of East Highline Canal and fought with me for about 20 minutes (kept getting stuck in weeds). I attached the picture (first time attaching a picture to this forum, I hope it works).
This year, Im on the striper Hunt. I have caught lil stripers that bite like a baby catfish, but I want the WHAM! like I just read about in I beleive your name is Geralds post! excellent fish by the way. I want one like that! I have had some buddies catch them on accident, and they thought it was a carp the way it faught (carps are fun to catch, just dissapointed you cant brag about it). I have tried lures: Flukes, did the V-wake, tried rattle traps, tried swimbaits, crankbaits, live minnows, dead minnows, worms. Beleive it or not, the only way I can catch those baby stripers is on chicken liver, at the bottom of the canal :EyePop: I have fished the Highline canal, the All American Canal, the Cochella Canal, and the only place i can catch those babies is the Sperber Resevor we have here, (only resevor your legally able to fish at).
So I am still on this Striper Hunt. Any Suggestions would be great. Im going out this evening, to try some more techniques. Ill keep everyone posted on my results!
That Catfish was caught with a live blue gill, it was out there for about an hour and my poll about broke in half when it hit. I thought, great a turtle, but nope it was my dream fish! the sun was just about down when it hit. as you can see it was dark when i got it out.
Finally I am going to break the ice and let you know my fishing experiences and whats to come. I live in El Centro, and fish all Imperial Valley Canals. Last year I was on a catfish hunt, I wanted a big catfish that was going to fight and and make me retire from fishing for the summer (summer months are HOT!!) So I caught my fish, not the same as that 70 pounder out of Otay lakes Blue Hunter caught, but a 37 pounder out of East Highline Canal and fought with me for about 20 minutes (kept getting stuck in weeds). I attached the picture (first time attaching a picture to this forum, I hope it works).
This year, Im on the striper Hunt. I have caught lil stripers that bite like a baby catfish, but I want the WHAM! like I just read about in I beleive your name is Geralds post! excellent fish by the way. I want one like that! I have had some buddies catch them on accident, and they thought it was a carp the way it faught (carps are fun to catch, just dissapointed you cant brag about it). I have tried lures: Flukes, did the V-wake, tried rattle traps, tried swimbaits, crankbaits, live minnows, dead minnows, worms. Beleive it or not, the only way I can catch those baby stripers is on chicken liver, at the bottom of the canal :EyePop: I have fished the Highline canal, the All American Canal, the Cochella Canal, and the only place i can catch those babies is the Sperber Resevor we have here, (only resevor your legally able to fish at).
So I am still on this Striper Hunt. Any Suggestions would be great. Im going out this evening, to try some more techniques. Ill keep everyone posted on my results!
That Catfish was caught with a live blue gill, it was out there for about an hour and my poll about broke in half when it hit. I thought, great a turtle, but nope it was my dream fish! the sun was just about down when it hit. as you can see it was dark when i got it out.