MustHuntAndFish
06-29-2011, 03:48 PM
Made the long trip up to Lake Thomas A. Edison this past weekend to meet my Dad, brother and a bunch of my uncles and cousins for some camping and fishing. It has always been a summer tradition for us to hit a Western Sierra Lake and I try to go at least once a year as the others go a few times since they all live in the Fresno area.
I left Simi Valley at 10:00 pm Thursday nite... Met a couple of buddies I invited in Castaic and we headed North. After a Slow Speed Car Chase (about 15 Police cars) and a blown tire on my boat trailer all in Bakersfield I finally made it to where my parents live (Dinuba) at 2 am. I left my kids there so they could spend the weekend with Grandma and then headed to Fresno to pick up my brother.
We then push on up the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Here's a few pics my buddy took of our drive. He's driving behind me.
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So we finally arrive at Edison Lake at about 7 am where my Dad and uncle were making breakfast. So we set up our tents, eat and then finally get on the water at about 8 am.
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I started the morning trolling a Nite Crawler behind a Rainbow Colored Dodger. I let out 5 colors of lead core and as soon as I flipped the lever to stop letting line out....... BENDO! After a nice fight I get about a 14" Brown in the boat.
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Oh yeah....:Cool: I thought. On the water less than 5 minutes and the skunk is off. We are gonna SLAY!
Well.... It didnt happen that way. :Sad: We stayed out on the water until about 1 pm for 4 Browns caught by 3 anglers on my boat.
Back to camp to trade fish stories and eat lunch. Was sooooo tired that I didnt even go back out for the afternoon bite. Took a nap and woke up in time for the party! We stayed up until 3 am playing Poker that nite :LOL:
So instead of getting up brite and early... We didnt get on the water until after 7 am on Saturday morning. It was pretty much the same as far the fishing went all weekend. It was a slow pick for all.
We had 13 anglers on 5 boats ..... plus 2 others who fished from shore. Nobody was skunked on either day but only 1 kid got his limit on Friday and there were no limits on Saturday. I think the rapid rise in water level had an efffect. The lake went from 62% to 90% full in less than two weeks with all the snow melt.
On my boat... I caught 5, my brother 3, and his buddy 2 in a day and a half of fishing. All were Browns while the guys on the other boats got about a 50/50 mix between Bows and Browns. Most were caught on Needlefish and Rapalas..... A few on nitecrawlers behind flashers or dodgers.
One of the Rainbows my buddy caught
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Here are a few other pics that I took with my phone.
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All in all.... It was a GREAT Weekend!
I left Simi Valley at 10:00 pm Thursday nite... Met a couple of buddies I invited in Castaic and we headed North. After a Slow Speed Car Chase (about 15 Police cars) and a blown tire on my boat trailer all in Bakersfield I finally made it to where my parents live (Dinuba) at 2 am. I left my kids there so they could spend the weekend with Grandma and then headed to Fresno to pick up my brother.
We then push on up the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Here's a few pics my buddy took of our drive. He's driving behind me.
3143231433314343143531436
So we finally arrive at Edison Lake at about 7 am where my Dad and uncle were making breakfast. So we set up our tents, eat and then finally get on the water at about 8 am.
31437314383143931440
I started the morning trolling a Nite Crawler behind a Rainbow Colored Dodger. I let out 5 colors of lead core and as soon as I flipped the lever to stop letting line out....... BENDO! After a nice fight I get about a 14" Brown in the boat.
31411
Oh yeah....:Cool: I thought. On the water less than 5 minutes and the skunk is off. We are gonna SLAY!
Well.... It didnt happen that way. :Sad: We stayed out on the water until about 1 pm for 4 Browns caught by 3 anglers on my boat.
Back to camp to trade fish stories and eat lunch. Was sooooo tired that I didnt even go back out for the afternoon bite. Took a nap and woke up in time for the party! We stayed up until 3 am playing Poker that nite :LOL:
So instead of getting up brite and early... We didnt get on the water until after 7 am on Saturday morning. It was pretty much the same as far the fishing went all weekend. It was a slow pick for all.
We had 13 anglers on 5 boats ..... plus 2 others who fished from shore. Nobody was skunked on either day but only 1 kid got his limit on Friday and there were no limits on Saturday. I think the rapid rise in water level had an efffect. The lake went from 62% to 90% full in less than two weeks with all the snow melt.
On my boat... I caught 5, my brother 3, and his buddy 2 in a day and a half of fishing. All were Browns while the guys on the other boats got about a 50/50 mix between Bows and Browns. Most were caught on Needlefish and Rapalas..... A few on nitecrawlers behind flashers or dodgers.
One of the Rainbows my buddy caught
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Here are a few other pics that I took with my phone.
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All in all.... It was a GREAT Weekend!