8/31 upper late afternoon .....Shad Bite...

[SDDave]

Launched aroun 3 o'clock, made a dip of bait, wrecked the bass till closing, only took a couple pic's.
stopped counting after 30 bass, the cove that I finished in, the bass were busting all over it, finished the night off with the only striper caught, last fish of the night...
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[Btbdodgers]

good stuff dave!!!, must a been a real fun day.

[SDDave]

good stuff dave!!!, must a been a real fun day.

Like fishing in a bucket

[JeffO]

niiiiiiiiiice! jealous over here.... Might be heading there tomorrow afternoon. Where were you putting the hook in the shad? I've always struggled choosing where to hook 'em

[El Pescadero]

Good work... Nice Lmb's... What was the biggest of day? Way to consistently make everyone rotting at there desks jealous... Lol

"living the dream"

[SDDave]

niiiiiiiiiice! jealous over here.... Might be heading there tomorrow afternoon. Where were you putting the hook in the shad? I've always struggled choosing where to hook 'em

Side ways though the hard spot above the lip, or up under the mouth though both lips, I find this way the hook won't turn back into the bait and foul hook.

Good work... Nice Lmb's... What was the biggest of day? Way to consistently make everyone rotting at there desks jealous... Lol
best one was maybe 3.5 , lol I'll trade u you for that desk anytime!

[madmax951]

"made a dip of bait"

Hi Dave, I have in the past try different method s of catching bait fish with no good results. I have try an umbrella dip net and minnow traps. I'm about to get a boat today, does your method involve of shore dip net? if so. recommend any good dip nets? Thanks.

[XMrxSEAUx]

Nice day out there Dave! Looked like a blast out there with the wide open bites!:)

[jim young]

how come you only took pictures of your bait? what about pics of the fish you caught?

[El Pescadero]

Side ways though the hard spot above the lip, or up under the mouth though both lips, I find this way the hook won't turn back into the bait and foul hook.

best one was maybe 3.5 , lol I'll trade u you for that desk anytime!

It's a deal... Lol... It's always greener! I help design and sell kayak fishing equipment, pretty kicked job, only thing is I thought working for company like that I would be fishing all the time... Lol... Nope don't even have 1 keeper hali outa the yak this year, summers of past I would be at least in the 20-30 range by this time of year! At least I got sum striper action thanks to your good reports! Nice job on the bass, a 3.5 is a decent fish! Keep up the gd work... Somebody's gotta do it!

[SDDave]

"made a dip of bait"

Hi Dave, I have in the past try different method s of catching bait fish with no good results. I have try an umbrella dip net and minnow traps. I'm about to get a boat today, does your method involve of shore dip net? if so. recommend any good dip nets? Thanks.
Cool so did you get the boat ?
I really don't know what's out there in the shad net department but I know that Gallions corner market in Castaic has one for sale and I believe that's one of the "ARC" nets.

Nice day out there Dave! Looked like a blast out there with the wide open bites!:)
thanks

how come you only took pictures of your bait? what about pics of the fish you caught?
gotcha...lol

[Btbdodgers]

"made a dip of bait"

Hi Dave, I have in the past try different method s of catching bait fish with no good results. I have try an umbrella dip net and minnow traps. I'm about to get a boat today, does your method involve of shore dip net? if so. recommend any good dip nets? Thanks.

like dave said gallions, but if they are out they got ARC nets at tackle express in canyon country too.

[SDDave]

was almost better lastnite, striper's boiled pretty good at the end, got 3 striper's in Short order before having to go in, even called a couple boats in....

[fish-o-haulic]

was almost better lastnite, striper's boiled pretty good at the end, got 3 striper's in Short order before having to go in, even called a couple boats in....

you know how the morning bit was or is.

[SDDave]

very good if not excellent...

[fish-o-haulic]

very good if not excellent...

thats good i hear its really only good for like the first couple of hours of the morning

[SDDave]

Late summer and fall are probably the best time of the year to fish Castaic! Bait or artificial

[661fishingfool]

Was at the lake Thursday and Friday boils were pretty good in the afternoon. Tons of largies boiling a little closer to shore than the stripers. Where are you making bait. I can find the balls but seem like they are just to tough to get right now. No big surface balls.

[SDDave]

Was at the lake Thursday and Friday boils were pretty good in the afternoon. Tons of largies boiling a little closer to shore than the stripers. Where are you making bait. I can find the balls but seem like they are just to tough to get right now. No big surface balls.

I find them in differnt spots each day, never the same, biggest key is to let them come to you, takes a lot of time doesn't always work, but the more u chase them the faster they run. But they can make or break the fishing day...

[661fishingfool]

I find them in differnt spots each day, never the same, biggest key is to let them come to you, takes a lot of time doesn't always work, but the more u chase them the faster they run. But they can make or break the fishing day...

Isn't that the truth. I was fishing the dock by the lifeguard tower on the west side last week and this Asian guy was catching some nice adult shad on a habiki rig. Gonna go up at open Tuesday am and give it a shot. But ya shad is the ticket man. Thanks for all the great post and instructional advice.