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09-23-2011, 07:54 PM
I booked a trip with Art Hill and was super stoked for this trip. It was my first time fishing DVL this year and I had a blast to say the least. I've become addicted to saltwater fishing over the past few years and travel to Los Cabos once a month to fish on my boat,but I am HOOKED on DVL now thanks to Art!
We got to the lake nice and early, got the boat inspected and waited our turn to launch Arts Champion. I was super impressed on how clean and organized his rig is-he's a true pro guide and a great guy to boot.
Art had me drop shotting and I landed a LMB within 2 minutes of dropping in my morning dawn robo...With the skunk off, I asked Art to give me some pointers on my technique, he had me slow down and we had half a dozen LMB within the first 15 minutes! We moved several times within the first hour and a half and landed bass on every spot. Art and I caught a couple of smallies, not bad, 2 species and the day had just begun.I mentioned to Art that I really wanted to catch some stripped bass for a family BBQ I have planned saturday. So he says,"No Problem bud" and off we go to one of his spots to find shad getting busted up big time by several schools of strippers...He had me throwing these slick IMA top waters and on my first cast my lure gets BLOWN UP on, strong fight for a 3# fish and he has followers all the way to boat. All of a sudden Art and I are getting double hookups on top water and we're filling the boat with linesides ! I felt like I was fishing on the Gordo Banks as bait was getting boiled all around us...smashing my lure so hard that 2 of the 3 hooks on the trebel broke off...Insane WFO open fishing, I soon had more than enough fish for the family BBQ...Nice fat stripers with solid shoulders on them.
And as soon as it began, the boils ended and 45 mins had passed...we left to move to another spot and started right back where we left off and hung several more bass before taking a break for lunch. We moved to more of Arts spots and caught fish at every stop. Sure the fish weren't record breakers, but I had a blast getting the rust off my freshwater game...I would recommend Art Hill to anyone who wants to get their moneys worth and catch fish! Between his top notch gear and boat to his very humble personality, Art is IMO, the best bang for your buck. I'm looking forward to fishing with him @ Vail Lake soon.
Here's a few pics...my cameras battery died, so Art was nice enough to take pictures on his camera to email them to me. Can't upload to FNN, so here's my link to BD http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/freshwater-fishing-reports/360150-wfo-topwater-trip-w-diamond-valley-guide-service-9-2-a.html#post2426902
We got to the lake nice and early, got the boat inspected and waited our turn to launch Arts Champion. I was super impressed on how clean and organized his rig is-he's a true pro guide and a great guy to boot.
Art had me drop shotting and I landed a LMB within 2 minutes of dropping in my morning dawn robo...With the skunk off, I asked Art to give me some pointers on my technique, he had me slow down and we had half a dozen LMB within the first 15 minutes! We moved several times within the first hour and a half and landed bass on every spot. Art and I caught a couple of smallies, not bad, 2 species and the day had just begun.I mentioned to Art that I really wanted to catch some stripped bass for a family BBQ I have planned saturday. So he says,"No Problem bud" and off we go to one of his spots to find shad getting busted up big time by several schools of strippers...He had me throwing these slick IMA top waters and on my first cast my lure gets BLOWN UP on, strong fight for a 3# fish and he has followers all the way to boat. All of a sudden Art and I are getting double hookups on top water and we're filling the boat with linesides ! I felt like I was fishing on the Gordo Banks as bait was getting boiled all around us...smashing my lure so hard that 2 of the 3 hooks on the trebel broke off...Insane WFO open fishing, I soon had more than enough fish for the family BBQ...Nice fat stripers with solid shoulders on them.
And as soon as it began, the boils ended and 45 mins had passed...we left to move to another spot and started right back where we left off and hung several more bass before taking a break for lunch. We moved to more of Arts spots and caught fish at every stop. Sure the fish weren't record breakers, but I had a blast getting the rust off my freshwater game...I would recommend Art Hill to anyone who wants to get their moneys worth and catch fish! Between his top notch gear and boat to his very humble personality, Art is IMO, the best bang for your buck. I'm looking forward to fishing with him @ Vail Lake soon.
Here's a few pics...my cameras battery died, so Art was nice enough to take pictures on his camera to email them to me. Can't upload to FNN, so here's my link to BD http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/freshwater-fishing-reports/360150-wfo-topwater-trip-w-diamond-valley-guide-service-9-2-a.html#post2426902