casting call
10-22-2011, 06:51 PM
Yup, amazingly slow. Blue Wagon invited me earlier this week to fish Corona, and Ive just been drooling for some trout, so last night confirmed that it was a go for saturday.
Got there half hour late and Blue Wagon already had his Colorado XT set up - he has some great mods on that thing!!! Got mine set up in what seemed forever, but was only 30 minutes. On my way to the water, I think I saw Phishin Phool packing up to leave (confirmed with his post that it was him). I thought bad omen. Get to the water and I see a floating trout by the boat ramp. Oh boy....
Trolled with a Kastmaster and a mini-jig for nothing for an hour or so. More dead trout floating on the lake. I must have seen at least 5 floaters in just that hour. Stopped to have brunch and wuddayaknow, I hook on a smallish crappie. Skunk gone, but still no trout. Only saw one guy on the shore near the dam catch a trout.
It started getting hot so BW and I took a break a beached our XT's to find some shade. There was a nice 5lb trout that was dead near the bank that we beached on. Man that thing wouldve put up a real nice fight on 4 or 6lb line!!!!! Pitty.. One of the guys on that bank landed two trout in about an hour. But in talking to him later in the day, thats all the action he had.
After our break from the sun, I went out and tied on a Panther Martin. Slight bend on my rod, then it really bends! A minute later, a beautiful 1.5lb (est) rainbow. That mustve been one of the most beautiful trout Ive ever caught (second to the 9lb hooknose I caught in the bay area several years ago).
In all, excluding myself, I saw maybe 5 trout caught. I think the heat mixed in with the abuse of the 30 hour truck ride that the tail walkers had to endure made for bad fishing. I shouldve followed in Marleys actions and used some night crawlers.
Oh, I met Kelster at the cleaning station. He was smart and targeted crappie :Big Grin:
Even though it was hot out there and the fishing was slow, still had fun with good company. Thanks for the invite BW! Next time, bring enough hooks for me to borrow! :Angry: :Big Grin:
And thanks for the new toon wheels and holders~!
Sorry, no fish porn guys. My phone was low on batteries and wouldnt let me start up the camera.
Got there half hour late and Blue Wagon already had his Colorado XT set up - he has some great mods on that thing!!! Got mine set up in what seemed forever, but was only 30 minutes. On my way to the water, I think I saw Phishin Phool packing up to leave (confirmed with his post that it was him). I thought bad omen. Get to the water and I see a floating trout by the boat ramp. Oh boy....
Trolled with a Kastmaster and a mini-jig for nothing for an hour or so. More dead trout floating on the lake. I must have seen at least 5 floaters in just that hour. Stopped to have brunch and wuddayaknow, I hook on a smallish crappie. Skunk gone, but still no trout. Only saw one guy on the shore near the dam catch a trout.
It started getting hot so BW and I took a break a beached our XT's to find some shade. There was a nice 5lb trout that was dead near the bank that we beached on. Man that thing wouldve put up a real nice fight on 4 or 6lb line!!!!! Pitty.. One of the guys on that bank landed two trout in about an hour. But in talking to him later in the day, thats all the action he had.
After our break from the sun, I went out and tied on a Panther Martin. Slight bend on my rod, then it really bends! A minute later, a beautiful 1.5lb (est) rainbow. That mustve been one of the most beautiful trout Ive ever caught (second to the 9lb hooknose I caught in the bay area several years ago).
In all, excluding myself, I saw maybe 5 trout caught. I think the heat mixed in with the abuse of the 30 hour truck ride that the tail walkers had to endure made for bad fishing. I shouldve followed in Marleys actions and used some night crawlers.
Oh, I met Kelster at the cleaning station. He was smart and targeted crappie :Big Grin:
Even though it was hot out there and the fishing was slow, still had fun with good company. Thanks for the invite BW! Next time, bring enough hooks for me to borrow! :Angry: :Big Grin:
And thanks for the new toon wheels and holders~!
Sorry, no fish porn guys. My phone was low on batteries and wouldnt let me start up the camera.