carpinator
04-17-2012, 01:37 PM
I HAVEN'T POSTED FOR A WHILE, BEEN WORKING WITH NO TIME TO FISH. I STILL HAVE BEEN WATCHING FNN REGULARLY AND SALAVATING AND ALL THE FISH BEING CAUGHT OUT THERE. I FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO HEAD UP TO LAKE CACHUMA FOR THE ANNUAL DERBY AND GET MY LINE WET. I NEW I WAS GOING AND I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO RESEARCH SOME NEW TECHNIQUES AND ORDER SOME NEW GEAR FROM UP NORTH FOR TROUT FISHING. USUALLY YOU CAN FISH CACHUMA ON THE MAIN LAKE UNTIL THE WIND KICKS UP AT AROUND 1300 BUT SATURDAY WAS WINDY AND COLD AND IT WAS BLOWN OUT BY 0930, WE CAUGHT 5 TROUT BY TEN NO OTHER SPECIES, MOST PEOPLE WERE OF THE LAKE BY 1200, NEVER GAVE UP THOUGH AND FISHED ON THE BACK COVES UNTIL 1730 WITH NO LUCK. SUNDAY WAS A DIFFERENT STORY, NO WIND AT 0600, THE SUN WAS OUT AND IT WAS WHAT LAKE CACHUMA LOOKS LIKE ON EVERY POST CARD.
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/312.jpgEVEN IF EVEN IF YOUR NOT CATCHING FISH YOU STILL GET TO CATCH A NATURAL HIGHhttp://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/316.jpg
CAUGHT A RARE GLIMPSE OF A HUGE BOBCAT HUNTING BIRDS
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GOT THE ONE OF THE KIDS UP AT 0500 FOR SOME NATURE TRAINING NO TEXTING ALLOWED!! SHE STILL HAD A BLAST
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SUNDAY THE CRAPPIE AND SMALL MOUTH BITE TURNED ON AND GRANDPA GOT IN ON THE CRAPPIE ACTION
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I'VE BEEN FISHING THIS DERBY OFF FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, AND ME AND THE FAMILY HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT TIME AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS, BUT OF COURSE EVERYBODY WOULD WHO ENTERS WOULD LIKE TO WIN INCLUDING MYSELF, MY STEP SON HAS EVEN TAKEN 1ST PLACE FOR HIS AGE GROUP BEFORE. THIS YEAR 800 PEOPLE ENTERED THE DERBY, ITS TOUGH TO GET THE BIGGEST TROUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE OLD TIME PROS OUT THERE . BEFORE THE DERBY I SAT BACK AND CONTEMPLATED ALL THE TRIAL AND ERRORS OF FISHING ON THE LAKE AND DECIDED ON A GAME PLAN GAME PLAN TO MINIMIZE ALL GEAR TO ULTRA LIGHT TACKLE AND STICK THE UPPER WATER COLUMN WHILE TROLLING STOP AND GO IN S PATTERNS, THESE TECHNIQUES ARE NOTHING NEW BUT SOME PEOPLE USE THEM BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. OF COURSE YOU ALWAYS NEED GRACE FROM ABOVE AND A LITTLE LUCK. I WAS TROLLING OUTSIDE CACHUMA BAY WITH A SHAD PATTERN RAPALA ON 4 POUND TEST WHEN THIS TAILWALKER SLAMMED HARD, THE LINE WAS WAS WAY OUT SO IT TOOK ABOUT MAYBE TO FAR, BUT 10 MINUTES LATER THE MONEY FISH WAS IN THE NET. 5.75 LBS AND 23 1/8 INCHES WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE HOME 1ST PLACE AND A FAT CHECK
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/351-1.jpg
OUT OF RESPECT I KISSED THE BEAST AND THEN WE FILLETED HIM UP AND EAT HIM, YUMMY! FOR SOME REASON THIS TROUT TASTED EXCEPTIONALLY DELICIOUS.
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/369.jpg
THE STAFF AND SPONSERS AT CACHUMA LAKE ARE VERY HELPFUL AND GENEROUS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS, AND WE WOULD'T HAVE A TOURNAMENT WITHOUT THEM, ME AND MY FAMILY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/312.jpgEVEN IF EVEN IF YOUR NOT CATCHING FISH YOU STILL GET TO CATCH A NATURAL HIGHhttp://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/316.jpg
CAUGHT A RARE GLIMPSE OF A HUGE BOBCAT HUNTING BIRDS
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/308.jpg
GOT THE ONE OF THE KIDS UP AT 0500 FOR SOME NATURE TRAINING NO TEXTING ALLOWED!! SHE STILL HAD A BLAST
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/310.jpg
SUNDAY THE CRAPPIE AND SMALL MOUTH BITE TURNED ON AND GRANDPA GOT IN ON THE CRAPPIE ACTION
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/328-1.jpg
I'VE BEEN FISHING THIS DERBY OFF FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, AND ME AND THE FAMILY HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT TIME AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS, BUT OF COURSE EVERYBODY WOULD WHO ENTERS WOULD LIKE TO WIN INCLUDING MYSELF, MY STEP SON HAS EVEN TAKEN 1ST PLACE FOR HIS AGE GROUP BEFORE. THIS YEAR 800 PEOPLE ENTERED THE DERBY, ITS TOUGH TO GET THE BIGGEST TROUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE OLD TIME PROS OUT THERE . BEFORE THE DERBY I SAT BACK AND CONTEMPLATED ALL THE TRIAL AND ERRORS OF FISHING ON THE LAKE AND DECIDED ON A GAME PLAN GAME PLAN TO MINIMIZE ALL GEAR TO ULTRA LIGHT TACKLE AND STICK THE UPPER WATER COLUMN WHILE TROLLING STOP AND GO IN S PATTERNS, THESE TECHNIQUES ARE NOTHING NEW BUT SOME PEOPLE USE THEM BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. OF COURSE YOU ALWAYS NEED GRACE FROM ABOVE AND A LITTLE LUCK. I WAS TROLLING OUTSIDE CACHUMA BAY WITH A SHAD PATTERN RAPALA ON 4 POUND TEST WHEN THIS TAILWALKER SLAMMED HARD, THE LINE WAS WAS WAY OUT SO IT TOOK ABOUT MAYBE TO FAR, BUT 10 MINUTES LATER THE MONEY FISH WAS IN THE NET. 5.75 LBS AND 23 1/8 INCHES WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE HOME 1ST PLACE AND A FAT CHECK
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/351-1.jpg
OUT OF RESPECT I KISSED THE BEAST AND THEN WE FILLETED HIM UP AND EAT HIM, YUMMY! FOR SOME REASON THIS TROUT TASTED EXCEPTIONALLY DELICIOUS.
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/carpinator_photos/369.jpg
THE STAFF AND SPONSERS AT CACHUMA LAKE ARE VERY HELPFUL AND GENEROUS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS, AND WE WOULD'T HAVE A TOURNAMENT WITHOUT THEM, ME AND MY FAMILY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.