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Calicanuck
10-16-2012, 10:11 PM
Headed to Big Bear Lake on Sunday... didn't get there till around 10:30AM. When you take the mom, wife and baby girl they don't seem to want to get up too early in the morning to go fishing. Oh well, weather looked like it was going to be nice and sunny with a bit of a breeze. Got the the lake and there was a strong east wind. I usually have terrible luck with the wind blowing. Hit a usual spot on shore and man there are a ton of weeds this year... so thick it would be impossible to drag a fish through. Found a couple of slots to cast out the lines with BP and wait. After about 30-45 minutes of nothing something grabbed my BP. Picked up the rod and he was still there so set the hook and pulled him in. My baby hasn't been out fishing for a long time and has grown up a lot. She sure is scared of the fish now! It is pretty funny watching her try to get away. The first one was a nice 15 inch rainbow. After that caught three others using the same method. Released the second two and gave the fourth one to some kids who weren't having much luck near where I was fishing. Packed up at 2 pm and headed to the Peppercorn Grill in Big Bear. Love eating at this little restaurant! Hopefully the fishing keeps picking up till the snow flies. Maybe some of those weeds will die too. Here are some pics.
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Hope you all have good luck fishing and God Bless :)

Brandon

Sublime-Steve
10-17-2012, 05:51 AM
Nice report man good to see you had a good time. well you answered my question. but good lord look @ those weeds. what lb test were u using n how did u manage to get it through the slop?

Calicanuck
10-17-2012, 07:22 AM
what lb test were u using n how did u manage to get it through the slop?

I was using 6-8 lb mainline and 4 lb leader. Guy next to me broke one off in the weeds. It sure make bringing them in difficult.

JAG107
10-17-2012, 07:41 PM
Nice going, looks like a great day out for the family! Great pics, those are some nice bows. I was trolling the observatory area all morning, it was WFO til about 830, then the wind got heavy and it shut things down almost totally. Weeds seem to be better than they were last month at least...