Carptain_Bao
02-21-2013, 08:00 PM
Well always wanted to post up the report but school really kept me busy.
So I camped in line on Friday night, glad to see the Team 57 friends are already there. Had a little chat with everyone and went to sleep around 11 to get ready for next day.
Woke up around 4:30, got my tube and all my rigs ready. Went to the tackle shop for some hooks and paid the tourney fee.
Was on the water by 6:20, launched from trout island and trolled to the west shore for nothing. Saw a couple big ones jumping outta water in the morning, maybe should have switched to a jig or something. Then I kicked back to the boat docked cove. While I was working my way to my honey hole, my double worm got slammed! Took me a good 5 mins to tire the fish out, ohhhh man that's probably the biggest trout i have ever caught so far! It was caught on a double worm rig of Fool's Crazy Worm Passion Plum and Pink color.
Worked that area for another good hour for nothing, so I decided to head back to the west shore. On my way there I had a bite on my lunker special lure however that was just a a short bite. Fished the west shore for an hour for no bite so I kicked to the flats. I found a decent spot and immediately started to meter tons of fish. For some reason I couldn't get them on any color of worms dropshotting or wacky mouse. I worked that area for another good hour and was metering fish all the time but couldn't get any of them to commit a single bite. So I decided to weigh my fish in.
Kicked back to launch ramp, weighted the fish in, 3.55 Yosemite Red, my personal best trout! Took a bathroom break and head back to the water right away. Since the bite is too tough I decided to just drift a nightcrawler and enjoy the rest of the day on the water.
http://i47.tinypic.com/idcd4l.jpg
Oh well, two bites that was is it for me on that day. But I will still say it was a great day at irvine lake! Saw all the Team 57 friends, met the Bite-On crew and also made some new friends! i guess that made it all up.
Sometimes things just won't go the way you expected it to be even tough you know it is right. I guess we just gotta keep on fishing and eventually we will get it done again!
So here is my question for you guys. How come I couldn't get any fish to bite on the d/s even though I was metering all the fish? usually I do really on d/s but definitely not that day. Should I switch to something else like nightcrawlers or jig? The water was like 30ft deep or there is just something wrong with my fishfinder?
Thank you all and tight lines!
So I camped in line on Friday night, glad to see the Team 57 friends are already there. Had a little chat with everyone and went to sleep around 11 to get ready for next day.
Woke up around 4:30, got my tube and all my rigs ready. Went to the tackle shop for some hooks and paid the tourney fee.
Was on the water by 6:20, launched from trout island and trolled to the west shore for nothing. Saw a couple big ones jumping outta water in the morning, maybe should have switched to a jig or something. Then I kicked back to the boat docked cove. While I was working my way to my honey hole, my double worm got slammed! Took me a good 5 mins to tire the fish out, ohhhh man that's probably the biggest trout i have ever caught so far! It was caught on a double worm rig of Fool's Crazy Worm Passion Plum and Pink color.
Worked that area for another good hour for nothing, so I decided to head back to the west shore. On my way there I had a bite on my lunker special lure however that was just a a short bite. Fished the west shore for an hour for no bite so I kicked to the flats. I found a decent spot and immediately started to meter tons of fish. For some reason I couldn't get them on any color of worms dropshotting or wacky mouse. I worked that area for another good hour and was metering fish all the time but couldn't get any of them to commit a single bite. So I decided to weigh my fish in.
Kicked back to launch ramp, weighted the fish in, 3.55 Yosemite Red, my personal best trout! Took a bathroom break and head back to the water right away. Since the bite is too tough I decided to just drift a nightcrawler and enjoy the rest of the day on the water.
http://i47.tinypic.com/idcd4l.jpg
Oh well, two bites that was is it for me on that day. But I will still say it was a great day at irvine lake! Saw all the Team 57 friends, met the Bite-On crew and also made some new friends! i guess that made it all up.
Sometimes things just won't go the way you expected it to be even tough you know it is right. I guess we just gotta keep on fishing and eventually we will get it done again!
So here is my question for you guys. How come I couldn't get any fish to bite on the d/s even though I was metering all the fish? usually I do really on d/s but definitely not that day. Should I switch to something else like nightcrawlers or jig? The water was like 30ft deep or there is just something wrong with my fishfinder?
Thank you all and tight lines!