etaggart
03-20-2013, 06:20 AM
Hi All,
It's been so warm in Big Bear I couldn't wait to get out in the tube when I have the whole lake to myself.
Launched by B's around 6:30am. Water was 40 degrees, so not too bad. Air temp got into the high 50s before I got off the water, so it was a pretty comfortable morning with a light jacket.
I focused on the jetty rock and out to about 50 yards away seeing if any bass were lurking - barely a single tap - and the few taps I had were really slow/soft where the little buggers just wouldn't suck it down. Mainly worked wacky-rigged worms and tried a few lures.
Switched to a wooly bugger on the fly rod to see if I could tease any trout while second row slowly dragged wacky worm across the bottom. No luck.
Worked the Miss Liberty concrete dock thinking something might be holding there (Miss Liberty wasn't there). After a bit I had a hard stop on the fly, then it took off hard. Had a pretty good sized carp solidly lip-hooked on the wooly bugger. He fought for at least 10 minutes dragging me all over the place. I didn't want to lose him and he didn't want to come high in the water. Finally tired him out enough to net him and snap some bad pix. Looked to be at least 24 inches, too hard to hold onto to weigh and get a better picture, but a nice, slimy carp that was released to continue doing its damage.
If all goes well I'll be up again Saturday, may hit the observatory - holler if you'll be there.
Cheers,
Eric
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It's been so warm in Big Bear I couldn't wait to get out in the tube when I have the whole lake to myself.
Launched by B's around 6:30am. Water was 40 degrees, so not too bad. Air temp got into the high 50s before I got off the water, so it was a pretty comfortable morning with a light jacket.
I focused on the jetty rock and out to about 50 yards away seeing if any bass were lurking - barely a single tap - and the few taps I had were really slow/soft where the little buggers just wouldn't suck it down. Mainly worked wacky-rigged worms and tried a few lures.
Switched to a wooly bugger on the fly rod to see if I could tease any trout while second row slowly dragged wacky worm across the bottom. No luck.
Worked the Miss Liberty concrete dock thinking something might be holding there (Miss Liberty wasn't there). After a bit I had a hard stop on the fly, then it took off hard. Had a pretty good sized carp solidly lip-hooked on the wooly bugger. He fought for at least 10 minutes dragging me all over the place. I didn't want to lose him and he didn't want to come high in the water. Finally tired him out enough to net him and snap some bad pix. Looked to be at least 24 inches, too hard to hold onto to weigh and get a better picture, but a nice, slimy carp that was released to continue doing its damage.
If all goes well I'll be up again Saturday, may hit the observatory - holler if you'll be there.
Cheers,
Eric
http://s21.postimage.org/yvrotqzw3/2013_03_16_B.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/yvrotqzw3/)
http://s21.postimage.org/jobp9e81f/2013_03_16_A.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/jobp9e81f/)
http://s21.postimage.org/jcu8wmrlf/2013_03_16_C.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/jcu8wmrlf/)