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fishinone
03-09-2014, 05:33 PM
Bassfan took pity on me since I'm still trying to get a broken bolt out of my lower unit and invited me fishing. Capt'n invited me fishing also but I brain glitched the invite and made a plan with Bassfan. I'm sorry Capt'n, my bad.

We got to the lake with plenty of time to spare. When the crew came to open up they started recording information but not taking money. They were waiting on the Life Guards to tell them if they would open up. At 6:30 they let us in so we were on our way.

We were greeted at the launch ramp by muck!

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That stuff was 12" thick out past the ends of the docks.

We set up on the spot and before we got our baits out I found that one of my reels had been shattered. Jim lent me his back up rad and we just went to fishing.

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Jim was first up and second and third up, I think. He was hot stick all day.

Not long after we launched the wind started blowing down the fish arm toward the dam. We would catch a few fish then get blown off of the anchor. Then we would reset and catch a couple more fish and get blown off again. We reset the anchors at least 5 times. Both of us are sore today.

After many semi-successful anchoring attempts and cruising around looking for another place to fish and trying a spot just inside a cove and getting hit after hit by smaller fish that just shredded our baits but being blown off anyway, we deciding to stick with the quality fish and got the boat to stay.

We had a photo ginx going though. Every time we would try to take a picture, one of the rods would begin peeling line. What an awful problem to have!

I caught a 6 pound fish on a lugworm, we tried to get a picture but Bassfan's rod tip dipped and the drag started peeling. This one went for open water. We had a boat going past by out in the lake and were worried that they wouldn't see what was going on and would cut the line but they saw what was going on and gave us a wide berth. Thank you!

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Here's Bassfan playing the one that went for the middle of the lake. Look at that smile!

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6.5 pound, this is the big fish for the day.

Bassfan got at least twice as many big fish as I did. He was definitely hot stick! Congrats buddy!

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Here's the cooler! We were wrestling fish to get them in it at the end and almost lost a couple overboard.

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Here's Bassfan with some of his catch.

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This is me with a couple of mine.

We pulled up stakes at 3:00 and headed home.

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This is the fishfinder while we were putting stuff away.

I think we actually kept just under out limits but we both released enough little ones to make up our limits.

What a nice grade of fish! We had to work hard for them but we were rewarded for our persistence.

Thank you Bassfan for inviting me to fish with you again. You Really slayed them yesterday!
koifish
03-09-2014, 06:09 PM
great job guys. where is that stuff coming from? the storm last week?? from the shore, you have to cast beyond that stuff to get a fish and it hard to wind the fish in through that stuff hahaha....
cutbait
03-09-2014, 06:12 PM
Awesome slay boys!....

What's the deal with the broken bolt? Sheered flush or? You have the necessary tools?
Stumpknocker
03-09-2014, 06:20 PM
That's a great day of fishing under difficult conditions...when the anchor won't hold in 39 feet of water, that's horrible wind. Congrats for sticking with it and making it happen! I'd suggest that if you're getting bit every time you try to take a picture, then you should try to take more pictures :LOL:
catchingsomefish
03-09-2014, 07:10 PM
Nice report Ron, Congrats to you and Jim, persistency pays off. It was blowing real hard at work yesterday, glad you guys had a good day............................Dave
TroutOnly
03-09-2014, 07:41 PM
WAY TO KILL JIM AND RON,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bob,,,,,,,,,,
trail blazer
03-09-2014, 08:00 PM
Great report right there,thank you,,,,,top notch,,,,love the ff pic,TRAIL BLAZER
Bassfan
03-09-2014, 10:10 PM
Ron, Nice job documenting a really fun day in spite of the wind.
We pulled some serious poundage out of that lake.
I was lucky to have your help with pulling up anchors over and over. Its always good to have you on board.
Lets catch some more!
cutbait
03-10-2014, 06:16 AM
Now that I think about it... DWR sent out an alert Saturday. The water level was dropping fast and hard at Castaic. With this drought every drop matters.

Initially they thought they had a leak at the dam, but after this post I see it was just you two removing so much bio mass from the lake that it caused the lake to drop
Bassfan
03-10-2014, 06:41 AM
Now that I think about it... DWR sent out an alert Saturday. The water level was dropping fast and hard at Castaic. With this drought every drop matters.

Initially they thought they had a leak at the dam, but after this post I see it was just you two removing so much bio mass from the lake that it caused the lake to drop

Please let the DWR know that I will bring 2 coolers full of Burbank water on Wednesday to make up the difference. So sorry!
fishinone
03-10-2014, 08:03 AM
great job guys. where is that stuff coming from? the storm last week?? from the shore, you have to cast beyond that stuff to get a fish and it hard to wind the fish in through that stuff hahaha....

There were fires this year above the lake in the National Forrest. The rain carried all the stuff from the fires down to the lake.


Awesome slay boys!....

What's the deal with the broken bolt? Sheered flush or? You have the necessary tools?

It's one of the bolts in the bearing carrier at the drive shaft. It's twisted off below the surface of the carrier but above the main housing. It must have been damaged when it was assembled, I put more force on the other three bolts to get them out than I used on the broken one. So far I haven't moved the bolt or the housing. They turned the Carrier 90 degrees so I can't get under it to pry up on it. I'll have to use a puller of some sort. I already drilled through the bolt and soked it for days. I twisted an Screw Extractor off in it though.


That's a great day of fishing under difficult conditions...when the anchor won't hold in 39 feet of water, that's horrible wind. Congrats for sticking with it and making it happen! I'd suggest that if you're getting bit every time you try to take a picture, then you should try to take more pictures :LOL:

We couldn't eat a sandwich either! Jim caught fish on each half of his sandwich and I caught 2 eating just half of my sandwich.


Nice report Ron, Congrats to you and Jim, persistency pays off. It was blowing real hard at work yesterday, glad you guys had a good day............................Dave

We came close to settling for dinks in a spot out of the wind after anchoring a few times. I'm glad that we stuck with it.


WAY TO KILL JIM AND RON,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bob,,,,,,,,,,

Thanks Bob! We were applying some Trout Only tactics that we picked up from you. That makes all of the difference!

If anybody's looking for a guide that can show them how to pull catches like this off, T/O's the best guide around IMHO.


Great report right there,thank you,,,,,top notch,,,,love the ff pic,TRAIL BLAZER

Thank you, That fish finder was like that for half the day, maybe more.


Ron, Nice job documenting a really fun day in spite of the wind.
We pulled some serious poundage out of that lake.
I was lucky to have your help with pulling up anchors over and over. Its always good to have you on board.
Lets catch some more!

Thank you Jim, You're a fish killer! LOL

I want add something to the report. The wind was blowing so hard the last time we anchored up that it took both of us applying leverage techniques to tighten the anchor ropes and pull the boat into position. It was definitely a team effort!


Now that I think about it... DWR sent out an alert Saturday. The water level was dropping fast and hard at Castaic. With this drought every drop matters.

Initially they thought they had a leak at the dam, but after this post I see it was just you two removing so much bio mass from the lake that it caused the lake to drop

LOL I guess that you're trying to say, that we're worse than a drought!
fishinone
03-10-2014, 08:04 AM
Please let the DWR know that I will bring 2 coolers full of Burbank water on Wednesday to make up the difference. So sorry!

Doesn't the water in Burbank come from Castaic Lake? :Big Grin: