5/28 Perris Giant

[troutsniffer]

My buddy Mario and I went out yesterday for a fun session. We fished from 6-3 catching fish anywhere from 15-30ft and
landed a total of 54 lmb. five to six LM in the 3-4lb range and the usual 1's-2's. Big girl went 8.46 lbs

My fav part of the day:
My buddy says I catch a lot of fish because I'm at the front of the boat! So I let him control the trolling motor and take out the
rear seat for my self which I've never used. I caught 5 fish within 15-20 mins before he get's any bites, and then he said I must
have sold my soul for fish hook ups, haha maybe! It was just way to fun after that except for when I dropped my phone in the lake at the boat
ramp taking off my hoodie :Sad:

We had a few double hooks ups. A few back to back catches and saw lot's of dead bluegill :Shocked: I must of counted a
good 20 -25 or so. Clueless as to why?


Water Temp: 72-73

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[SurfCityUSA]

Nice! What general part of the lake and I assume you were fishing plastics at that depth. What color(s)?

Thanks,
SurfCityUSA

[DarkShadow]

Damn, you needed one more for an even 55!

You slayed 'em!

[Lightning]

Solid outing! Nice

[fishmounter]

Nice going man! Yeah, with me being a float tube ultralight pan fisherman, the numbers of dead Bluegill do have me worried. This happened about 10-15 years ago, with lots of dead, smelly BGs and REs all over the shoreline. Don't know if it's a disease or low oxygen or what.

[troutdog]

Great day, sweet kicker fish!


TD

[JigStop]

The bluegill are extra sensitive to bluestoning, especially when they are bedding. The DFG is aware of this and call it "incidental by catch die off".

[Misfitdog]

The bluegill are extra sensitive to bluestoning, especially when they are bedding. The DFG is aware of this and call it "incidental by catch die off".

I don't Really see this being the case as the lake has a copper sulfate treatment done yearly and we don't experience a die off like this . the Treatment can interfere with the proper function of a fishes gills , but that is highly unlikely unless they overdose or we have very very rapid changes in water temp's causing it to become toxic to ANY fish .

More then likely its the rapid draw down of 15-17ft of water , added with the stress already associated with the weakened state of these spawning fish can cause an imbalance of sorts and trigger a die off .

[troutsniffer]

Nice! What general part of the lake and I assume you were fishing plastics at that depth. What color(s)?

Thanks,
SurfCityUSA

Purple & light purple robos were working the best for us that day, Carolina and DS. Also got a good 15 on Ikas. South/East side of the lake

[BassinPLS]

Purple & light purple robos were working the best for us that day, Carolina and DS. Also got a good 15 on Ikas. South/East side of the lake

Thanks for the info troutsniffer. Those are some "killer" bass. Perris continues to pump out the big ones and DVL has gone to hell in a hand basket!!

[Boda11]

Nice fish. I was there also on wed just for the afternoon. I might have seen you there as I was launching about the time you would have been leaving. I do believe I saw your friend with the orange shirt and big hat. I noticed a lot of dead bluegill also. A 3 to 4 pound dead bass also floated by me as well. I hope it's not some disease.