dkinla
04-11-2015, 09:19 PM
So it's been a long time since I headed back out to Castaic lake...
my last report was on 6/26/14: http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?80341-Another-schoolie-session-for-pops-Castaic-dam-(6-26-am)
a few days after that report, our first baby Evan was born 6/30/14... and haven't been back for almost 10 months!
anyways, I finally get the ok yesterday from the Mrs. for a morning session just with my dad again... so it felt really good to head back out to the lake again to wet some lines and catch a striper or two... as always... I just love to see my dad reeling in a striper or two :Wink:
so we get to Gallions around 6:45am and stock up on the essentials... some bloodworms and lugworms... a classic Italian sandwich on a roll... and a couple drinks. No line to get in at 7am... and couldn't believe the water level now from 10 months ago:
for those that haven't been to Castaic in a while like me... here's a view from the boat rental place... almost need binoculars to see down to the water's edge
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/992A133F-BCBB-459E-9DF0-737693BD8764_zpssuufdz9j.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/992A133F-BCBB-459E-9DF0-737693BD8764_zpssuufdz9j.jpg.html)
anyways, conditions were really great to start... hardly any wind... cool temp... and whereas before we took our cart on wheels across the top of the dam... the distance and hike from the top of the dam down to the water's edge was just way too much to even consider that... so we just drove down the ramp and parked closest to the water and just carried our gear across about 3/4 of the way...
we FINALLY get there and setup... and relax:
my dad in his usual position :LOL:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/E2A78839-EF33-408C-BE81-7D01DAB38AF6_zps8gmkou2l.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/E2A78839-EF33-408C-BE81-7D01DAB38AF6_zps8gmkou2l.jpg.html)
might as well hike up Mt. Baldy if you were gonna hike up the dam to the top from where we were:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/5F0C6522-B183-48F7-BCA8-F7887443F9E2_zpsssi02v82.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/5F0C6522-B183-48F7-BCA8-F7887443F9E2_zpsssi02v82.jpg.html)
anyways, we missed a few bites to start off with... a little rusty I guess :Confused:
but we finally hook into a decent striper... here's a quick vid of pops in action... I'm usually the camera man/net man... and just let my dad reel almost everything all the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFmOTpn-eQ
not too shabby to start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nmKtlXFjc
felt good to land one for the morning again:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0E6C9396-DB93-48FB-B5A7-35096FB79995_zpsplnnmj6x.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/0E6C9396-DB93-48FB-B5A7-35096FB79995_zpsplnnmj6x.jpg.html)
cast out the lines again and a little while later... while I was talking with my dad... he shouts/points back to my other setup which I see falling over and almost being dragged into the water... I run over and the fish is on... hand the rod to my dad and he takes over again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMb9s1VpnZM
almost got snagged in some branches, but luckily my net reached out far enough to get this striper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngb1NBd3d08
decent striper #2:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/31DE1039-E96C-4D14-B2E5-44356552DF32_zpsizt8zubf.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/31DE1039-E96C-4D14-B2E5-44356552DF32_zpsizt8zubf.jpg.html)
by this time... the breeze has definitely picked up and it only got stronger...
cast out the lines again and had a little time to munch on the sandwich!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0B26594B-8115-44D0-AE27-D0AA105EC3A7_zpstofjrhlh.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/0B26594B-8115-44D0-AE27-D0AA105EC3A7_zpstofjrhlh.jpg.html)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/054B6A77-E694-4DC1-81D1-2620250EB475_zpsqgdwlnii.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/054B6A77-E694-4DC1-81D1-2620250EB475_zpsqgdwlnii.jpg.html)
looking at the Castaic lake website weather... looks like the winds picked up to 20mph after 10am... but we stuck it out until about 10:30am and managed one more smaller schoolie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBuayetK26Q
packed up and started the long trek back to the car.... at the cleaning station.... tried out my new scale:
striper#1:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/72F0FF43-7BF2-4763-97FC-A8D0CF2E9E0F_zpspzcgdy2p.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/72F0FF43-7BF2-4763-97FC-A8D0CF2E9E0F_zpspzcgdy2p.jpg.html)
striper#2:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/3F90BA79-BA54-4761-8917-A7B29643332B_zps5fsf8t6h.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/3F90BA79-BA54-4761-8917-A7B29643332B_zps5fsf8t6h.jpg.html)
striper#3: not worth weighing.. maybe 0.5 lb or something... :Big Grin:
well... 2 decent stripers and 1 schoolie for a quick morning session after 10 months sure felt good... just enough for my parents to make some spicy Korean fish stew again...
made it back home to feed and play with this little guy:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/CF8D07DB-AF7F-4D10-A46F-5591B36D7541_zpsapwzj3wj.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/CF8D07DB-AF7F-4D10-A46F-5591B36D7541_zpsapwzj3wj.jpg.html)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/53DCCFF3-AF4D-45A0-A0BD-1BC6054182C9_zpse4lxkufx.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/53DCCFF3-AF4D-45A0-A0BD-1BC6054182C9_zpse4lxkufx.jpg.html)
thanks for reading everyone! hope to have Evan make it out with me and pops sometime soon!!!
my last report was on 6/26/14: http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?80341-Another-schoolie-session-for-pops-Castaic-dam-(6-26-am)
a few days after that report, our first baby Evan was born 6/30/14... and haven't been back for almost 10 months!
anyways, I finally get the ok yesterday from the Mrs. for a morning session just with my dad again... so it felt really good to head back out to the lake again to wet some lines and catch a striper or two... as always... I just love to see my dad reeling in a striper or two :Wink:
so we get to Gallions around 6:45am and stock up on the essentials... some bloodworms and lugworms... a classic Italian sandwich on a roll... and a couple drinks. No line to get in at 7am... and couldn't believe the water level now from 10 months ago:
for those that haven't been to Castaic in a while like me... here's a view from the boat rental place... almost need binoculars to see down to the water's edge
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/992A133F-BCBB-459E-9DF0-737693BD8764_zpssuufdz9j.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/992A133F-BCBB-459E-9DF0-737693BD8764_zpssuufdz9j.jpg.html)
anyways, conditions were really great to start... hardly any wind... cool temp... and whereas before we took our cart on wheels across the top of the dam... the distance and hike from the top of the dam down to the water's edge was just way too much to even consider that... so we just drove down the ramp and parked closest to the water and just carried our gear across about 3/4 of the way...
we FINALLY get there and setup... and relax:
my dad in his usual position :LOL:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/E2A78839-EF33-408C-BE81-7D01DAB38AF6_zps8gmkou2l.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/E2A78839-EF33-408C-BE81-7D01DAB38AF6_zps8gmkou2l.jpg.html)
might as well hike up Mt. Baldy if you were gonna hike up the dam to the top from where we were:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/5F0C6522-B183-48F7-BCA8-F7887443F9E2_zpsssi02v82.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/5F0C6522-B183-48F7-BCA8-F7887443F9E2_zpsssi02v82.jpg.html)
anyways, we missed a few bites to start off with... a little rusty I guess :Confused:
but we finally hook into a decent striper... here's a quick vid of pops in action... I'm usually the camera man/net man... and just let my dad reel almost everything all the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFmOTpn-eQ
not too shabby to start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nmKtlXFjc
felt good to land one for the morning again:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0E6C9396-DB93-48FB-B5A7-35096FB79995_zpsplnnmj6x.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/0E6C9396-DB93-48FB-B5A7-35096FB79995_zpsplnnmj6x.jpg.html)
cast out the lines again and a little while later... while I was talking with my dad... he shouts/points back to my other setup which I see falling over and almost being dragged into the water... I run over and the fish is on... hand the rod to my dad and he takes over again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMb9s1VpnZM
almost got snagged in some branches, but luckily my net reached out far enough to get this striper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngb1NBd3d08
decent striper #2:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/31DE1039-E96C-4D14-B2E5-44356552DF32_zpsizt8zubf.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/31DE1039-E96C-4D14-B2E5-44356552DF32_zpsizt8zubf.jpg.html)
by this time... the breeze has definitely picked up and it only got stronger...
cast out the lines again and had a little time to munch on the sandwich!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0B26594B-8115-44D0-AE27-D0AA105EC3A7_zpstofjrhlh.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/0B26594B-8115-44D0-AE27-D0AA105EC3A7_zpstofjrhlh.jpg.html)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/054B6A77-E694-4DC1-81D1-2620250EB475_zpsqgdwlnii.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/054B6A77-E694-4DC1-81D1-2620250EB475_zpsqgdwlnii.jpg.html)
looking at the Castaic lake website weather... looks like the winds picked up to 20mph after 10am... but we stuck it out until about 10:30am and managed one more smaller schoolie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBuayetK26Q
packed up and started the long trek back to the car.... at the cleaning station.... tried out my new scale:
striper#1:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/72F0FF43-7BF2-4763-97FC-A8D0CF2E9E0F_zpspzcgdy2p.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/72F0FF43-7BF2-4763-97FC-A8D0CF2E9E0F_zpspzcgdy2p.jpg.html)
striper#2:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/3F90BA79-BA54-4761-8917-A7B29643332B_zps5fsf8t6h.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/3F90BA79-BA54-4761-8917-A7B29643332B_zps5fsf8t6h.jpg.html)
striper#3: not worth weighing.. maybe 0.5 lb or something... :Big Grin:
well... 2 decent stripers and 1 schoolie for a quick morning session after 10 months sure felt good... just enough for my parents to make some spicy Korean fish stew again...
made it back home to feed and play with this little guy:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/CF8D07DB-AF7F-4D10-A46F-5591B36D7541_zpsapwzj3wj.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/CF8D07DB-AF7F-4D10-A46F-5591B36D7541_zpsapwzj3wj.jpg.html)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/53DCCFF3-AF4D-45A0-A0BD-1BC6054182C9_zpse4lxkufx.jpg (http://s654.photobucket.com/user/dkinla/media/53DCCFF3-AF4D-45A0-A0BD-1BC6054182C9_zpse4lxkufx.jpg.html)
thanks for reading everyone! hope to have Evan make it out with me and pops sometime soon!!!