6-3 Pyramid guide trip, Quest for the Grandslam
Took out Florida Dave and his friend Aaron up to the mid for a fun day of fishing, Dave lived in Florida and is out in Calif. working, he's used to Florida style fishing, hitting golf course ponds and fighting off alligators fishing canals for Peacock bass . So this was his first time going to the mid, so he booked a half day with me and this is how it went down.
We met at Gallions, loaded up and headed up the hill, launched and started pounding the banks right past the bouy line inside the channel, right away we stated picking off the bass, Dave had never caught trout or smallmoth and this would be his first time for striper, so I was going to try and get hime the grandslam..
Aaron was a newby to fishing so I had him in the center to instruct him on casting, but it didn't take long to see that the safest place for him and us was in the back of the boat...lol
He hung in there and got some fish, but not after some trail and error.
As we worked the banks, the fish were as before hitting the LC's and we hooked quite a few fish and lost a few to... Dave had completed the Grandslam for Trout, Smallmouth, Largesmoth and striper on the lures...
We spent most of our time throwing cranks and toward the end we setup and soaked some dines for striper, we got them going in around 40 feet of water, Aarron got his first Striper and drew some blood.
So the boys completed the task, Aarron got to fish, caught his own fish, Dave got jackpot largemouth and his Grandslam, and we got enough striper and trout for the guys to take home and make taco's for the house.
I am california's new florida fisherman
OK, so here it is from the horses mouth.... when your from the fishing capital of the world you know at anytime, any place in florida your gonna catch atleast on fish. when i scheduled the trip i was hoping it would be worth it. We got out on the lake at about 6am. I honestly was determined to bring in the gold. in florida we catch only peacock and largemouth bass. when Dave H told me that i had on a small mouth my eyes lite up. he was surprised to hear that coming from a real fisherman. he said today were gonna try and get you a grandslam. after catching about four or five small mouth, the large mouth began to hit. just then bam a trout hit the bait. i was very excited. i didnt know if we would get the stripper on. so that went one for about 3 hours. then we moved to another spot and what do you know. stripper after stripper hit the lure. it was offical that i had accomplished the grandslam.
the bite was on steady i dont think 30 mins had gone by without anything. I loved daves boat. Everything was there that i wanted. I know how people are about when it comes to TOOLS and FISHING EQUIPMENT. dave even let me guide the boat around on the trolling motor when he was busy un hooking a bait. I dont think i took one break. I know dave could see that i knew what i was doing. I been fishing since i was 3 years old. its something in me that i was born with. Dave had alot of tips for me but never said cast there, or do it this way, or real faster. dave was the kind of guide i want when i go fishing. Dave gave me a bargin price on the guide service. i also could open up to dave and tell him why i had to leave florida. he supported me in what i was doing with my life. basically the trip didnt have any silenced moments. I could see that dave loved seeing kids fishing and staying outta trouble. he even let us stay a little longer to make sure we enjoyed the trip. overall we got about 20 fish in 6 hours.
This trip meant so much to me. i miss having a ponded stocked with 5LBS in it in my own yard. i live in pasadena and there no good lakes around here. This was my first trip out here and definetly will not be my last. hopefully he will do a buy 5 get one free or half off becuase i will be going every chance I can.
