5/22 - 4 hour Goon Mission
My buddy and I headed out to the goon Saturday night after my graduation party. We have never fished the goon, only the upper lake so decided to hit it up for a night session. Anyhow we got there and the lady said we could pay to park, fishing was 24 hours, but that she closed at 7. Sounded okay to us. We parked fished for a little while for nothing, the winds were blowing quite good. The Sun started to set so we decided to move back toward the upper lake damn to get some cover and try and find some bites. Couple hours go by, still for nothing so we start to walk back. Heading up the hill we find a large dog and large man on our tail. DFG ... Anyhow he was nice, but he informed us that we couldn't park where we did, probably are locked in, and we might have gotten a ticket. So we walked back and sure enough all he said was true. $50 OUCH!!!. Thank you Castaic Worker lady for your failure to inform us that we couldn't park in that lot all night .... anyhow we found a way to get to the second parking lot through a little running trail and parked at a "legal" place for the goon. Decided we would hit the water for another 30-45 mins. It was a good decision. After a couple casts my friend nailed a 5lb 12 oz chunk, and then I followed with a 5lb 9oz fighter. Few more casts and we were out cause the wind was getting over 20 mph and it was no fun. The 2 chunkers did make it worth it, although the ticket was the suck. Sorry for the crappy pics from my phone, the camera we brought battery died.
