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Hello everyone, I was wondering (for those of you who fish there) has anyone had any luck catching anything? And if so what baits/lures worked for you? I have been going here a lot, and I only caught one small mouth and that was last Friday. I am sure it's just me, and my newbie ways, but I just want to make sure.
ajr90 - Did you really catch a Smallmouth out of Lake Evans? I don't think they would survive in Lake Evans, it gets too warm in the summer for Smallmouth Bass. But who knows, a nice one was caught out of Prado Park Lake a decade or so ago. As for fishing, you can catch Bluegill in any open area using 2 to 4 lb line, a #10 or 12 hook (I use circle hooks, hardly and fish get hooked in the throat) and a small bobber up a couple feet from the hook. Use small mealworms or waxworks as bait. For the bass, because there are so many weeds and moss now in the lake, you will do best in the late afternoon/early evening with surface lures and weightless plastic worms rigged weedless (Texas style) worked slowly thru the water weeds and moss. I have done pretty good with floating Rapalas "jiggled and wiggled" in open places in the weeds and moss.
Honestly, I am not 100% sure. It looked like this:Attachment 50335Attachment 50335 Attachment 50335 I was assuming it was. I amQuote:
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catching up on the different species of fish that are common around us/stocked. I based it off a YouTube video of someone who fished here last month and caught a small mouth, and it looked pretty damn close to what I posted above. Sorry for the blurry pic, I got caught up in it all and didn't take a good pic, I also didn't want to leave it on my hook too long because it was still little, I didn't want to work it up too much and have it die. Any way thanks for the tips, now I know what to look for and how t go about it. Thank you! I was fishing w/ wacky senko rig w/ 5in senko. I was looking for something similar to what I posted a pic of, but really anything that will take my bait is all I am after. With the info you gave me it should help me a lot thanks man.
I caught that one with a spinner. Here is more pics Attachment 50336
Looks like a Largemouth
I looked on You Tube to try and find that video that might show a Smallmouth caught at Lake Evans (Fairmount Park), but couldn't find it. What was the title of the video ajr90?..
You're right. My mistake! It's NOT a small mouth, but a large mouth. The video is called "morning session at fairmount park 6/13/2017" in the video a guy asked him if it was a catfish and the guy said no it's a largemouth bass and I THOUGHT he said smallmouth. I am sorry about the confusion lol. I just heard the video over again. Sorry about that, it just goes to show how little I know/still need to learn hahaQuote:
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ajr90 - Hey that's ok, no problem. If you ever want to fish alongside me at Fairmount, that would be great. Since I live so close and now being retired, I am there almost daily. I have been fishing there regularly since 1985. I've caught my share of large bass there and lots of small ones too. I'd be glad to show you what I know about fishing there. I have no secrets, most of the guys that fish there know what I use. It is a hard lake to catch bass, but it does give up a nice one now and then. Just look for the "old guy" with a white beard and an orange Bass Pro Shop hat. I fish mornings and late afternoons. I drive an older white Toyota truck. You can PM me also..
Yes! I will take you up on that offer. I have been starting out there, and I have been going there for a better part of a week and I have not caught anything since the catch last Friday. I am there all the time before work. I get there around 6:20-6:30. I will PM you if you'd like on specific details. Let me know what time/day works for you. Thank you very much! I really appreciate that thanks! I try and go out there at least once a day. I live close by too.Quote:
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Does DFG still stock fairmount?Quote:
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No.. The Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife has not stocked Fairmount with trout for several years because of their budget cuts. They used to stock catchable size Rainbow Trout every year in the cooler winter months. The Channel Catfish are stocked in June around Fathers Day, and for the annual Fishing Derby which I believe happened last June.
That's a shame, all it needs is some TLC and it would really turn it around. At least it's still stocked for catfish in June, it'll be something to look forward too. By the way I tried sending you a PM, but it said your storage is full; if you can send me a PM, and I'll respond on here, or a PM back once you have the space.Quote:
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ajr90 - I just cleared some PMs, so you should be able to send me one now..
Ok i PM let me know if you got it
It's not just that, sadly. They think somehow trout will escape Fairmount, swim down the little muddy creek behind it, and enter the Santa Ana River, thereby potentially diluting the genetics of native steelhead in the river.Quote:
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Note the word potentially. There probably hasn't been a trout in the Santa Ana river in the Riverside to Anaheim stretch in the last 30 years. The river is ridiculously shallow, fast, and very warm, with most of the water from wastewater treatment plants. It's basically the IE's version of the LA River. Can you imagine trout thriving in the sewage-choked run off of the LA River? Yeah, thats exactly how much of a stretch this concern is. Rainbow trout spreading and breeding in the lower Santa Ana, right alongside carp and channel catfish. :LOL::LOL::LOL:
So, as appears to be often the case in SoCal, an angling opportunity (stocker trout in Fairmount) is lost due to the extremely unlikely chance it might interfere with a species that basically doesn't exist in the watershed.
I'm not sure about the Steelhead,.. was there ever native SteelHead in the SA River? I know that there are a few southern Calif. creeks that have water in them year round, that did have native Steelhead in them. One of them was the San Luis Obispo Creek that ran right thru the town and emptied into the ocean at Avila Beach. My dad and his mother used to fish for the Steelhead in that small river. The Fish and Wildlife people are mostly worried about the federally endangered Santa Ana Sucker being eaten by any Rainbows that may escape from Fairmount. That's really nuts because as you know carpanglerdude, there are lots of predatory Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass and all kinds of various panfish in that creek that empties into the SA River!
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Agreed, it's silly.
I do believe there are historical records pointing to the Santa Ana having Steelhead up until the 1950s.
I used to fish that little creek behind Fairmont often. About 10 yrs ago, before the homeless people took over there, I caught a 10 lb. carp. There was also bluegill, bass, and bullhead catfish.I never even saw 1 trout back there. That place used to be my best secret.Quote:
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Yeah, back in the mid 1990s, my son and I hiked down there and discovered all kinds of fish. Bass, large Channel Catfish, carp, Bluegill, Green Sunfish and hybrid sunfish. The only problem was once you hooked into a big fish, there was so many sticks and branches everywhere that you could not land the fish. Especially the catfish. They would just swim downstream into a bunch of weeds and tree branches and break you off. It was a fun place to explore and fish.
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Tried it a couple of time a few years back. Very interesting little urban creek, thick brush! Did see a few small carp and sunfish, caught one sunfish.
The homeless encampments in that region were not welcoming and attempted to verbally deter us from fishing there.
ajr90 .. I just sent you a PM