Lake Elsinore Bass

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02-08-2018, 01:30 PM
Boudroux

Lake Elsinore Bass

Snuck out this morning for a couple hours and fished my home lake, Elsinore. I've not caught a bass here before until this morning. I was actually trying for what I believed to be a school of crappie I saw on the electronics. I quickly tied on a float and maribu crappie jig and within a couple minutes landed this guy. Never did catch a crappie.

In the 15 years I've lived here I wasn't sure there was much more then catfish here as that is the only thing we have ever caught.
02-08-2018, 01:41 PM
bowler

There is wipers in that lake too
02-08-2018, 01:43 PM
etucker1959

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Originally Posted by Boudroux

Snuck out this morning for a couple hours and fished my home lake, Elsinore. I've not caught a bass here before until this morning. I was actually trying for what I believed to be a school of crappie I saw on the electronics. I quickly tied on a float and maribu crappie jig and within a couple minutes landed this guy. Never did catch a crappie.

In the 15 years I've lived here I wasn't sure there was much more then catfish here as that is the only thing we have ever caught.

They keep stocking warm water fish several times a year to improve the fishery. That guy might be a result of the city's efforts to improve the fishing.
02-08-2018, 06:16 PM
Brent

There are Lake Elsinore bass fishing clubs I believe as well.
02-08-2018, 06:53 PM
TUNAVIC

We used to catch some “really” big crappie there!

Cya Tuna Vic
02-08-2018, 07:07 PM
etucker1959

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Originally Posted by TUNAVIC

We used to catch some “really” big crappie there!

Cya Tuna Vic

Besides some of them being really good size, "I remember catching some of the Blackist Black Crappies I ever caught." They were so beautiful, "I C&R every one of them!!"
02-08-2018, 08:59 PM
sodapop

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Originally Posted by bowler

There is wipers in that lake too

I use to see wipers caught all the time, haven't seen any caught in the last couple of years.
02-08-2018, 09:36 PM
bowler

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Originally Posted by sodapop

I use to see wipers caught all the time, haven't seen any caught in the last couple of years.

Same here. I’ve seen some ppl take baskets full of the small wipers.
02-09-2018, 06:27 AM
etucker1959

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Originally Posted by sodapop

I use to see wipers caught all the time, haven't seen any caught in the last couple of years.

For what I understand they are no longer being stocked. What's interesting about wipers, they are usually stocked to control over populations of bait fish. Their mouths are in such a way they won't prey as much on more desirable fish. (such as stocked trout) They are a hybrid so they are not suppose to reproduce. (yes I know about Irvine Lake) So if they stop stocking them, that fishery will die.