After a long busy work week I was ready to shut it off and recharge. After some discussion with my fishing partner and adjusting schedules accordingly we decided to hit up Perris. We arrived at 6:30 to launch only to realize that he had motor issues. We weren’t heading back home so used the trolling motor to get us around. When we arrived it was 29 degrees and only a few other boats launching. Caught my PB coming in at 6.3lbs. Thought it was small as it did not crush my bait. Fish caught in about 15ft of water. Fished jumped a couple of times and friend says it’s a nice fish. He definitely has better sight then me. Fish started to come up easily until about 10 ft from the boat. Then I think it woke up as it took off like a freight train. First one was away from the boat and the second time it went under the boat. Finally got it in. That was my first and last fish of the day. No other bites. Left at 5pm. Buddy managed 4 fish 4lbs and the rest in 2lb class. All fish caught fishing slow in 8-15ft of water. Sorry didn’t log water temps I just know my hand felt frozen when I lipped the fish.
