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Thread: Limit Style Fishin' On A Cold Day 12/26/08

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    Default Limit Style Fishin' On A Cold Day 12/26/08

    Planned on fishing Lake Mission Viejo on Friday so Simon called me at 8:30pm on Thursday to ask if I was going. He brought his friend James and I met them at the gate at 8am. Bbbbbrrrr! It cold and windy and my car was all iced up in the morning. It wouldn’t come off the windshield without the heater going. The fishing was limit style besides it being cold. We had to move and re-anchor a bunch of times because of the wind. Hardly anyone fishing the lake and the bossy lifeguard guys were off today. The backup lifeguard guys were cool to us and didn’t mind us fishing.

    I put these guys on some fish right away and we had many double hookups!! Yeah!!. James gets bit hard and it comes off. Simon then gets bit and he lands the first one. These guys were using 2lb line and it was no match for these hard fighting Nebraska Trout. I don’t even know how many fish Simon and James got sawed off from. These fish have some nasty teeth. A few times Simon couldn’t stop them and the fish nearly beached themselves on the sandy beach. We were the only 3 who came in with a limit of fish today. The weight of all these fish was near 40lbs or more. The sad thing is James lost a 5lb fish at the boat. It was a fat toad too!! It would come near the boat then make a dash for it. It wouldn’t give up or go anywhere near the net. We must have lost as may fish as we caught. I landed 2 or 3 fish and let James bring the rest in. They were my guests so I let them enjoy every aspect of it. The good news is I gave all the fish to them. You could say they went home very happy. All the fish barley even fit in his cooler with no ice yet. We have a new name for the powermouse. James says it looks like a sperm so we called it the powersperm!!! Man! Did those fish start popping in the boat! It was a good day of fishing and no cold weather will keep us of any lake. Thanks for coming out today guys!! It was James’s first time on the lake.

    Bait:
    Inflated nightcrawlers on a #6 Owner Mosquito hook and 2ft leader kicked some butt.
    The powermouse on a 2ft leader,#8 Owner Mosquito hook in any combination had them feeding like if it were there last meal.
    I used 4lb Maxima line as a leader so the fish wouldn’t saw me off.

    Simon with a bendo on the first fish of the day.






    Me hauling a fish away from the buoy.

    A trout making a dash for it and not ready to be netted. All these fish took a while to land.


    Look at the full tails on these fish!!

    James was all smiles with this 5lb fish before it busted off.






    Today’s catch from left to right: James, Simon, and Dave.

    Thanks for reading!!
    Dave: 2008 Lake Mission Viejo Angler Of The Year
    Last edited by BigBass777; 12-26-2008 at 11:10 PM.

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    nice haul dude congrats on a stellar day i want to fish with you

    stud

    pm sent

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    WTG Big Dave, I think the trout were hungry everywhere except Sarl from what I heard today. Congrats on "limit filled" day.


    TD

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    Good going on the private spot..
    Nice lookin trout

    CS

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    those are some fat rainbows

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    Nice stringer guys!

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    Nice trout and REAL NICE HOUSES!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!

    Hey is that Uncle Fester???

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    Great work Dave! It was just a matter of time before those fish would go on the chew!

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    Good job Dave...

    Its good to see Simon with something under 50# also.. The Ex-Island WSB & Y/T guy.....



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    Quote Originally Posted by smitty99 View Post
    Nice trout and REAL NICE HOUSES!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!

    Hey is that Uncle Fester???
    I have a resident pass, fished there like 3 times. Not my bag,the ultimate urban experience.Caught some nice fish there.10# bass on first cast,cats, trout. LIKE FISHING IN FISH BOWL,YOU CAN'T RELAX.Allways looking over your shoulder for someone that will give you grieve.Been 6 years ,YOUR TOO CLOSE TO THIS AND YOU CAN'T ANCHOR THERE ECT.I can't hang even thou fishing is AWESOME.I caught a 4# sunfish there and thew it back.I didn't care about record and it's still swimming.

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