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Thread: Castaic Lake, 1 April 2010, Really, No Joke!

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    Default Castaic Lake, 1 April 2010, Really, No Joke!

    I took the day off from work yesterday. I put a call in to Dan (Lowe Boat). He told me that the fish were biting and told me to come on out, so I headed for the lake.

    I found Dan and Joe and set up and catching nice fish on a slow pick.

    I set up with fish under me and didn't get hit, even when I saw the fish approach my bait on the fishfinder. I tried a few different baits, chovies, dines from a couple different bags, still no hits.

    I was moving to deeper water when Loweboat picked up this one while I was changing spots.

    I took this picture of him landing a nice fish with my cell phone then cropped it later. You can see it there in the net.

    Here's a picture of Dan holding up the stringer. There are 4 striper and a catfish.

    Nice catch Dan!

    After I tried a few more sets with no hits the wind came up hard and blew me off of my spot. While I was pulling anchors to move to a sheltered spot, Dan went by and said he was headed for the barn.

    I made a move to the buoy line and set anchor after a couple tries. I got some different dines that were frozen into a chunk out and started prying them out of the chunk with my 99 cent bait knife.

    It was soon on. I missed a couple hits on my first rod while I was retying the second one before putting it out. When I rebaited the first one it was hit as soon as I got it to "The Depth Of The Day" 32 ft. Then it was on. I caught 3 fish one right after the other right out of the same spot. All of them were 3 1/2 to 4 lbers.

    Then there was a lull. When they started back up I lost a fish due to not retying. After retying I got another on that pole as soon as I hit 32 ft., then hooked up the other pole while I was playing the one on the first pole.

    The final score was;

    5, 3 1/2 to 4 lbers
    2 dinks, I gave the dinks away.
    3 nice ones farmed

    That 4 lb leader gets you hits, but be sure to test your knots again after landing fish.

    Here's one getting ready to go into the freezer.


    Here are his friends.


    Here, they're ready for freezing except for today's dinner at the upper left.
    Last edited by fishinone; 04-02-2010 at 11:17 AM.

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    Nice report man! looks like you killed them out there! I have been there 3 times ( shore fishing) i was skunked EVERY TIME! Thanks for sharing

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    Sweet! Nice fish, keep up the good work. I love catching striper at Castaic. Fish tacos all you can eat style.

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    Very nice Ron! I wanted to go yesterday because the barometer was the best I seen in while. Damn weatherman and their fake thunderstorms.


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    Quote Originally Posted by marzocchi View Post
    Very nice Ron! I wanted to go yesterday because the barometer was the best I seen in while. Damn weatherman and their fake thunderstorms.

    Damn Marzocchi, barometer and stuff. Now I finally know why you're the Striper Slayer.

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    Nice Ron. Good outing.

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    Nice catch Ron! I love to fish with you, but yesterday I had planned for my kids...so no go. Thanks for the invite.

    KPN.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taiko View Post
    Nice report man! looks like you killed them out there! I have been there 3 times ( shore fishing) i was skunked EVERY TIME! Thanks for sharing
    Don't give up Tomorrow should be good. Even for shore fishing use topo maps. Humps and ridges near shore, especially with a current cutting across them. Keep moving your bait when you find some hit that spot again and other spots at the same depth.

    Here's a useful link: http://www.mytopo.com/maps.cfm?searc...=castaic%2C+ca

    Quote Originally Posted by MIKE Q View Post
    Sweet! Nice fish, keep up the good work. I love catching striper at Castaic. Fish tacos all you can eat style.
    Thank you. I was running out of striper fillets. I still need a few more.

    Quote Originally Posted by marzocchi View Post
    Very nice Ron! I wanted to go yesterday because the barometer was the best I seen in while. Damn weatherman and their fake thunderstorms.

    Thanks marzocchi. I use that weather station a lot but yesterday I laid out of work because of high blood pressure. Maybe I should keep a blood pressure log.

    Quote Originally Posted by yolo View Post
    Nice Ron. Good outing.
    Thanks yolo. When are you going to come to Castaic and fish for little striper with me?

    Quote Originally Posted by kpn View Post
    Nice catch Ron! I love to fish with you, but yesterday I had planned for my kids...so no go. Thanks for the invite.

    KPN.
    Hi Khahn, Thanks, I was going on the spur of the moment so I didn't even have a notice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishinone View Post


    Thanks yolo. When are you going to come to Castaic and fish for little striper with me?


    One of these days. Looks like work is slowing again so I'll have some weekdays free.

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    great report ron...glad to see you got in the stripers.....very nice!!

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