Castaic after work on TAX Day in the Lowe Boat
Dan invited me to fish with him after work yesterday. Thank you Dan.
I met him at the launch ramp at 4:00. We headed out to the buoy line and anchored up.
The water was 60.5 degrees. The wind was light and we anchored without trouble.
It wasn't long before we started getting light bites. The fish were non-committal, bait stealing was the norm. I think it was bass and bait fish. After a few baits I got a tap that seemed like the right kind, waited for a little tension and swung for the stars.
Hook-up! This fish fought really well. It took my 4lb line and leader under the anchor rope and back around into my other line but I was fortunate and kept him untangled. After a few good runs fighting against the ultra light setup he came in and Dan netted him for me.
My guess is between 3 1/2 and 4 lb.
We had a steady parade of light bites but couldn't convert them. About an hour later I hooked up another nice fighter. This one headed for the surface behind the boat and when it surfaced I complained "Awe it's a bass.".
We lipped it and took a picture.
It had lots of battle scars on it's face. Castaic is a fish school.
After this we had the steady light biters again. We headed in early and happy.
We talked to a few boats out there.
One guy was an FNN member. I can't remember his screen name and I only think his name was Arturo. He got one good flurry of bites at the buoy line and picked up a few fish.
A couple other guys in a nice formed aluminum tracker gave us a couple small striper. Thanks fellas!
Thank you for taking me fishing Dan.
P.S. I thought I would throw in a couple pictures of our neighborhood predator working.
Here he is eating cat food.
He went after the squirrel but stopped when it decided to fight.
What a killer!
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Originally Posted by fishbones
