Slay day! at Castaic 4/17/2010
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I had the pleasure to fish with Tom, Craig, Marsha and Caleb on Saturday.
The day started out with problems. I had trailer trouble and had to stop at Roberto's Boat Repair in Castaic. Roberto is a stand up guy. He did a great job for a great price and he replaced my hub in a huge hurry because we were on out way to go fishing and he wanted to get us out there. He's earned my future business.
We picked up some really fresh dines from Gallion's, got on the water and made it to "The Secret Fishing Hole" by about 11:30.
We started out right by farming a few fish. The idea that you reap what you sow wound up working out for us.
It was a while before we got it together and started putting some in the boat.
Hear's Tom with a fish.
I talked Caleb into helping me reel one in and it turned out to be the biggest of the day 4.5 lb.
We had a steady pick until 2:15 when we pulled up steaks and went to the ramp to pick up Marsha and drop Caleb off. We had 11 fish in the boat.
We surveyed some other spots on the way back to the buoy line. I found some fish that I believe I can catch but didn't stop. I figured it for a backup spot because I wanted to get back to the spot that I knew was working.
We had consistent action after we got set back up. At times it was rapid. Once I looked down at the fishfinder and saw a massive school. I called out that every pole in the boat should get bit and they did. We got 2 out of 3.
Around 5:30 I was baiting poles as fast as I could then putting the bait back at the magic depth. My farming was paying off but I really prefer a little better hookup ratio.
Craig and Marsha came along for the boat ride and were enjoying the beautiful day and our company of coarse..
At the end of the day the predatory by-catch showed up in some numbers and Tom caught 2 of the green monsters.
My friend Mike came along and set up next to us and caught some fish. He and his fishing partner had 15 fish in the boat when I talked to him last.
There were three guys in kayaks there later on. They were catching some fish. One of them told me it was his first day fishing for striper.
I was on my hands and knees picking conscious smaller striper out of the fish hold and throwing them overboard when I heard Mike say "Now there are fish jumping out of the boat.".I guess that says it all.
We just had a blast out there. Lots of fun and lots of fish.
I gave a bunch of fish away on the way home and put the rest on ice. My back was killing me. There was no way I could fillet them last night.
I took a photo of them today when I got them out of the cooler.
We caught 25 to 27 striper Saturday,
plus 2 of the green monster by-catch.
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Originally Posted by Robo Bass
