Pyramid Lake 6/4/11- Deflowering a Couple of Virgins
… Striper virgins that is
Took a couple fellow members (Don & Rob) of our fishing and hunting club to Pyramid Lake to pop their striper cherries(neither one has caught one before)
The last time fishing this lake was the 2011 Striperfest which was 5 weeks ago
Water temp yesterday was 63.5
Fairly brisk SE wind all day long
Fresh sardines from MDR Sportfishing
Fished on the island/dam end of the lake, anchoring in areas where I get suspended fish marks on the electronics after metering around the area
We had some action right from the start
I caught a couple stripers back to back
Don get's his first ever striper a short while later
Made a move out towards the Wingnut buoy (you'd better have a long anchor rope if you plan on fishing there (bottom is 270ft. down)
Rob was having some difficulties keeping his fish from shaking the hook (0 for 5) until he finally popped his striper cherrie
It was just a pick during the middle of the day. The wind also picked up
We were tempted to look for a spot out of the wind but hung in there since the anchor was holding and didn't look forward to retrieving 350ft of chain and rope.
Around 1:30 the bite picked up
Especially with the aggressiveness of how the took the bait
Limited out by 3:30
The fish were 10-40ft from the surface
When we dropped to 4lb leaders from 6lb leaders, we got many more bites comparing the two… something to keep in mind
Rob taking care of Mr. Striper
… And the carnage
Thank you goes to the management at Pyramid Lake for getting the fish cleaning station back in operation and having a clean place to visit
Scott
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