Anaheim Lake 7/19/2012: You can lead a horse to water...

[sapdawg11]

...and even he could smash fish here!



I am still in a bit of shock. All of the footage above was taken over all of 1.5 hours after work...The camera never stopped rolling.

I've been keeping this under wraps for the last few days, pm'ing those that I knew would be interested to go get their butts on the water. Several followed suit, did the right things and were rewarded accordingly. I promised to give them a few days shot at this and obviously, it's Saturday and that grace period has passed...It's your turn.

This is happening all over the west side of the lake. Bring a sonar, find the spaghetti in about 40-50 feet and bounce a bait off of their heads. If you are unsure of what the "spaghetti" will look like, here ya go:



I know that's a bit tough to see but I also know that anyone that knows how to read a sonar just about fell out of their seats! That entire black glob from 30-50 feet consists of beautiful blue catfish. I was catching doubles on a single rod with one fish on the hook and another fish wrapped in the line above it. And if a fish avoided being wrapped by it's fanatical and hooked colleague, that beautiful green braid was consistently returning fully slimed. No joke, it was simply that thick with fish. If you don't get bit and it doesn't happen fast, you are doing something wrong as these fish are really eager to die. The absence of a bite on a 5-10 minute soak should tell you that you're in the wrong place, move on. Anything plus a marshmallow on a 2 foot leader will get you bit. I ran a 3/8 oz slider on 12 pound power pro braid, carolina rigged above a #4 hook tied on a 10 pound mono leader.

As always guys, A HUGE THANKS for taking a look and a read!! Truly a memorable day of fishing and I cannot wait to get back out there. Any questions about anything at all, don't hesitate to ask guys! And most importantly...GET OUT THERE AND HAVE FUN!!!!

[LuckyCraft420]

Thanks for the report and awesome video. I'm hoping to get out there next week.

[phishin phool]

Good to see the 'ol yella fish slaya back in video on the board bro.

[fishinglakes.com]

Aaron is back!! You are truly the Master!! Trout, bass, crappie, catfish, tuna, seabass, yellows... When you got it, you got it. Thanks for the treat... It's been a while and you have been missed, but we all know how new jobs and new babys can seriously cut into fishing time. However, you certainly have not lost your touch. Good job out there!!
Craig

[TUNAVIC]

Nice report and video and very informative also,I used to work a block from there,now retired,but of course you never retire from fishing,gotta get out to that lake.Thanks

Cya Tuna Vic

[InspectaDekz]

Nice job sapdawg! That's what I'm talking about. Thanks for sharing this 411.

[Marley]

Yup, that's how it happened last weekend for me, too. I don't have a graph but I'm pretty sure it would have shown lasagna. Or something like that...
It's a pretty sick thing to be on!

[HookedUptuber]

Just got back from Anaheim didn't see this video but didn't run the finder due to the battery being dead first time my girl and I didnt limit we got 8 but they were big. We would get into a spot catch and some shore anglers were throwing 4oz pluse weights at US purposely trying to hit us then yelling that we're in there fishing area. Seriously lol but because of that we couldn't get in on the bite but we still managed to pull out a few GF had a double within minutes. Pure panic it was awesome :D lol I will def have to go back and look for the spagettie again

[troutdog]

There ain't no fish in that lake .... way to showem what "sapdawg", keep the reports comin!


TD

[Haywood Jablome]

Just got back from Anaheim didn't see this video but didn't run the finder due to the battery being dead first time my girl and I didnt limit we got 8 but they were big. We would get into a spot catch and some shore anglers were throwing 4oz pluse weights at US purposely trying to hit us then yelling that we're in there fishing area. Seriously lol but because of that we couldn't get in on the bite but we still managed to pull out a few GF had a double within minutes. Pure panic it was awesome :D lol I will def have to go back and look for the spagettie again

there was a hook on it also, the guy was trying to snag your tube, it was my buddy, he got mad cause he had a line out already and you crossed it. no respect to the shore anglers, so he loaded it up and try to take you down. Would have been sweet if he made contact, ripped the tube then watch you scramble to shore lol. oh well in the end my buddy Craven Moorehead had 12 i had 3.