The lagoon does not have an established striper population and could still produce a giant and I think the larger lake still has a good lmb population and I see no reason why a larger one wouldn’t still be able to thrive. As usual I disagree with your analysis.
Just thought I’d do a drive by on you since I haven’t been on here in a while, miss me?
I was wondering what happened too you? From my sources (insert joke now) the reason why the Lagoon has/had some really nice LMB in it. Was because when the people in the know knew the Big lake was doomed to not produce a World Record large mouth. They put some really big ones in the lagoon that were caught in the big lake. Sorta of a Life boat of a once great record fishery! Will it last forever?? Hopefully the genetics kicked in and the lagoon remains a good fishery for quality LMB for years to come.
Last edited by etucker1959; 09-12-2018 at 02:05 PM.
"Good" is relative, Seal.
Talk to me when multiple DDs are caught during a week like in the early 90s, and imagine the countless ones that were caught and promptly released without the angler babbling to everyone about the catch.
If you disagree that the Castaic largemouth fishery has gone downhill, then we can agree to disagree.
The day that I disagree that all fisheries have not been affected by pressure and take would be the day I would be obviously iignoant.
I heard Bob would weigh his fish at the market then dump them in the lagoon.
Maybe schoolies?
Striped bass seemed to develop so much lactic acid during fights, especially large ones (read; ones that you'd actually want to weigh) that they were one of the fish that I found IMPOSSIBLE to release, especially after being live welled for a while. I've shaken fish off only for them to float on the surface to die.
I commend any striper that has the life force to survive being live welled for hours, THEN getting weighed....THEN surviving a trip to the lagoon.