OK first off I'm new to this website so hello, I'm Albert. I like fishing more than girls. I grew up fishing in Montana and Wyoming, but as of right I'm stuck in LA. Since I live here now I started bass fishing urban parks since bass are the closest thing to the wild trout that I live for. I live pretty close to downtown so I've always known about Echo Park. I fished it once in like 2009 and got skunked. One weekend earlier this year I got super bored and decided to try fishing Echo Park. I looked on the internet and the only info I could find was that there were some illegally stocked bass in there. So I get there and I look in the water near one of the lily pad areas, and I saw a bunch of baby bass sitting there. I casted my pink grub in there and got one on the drop, after that I got one more then I had to leave. I head back the next weekend with a very small lipless crankbait, and probably caught around 20 in the 6-10 inch range within an hour. I went back a few more times with similar results, also fishing a roboworm on a dropshot. Out of all the times I went there I only saw 3 fish over 3lbs. I've talked to a few people and this one guy said he caught 6 pounder on a frog, another said he got a 4 on a craw, and another a 2.5 on a crankbait. The biggest I've caught there was probably about a pound. Another interesting thing about this place is that I did not see one bluegill/sunfish while I was there, so I have no idea what these bass are eating other than the initial stock of mosquito fish. We really need a stock of baitfish if we want these bass to grow.
Also, whats the most consistent bass spot in LA/ Orange County area? How is the bank fishing at Puddingstone (I don't have a boat)?
Thanks