I decided to take a fishing trip up north to the Owens Valley yesterday. The day started VERY slowly, first spot I only got 2 bites, missed them both Drove little further north, tried a couple spots for nothing. Drove up to the Bishop area and got 3 bites but only caught 1 about 8 inches. Headed … [Read more...]
Personal Best Aqueduct Striper
I decided to make a run down to the CA Aqueduct today and meet up with a couple friends. Armed with my Kistler Rods KLX with Shimano Chronarch spooled up with 15 lb Seaguar AbrazX and Savage Gear USA Sandeel Swimbait, gotta love the way it looks like the Silversides, we beat the water to a froth … [Read more...]
WOO HOO! DD finally.
After 2 years of trying I finally landed my first, hopefully many more to come, Double Digit CA Aqueduct Striped Bass. I had a 10:00 doctor appointment in the Antelope Valley and figured that I’d head down earlier and wet a line for a couple hours. I stopped and picked up a couple friends that … [Read more...]
Great Striper Fishing in California Aqueduct
With the cooler weather, recently I had been receiving calls from my buddy Zoli telling me that I need to get down there because the striper bite was wide open. Of course he sent me several pictures of his recent catches via texts, which were very nice. I figured seeing how the duct has been rather … [Read more...]
A Successful Antelope Valley Aqueduct Fishing Trip.
Felt like giving the AV duct yet another try so yesterday I sent texts to 3 friends that live down that way. 1 of them already had other plans but the other 2 said sure, lets do it. Left town at 0400, stopped in Rosamond to pickup Mike then onto Palmdale to pickup Zoli. We started at Ave S and … [Read more...]
AV Duct Stripers, WOOO HOOO!
I wanted to go fishing and since there were supposed to be high winds today I decided to take a ride down to the duct and give it yet another try. I gave my buddy Yolo a call and of course he was already out and had caught one on a Rat-L-Trap that was very close to being a DD, which I asked him to … [Read more...]
CA Aqueduct Fishing Trip
Hi everyone, I hope you took the time during the holiday season to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, I know I did. I’d also like to wish you the best in the upcoming year and I hope that its full of days on the water and tight lines. Anyhow, on Christmas afternoon I got a text from my … [Read more...]
Great Day Bass Fishing at Lake Isabella
Recently an old friend of mine from out of town gave me a call wanting to go bass fishing at Lake Isabella and you should know me well enough by now that I’m always willing to wet a line at my favorite lake so of course I said yes. We met up at The Dam Corner, a local Diner in the town of … [Read more...]
Lake Isabella 5-21-2011, what a fun day!
The day started out kinda slow, caught a couple 2-3 pound bass then its was crappie time. Hit a couple brush piles for a crappie here and there. I then pitched my jig with crappie crack aka Berkley Crappie Nibbles, on 4 pound fluorocarbon, towards a tree and WACK! Something big hit it. Drag … [Read more...]
Crappie Day at Lake Isabella
Went over to Isabella Friday because I heard the crappie bite was ON. While the fishing was fun the entire trip didn’t quite go as well as planned. I arrived at the lake and get a text from my friend that was supposed to meet me at the lake stating that he had a tire blow out on the way to the lake … [Read more...]
