I saw this on Facebook and thought it was funny so I thought I'd share. An elderly man in Louisiana had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back. It was properly shaped for swimming, so he fixed it up nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some apple and … [Read more...]
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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 Isabella, … [Read more...]
CA Aqueduct Fishing Tips and Techniques
I’ve had several people ask me to share some tips and techniques for fishing the aqueduct and while I have to admit that I’m still a newbie when it comes to duct fishing I have a great teacher and I am learning more and more each time I go. First off let me be straight up with you, California … [Read more...]
Swim Baits
There are a variety of swim baits currently on the market, both in hard and soft bodied versions ranging from small Shad imitations, bluegill, bass and Hitch to large Trout baits. Yes, there are tons of them out there so I'll just touch on a few of them. The trout baits generally imitate stocked … [Read more...]
Crappie Fishing
I don’t know about your neck of the woods but out here in California the crappie are getting ready to move up into the shallows, if they have not already to perform the yearly spawning ritual. While at the lower elevation lakes they might have already be staging at my home lake they have not yet … [Read more...]
New World Record Bass?
Umm, yes and no. I know I for one have always dreamed about catching the next world record, as I’m sure everyone reading this has also. There has always been speculation surrounding Perry’s record. For years there was speculation if a bass could actually grow that large. Then in 1991 Bob Crupi … [Read more...]
What a Great Fishing Trip!
I took the nephew for a day of fishing recently over to my home lake, Isabella and we had a blast! We pulled out of town at 0445 and headed over to the lake. As we were driving along shortly after cresting Walker pass, we rounded a turn and there in the middle of the road was a deer, luckily we … [Read more...]
Fishing Reels, more in-depth, Part 1:
Spin Cast reels, Spinning reels, Bait Casting reels, Level Wind reels, AHHHHH! It can all be so confusing for some people. Why so many choices, Which reel is right for me? I went over the basics of reels in another post now its time to dig a little deeper. Seeing how I'll be going considerably more … [Read more...]
We want steak! Fishing with live bait. Part 2
Welcome back. Lets continue the discussion on fishing live bait. Ok, I talked about the crawfish in the last post now its on to live shad. While in other parts of the country it may be legal to use throw nets out here in California we are not allowed to use them to catch shad to use for bait. But … [Read more...]
We want steak! Fishing with live bait. Part 1
There have been times when the bass, or any type fish for that matter, just don't want to cooperate and you just cant seem to get then to bite. Or when you take children out and they need to catch fish to get them interested in the sport but for some reason or another the artificial stuff just aint … [Read more...]
