10-07-2002, 03:58 PM
FOR THOSE OF YOU CONSIDERING FISHING PIRU...HERE YOU GO.
STARTED OUT THE DAY NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT, THE LAKE LEVEL IS REALLY LOW SO ALL THE PLACES I NORMALLY FISH ARE OUT OF WATER. WHEN IN DOUBT LOOK FOR BAIT. I WENT INTO WHAT USED TO BE SANTA FELICIA AND FOUND BAIT, I WORKED A COMBINATION OF TOPWATERS AND SENKOS BUT HAD NO TAKERS. THE SUN WAS JUST BEGINNING TO CREST OVER THE RIDGE FROM THE BACK OF THE CANYON AND STARTED TO HEAT UP THE OUTSIDE POINT AREAS OF FELICIA. I FOUND HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF BAIT ALONG THE EDGES LEADING OUT OF THE COVE. SO I THREW A DROPSHOT WITH A LIGHT BAKUDAN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE SCHOOLS USUALLY I'LL PICK UP A FISH THIS WAY BUT I COULDN'T GET BIT. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO OF THIS I WAS GETTING A LITTLE DISCOURAGED. SO I TIED ON A 3/8 OZ. VIPER JIG WITH A ZOOM TRAILER AND FISHED THE OUTSIDE POINTS. BY NOW THE BOAT TRAFFIC STARTED TO GET GOING CREATING SOME MASSIVE WAKES. I PITCHED UP TO THE ROCKS AND ONE WAKE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD NEARLY TOSSING ME INTO THE LAKE. WHILE TRYING TO KEEP MY BALANCE ON ONE FOOT I GOT BIT, WHEN I GOT INTO A POSITION TO SET THE HOOK HE LET GO. I THOUGHT GREAT THIS IS HOW MY DAYS GOING TO BE. FIRST SOLID BITE AND I MISSED IT. I MISSED THREE MORE CONSECUTIVE JIG STRIKES, THEY WOULD PICK UP AND I WOULD FOLLOW FOR A SECOND AS SOON AS I WOULD LOAD THE ROD THEY WOULD LET GO. BY NOW I WAS REALLY GETTING DOWN, SO I MOVED TO ANOTHER POINT UP BY COW COVE. WITH THE ANGLER OF THE YEAR TITLE SLIPPING AWAY I COULD FEEL THE FRUSTRATION BUILDING UP. I GOT UP ON THE POINT. MY FIRST CAST I GOT BIT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF SCREW IT, I CROSSED THE BASS' EYES AND HARD. THAT FISH TURNED AND STARTED TO HEAD OUT TO DEEPER WATER BY THE BEND IN MY ROD AND THE WAY HE WAS PULLING I FIGURED HIM TO BY PRETTY SIZABLE... OH WELL AT LEAST I'LL TAKE BIG FISH. I FINALLY GOT HIM TO THE BOAT, I WAS STOKED A 3+. I FISHED EVERY POINT, I HAD FIGURED OUT THE PATTERN AND EVERYTHING WAS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER...SOMETIMES IT'S HARD NOT TO GET DISCOURAGED, KEEP TRYING EVENTUALLY IT WILL COME TOGETHER. THANKS ROMERO I FISHED AND I FISHED HARD[sly] CAME AWAY WITH FIRST PLACE AND BIG FISH.
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STARTED OUT THE DAY NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT, THE LAKE LEVEL IS REALLY LOW SO ALL THE PLACES I NORMALLY FISH ARE OUT OF WATER. WHEN IN DOUBT LOOK FOR BAIT. I WENT INTO WHAT USED TO BE SANTA FELICIA AND FOUND BAIT, I WORKED A COMBINATION OF TOPWATERS AND SENKOS BUT HAD NO TAKERS. THE SUN WAS JUST BEGINNING TO CREST OVER THE RIDGE FROM THE BACK OF THE CANYON AND STARTED TO HEAT UP THE OUTSIDE POINT AREAS OF FELICIA. I FOUND HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF BAIT ALONG THE EDGES LEADING OUT OF THE COVE. SO I THREW A DROPSHOT WITH A LIGHT BAKUDAN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE SCHOOLS USUALLY I'LL PICK UP A FISH THIS WAY BUT I COULDN'T GET BIT. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO OF THIS I WAS GETTING A LITTLE DISCOURAGED. SO I TIED ON A 3/8 OZ. VIPER JIG WITH A ZOOM TRAILER AND FISHED THE OUTSIDE POINTS. BY NOW THE BOAT TRAFFIC STARTED TO GET GOING CREATING SOME MASSIVE WAKES. I PITCHED UP TO THE ROCKS AND ONE WAKE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD NEARLY TOSSING ME INTO THE LAKE. WHILE TRYING TO KEEP MY BALANCE ON ONE FOOT I GOT BIT, WHEN I GOT INTO A POSITION TO SET THE HOOK HE LET GO. I THOUGHT GREAT THIS IS HOW MY DAYS GOING TO BE. FIRST SOLID BITE AND I MISSED IT. I MISSED THREE MORE CONSECUTIVE JIG STRIKES, THEY WOULD PICK UP AND I WOULD FOLLOW FOR A SECOND AS SOON AS I WOULD LOAD THE ROD THEY WOULD LET GO. BY NOW I WAS REALLY GETTING DOWN, SO I MOVED TO ANOTHER POINT UP BY COW COVE. WITH THE ANGLER OF THE YEAR TITLE SLIPPING AWAY I COULD FEEL THE FRUSTRATION BUILDING UP. I GOT UP ON THE POINT. MY FIRST CAST I GOT BIT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF SCREW IT, I CROSSED THE BASS' EYES AND HARD. THAT FISH TURNED AND STARTED TO HEAD OUT TO DEEPER WATER BY THE BEND IN MY ROD AND THE WAY HE WAS PULLING I FIGURED HIM TO BY PRETTY SIZABLE... OH WELL AT LEAST I'LL TAKE BIG FISH. I FINALLY GOT HIM TO THE BOAT, I WAS STOKED A 3+. I FISHED EVERY POINT, I HAD FIGURED OUT THE PATTERN AND EVERYTHING WAS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER...SOMETIMES IT'S HARD NOT TO GET DISCOURAGED, KEEP TRYING EVENTUALLY IT WILL COME TOGETHER. THANKS ROMERO I FISHED AND I FISHED HARD[sly] CAME AWAY WITH FIRST PLACE AND BIG FISH.
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