lake mead 9/9/11

[BigE]

[cool]Went out after work to tube south of 33 hole. First cast from the tube I got a nice lmb on the beetlespin. Continued kicking and casting towards the shoreline and caught about a half dozen small lmb on the beetlespin and the rattletrap. Saw a small pod of small lmb harrassing a school of shad. Very cool to see about 15 feet from me. Heard more noise by the shoreline and saw baitfish being pushed by some stripers. By the time I got there they had gone down but persistant casting landed me a 1.5lber. Was about to head in when along another shoreline erupted bigger boils. I kicked for all I was worth to make there and finally got to casting. After a couple minutes they came back up right behind me and I hooked a nice 2.5lb striper on a grub. They went down again and I began searching with a rattletrap. A few casts later it gets crushed by a nice fish. After a couple jumps I knew I had a nice bass on. It ended up being a 2.25-2.5lb smallmouth. What a great way to end the day. Stripers came home for tacos. Next trip headed to eastern sierras middle next week for flyfishing action.
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[Troylee]

Shaaaweet deal man.... Thanks for the report.. Looking forward to the cooler temps in hopes of a catching stripers from the shore like the old days... I was gonna shoot out there early this morning but got caught up doing stuff around the house..
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[vegaskid]

Thanks for the report, sounds like a great day.[fishin]
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[lvfishingdude]

the smallmouths seem to be getting pretty abundent in mead. also they are getting to decent size.
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[TheWhizzle]

There are a couple 5 lbers swimming in Mead now. I've seen 4.5's, and I figure, with the gizzard shad, we may see a fish pushing close to a state record in the next couple years.
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[vegaskid]

I lost a smallmouth at the boat that had to be pushing 4lbs a few months ago.
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[Troylee]

Sure hope the same thing happens with the stripers.... Alan Cole says the same will go for the big stripers in the next few years now they have a steady food supply... These little guys are getting out of hand... I was reading some where online that, one caught in echo "37 pounder" had a 10" striper in it's belly.... From what I researched stripers don't eat there own.... Maybe he will chime in here..
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[ihuntforfish]

this got me pumped. I'll be heading to the lake in the morning thanks to this post
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[SEALFISH]

You keep hitting an occasional good size SMB! Nice day Eric.

I'll see you in a couple days, you can leave the beetlespins at home.
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[BigE]

[cool]Thanks guys. I wanted one more good day at mead before heading to the sierras with sealfish. I can only imagine what it will be like after I get back. Good luck out there.
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[BigE]

[cool]Thanks dale. But I think I will bring a small beetlespin with me for the larger brown trout. Perhaps in firetiger.
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