Another Day at Laguna Lake

This past Sunday the 15th of September we once again went to Laurel Lake in Fullerton Ca. It was a last minute thing.  We showed up about 5 in the evening. I was using the Cabela's ProGuide 9' rod with a Abu Garcia BlackMax Bait Casting reel. I once again used a #4 hook and was using about 3 jumbo night crawlers. I got lucky and was able to land a nice size large mouth bass.

I had set the hook, at first I felt the action on the rod, then it went away I thought I had lost the bass because it looked like I had just reeled in a whole bunch of weeds. But when I removed the weeds I saw  the bass at the end of the line.

Eli was trying for all the small stuff again. He is very good at it. Sitting back and observing him I can see how he studies the water movement, the water color and the structures to determine how he is going to fish.

It was a fun afternoon. The sun went down so it was time to pack it in and start our week. We shall see were our next fishing adventure takes us to.

Our next fishing trip takes us to Laguna Lake a small lake that is located in the city of Fullerton Ca. The Department of Fish and Game usually stocks the lake with fish. Starting in the fall to early winter they stock it with Trout. In the Late spring to early summer they stock it with Catfish. Laguna Lake has a nice amount of Bass (that are picky) and Blue Gill.

 

 

Today Eli was on a mission to capture the smallest fishes he can. He was using about a 1.5' rod with a spinning reel. He had 4lb. test line and was using a whopping #16 size hook. For bait he was using meal worms.

Here is Eli with a Blue Gill

Here is another Blue Gill Catch

Baby Bass

I was using a Cabela's ProGuide 9' rod with a Abu Garcia BlackMax Bait Casting reel. The reel had Berkley Big Game 10lb. Test Line With a #4 hook. For bait I was using two to three jumbo night crawlers. I was using the 9' rod so it would make it easier to toss the night crawlers right up against the weeds that were about 12-15 feet from shore. A lot of people loss their lures and hooks in the long weeds. Another technique I was using was to hide the tip of the hook by penetrating the night crawler so when it went into the weeds I would have a better chance of retrieving it.

 

The weeds that take so many lures



Blue Gill just wouldn't stay still

Of course we caught and released these fish so they can fight another day.  This lake is a nice inner city lake to take kids fishing for the first time.  There is an abundance of small Blue Gill and Small Bass that are ready to strike at anything they see.  It is a good lake to get kids interested in fishing and get them hooked on fishing like we are.

Our new fishing adventure takes us to Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu California. August 14 through the16th.

We were there for 3 days and 2 nights. We mainly boogie boarded and hiked, but like always we had a pole in the water just in case.

 

 

The first night we caught a Mackerel it was small but it was still a rod bender and gave Eli a pretty good fight. The second night we caught another fish about the same size, but Eli's buddies are in the picture and I don't have permission from their parents.

Here is a picture of our Shimano 12' rod with an Okuma reel

 

Here are some pictures of our campground

 

We went on a hike and from about mid way up the hill we were able to see our camp. It was overcast most of the day till the early afternoon the sun would finally come out.  Leo Carrillo is a nice place to camp most of the camp sites have a lot of shade, the beach is really close with in walking distance.  

From June 27, 2013 to July 7th, 2013 we were in our favorite fishing spot, Manzanillo, Colima.  Even though there was a storm off the Pacific Coast we still had an excellent time fishing. We surf fished and did some off shore fishing.

Here my son Eli catches a Dorado

The Bonita were biting like crazy



We caught a small sail fish that we released to fight another day



We surf fished in a few different locations. They were in Las Brisas, La Termo, and in one of my favorite places Tepalcates.  We fished with Ranger Lures Red/White, Orange, Chartues, Tsunami Poppers and SPRO Buck tails with a 6" tail they all varied from 2-4 oz.  My surf rod is 3pc 12' Shimano Surf Beast (great for traveling). The reel is an Okuma Avenger ABF90.  I used 50LB yellow Power Pro Braided main line with 30LB mono leader.

I was able to land a good size Robalo (Snook).  I caught it on a 2 oz. SPRO red/white buck tail with a 6" white Gulp saltwater soft plastic tail. It took my about 20 minutes to bring it ashore. It gave me a real good fight.

And of course a nice size Jurel (Jack Trevally) got away. I was on the jetty about half way when I landed the Jack. At first I didn't know what I had landed once I saw it the Jack was getting too close to the rocks the waves were crashing hard against the jetty. I figured I would go to the shore but as I was going towards shore the Jack got really close to the rocks and the line was cut by the rocks the Jack was gone.

All in all we had a great time. I'm hoping we can go back soon. We are still after the Rooster fish and of course the Jack that got away.





Another excellent fishing weekend on the Upper Kern River

This past weekend of April 26-28 2013 we went on our yearly camping trip to the Kern River In Kernville Ca. The weather was very nice, the trout fishing was excellent . We started at the Power Plant and worked our way down to McNally's located in Fairview 15 miles north of Kernville. That's when we hit the mother load. That evening we fished next to James Campground at another of our favorite fishng spots and it was fish on once again.

 

 

My son Eli with a stringer full of Trout

 

 

The trout were caught on PowerBait and Gulp the colors were Chartreuse, Purple, and of course Chunky Cheese. We used 6 lb. main line,  tied on to a small swivel, tied on to a 2lb. leader,and tied on to a small treble hook. (the dough seem to stay on longer in the current).

 

Our camp site at the Rivernook Campground.

 

We stood at the Rivernook Campground. This is a very nice place to stay weather you tent camp or RV.