Castaic Lagoon 12/27

Fire Ball · Post by **Fire Ball** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:05 am

Today was slow for largemouth, just like it has been for a few weeks at the Lagoon. Robo Bass and I arrived at around 7:45 after stopping by Castaic Tackle (small store, but has good stuff) to pick up a couple things. We went to a couple different spots for nothing and then finally went to our secret crappie spot. Robo Bass caught 2 crappie there fairly early in the day and one was huge. I still hadn't caught anything and I thought I was going to get skunked for the first time in a while! We fished in some different areas for largemouth, but I still hadn't caught a fish. Finally we went back to the secret crappie spot and I caught a good size crappie. A couple minutes later I caught a small crappie that fought as much as the bigger one, because it was hook on its side! Haha! Then after a few more minutes, Robo Bass hooked into a MONSTER fish. It was going crazy and making long runs. He would reel it up some and then it would make a hard run back to the bottom. His drag was burning the whole time! Then it made another powerful run and Robo Bass put his cranking hand on the rod to get some extra leverage to keep the fish from pulling his rod in the water, but he accidentally grabbed the line along with the rod! This made it so that it wasn't letting any more line out while the fish was making a run and the line snapped! It was terrible after seeing how much the fish was fighting. It must have been huge, but we aren't sure what kind of fish it was. The water was around 50 degrees today and the air temperature was even lower, so we were cold most of the day. We ended up staying until closing once again. I can't wait for the largemouth bite to pick up!

My first crappie of the day. Pretty nice size and fun to catch.

I didn't take a picture of my second crappie because it was pretty small.

Robo Bass's nice 2 lb crappie.

Robo Bass's smaller crappie.

swimbait101 · Post by **swimbait101** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:18 am

nice crappie guys, i wish i coulb be out there
its not that secret, that spot is very recognizable hahaha

Fire Ball · Post by **Fire Ball** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:11 pm

Originally Posted By: swimbait101nice crappie guys, i wish i coulb be out there
its not that secret, that spot is very recognizable hahaha
It is kind of secret, lol. One of the picture gives away some details, but that is it. You need to go to the Lagoon soon!

ukey28 · Post by **ukey28** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:36 pm

Nice Crappie, What about the details, What Bait, Did the big fish hit a small crappie or a crappie bait? Who's the naked fat person, bent over in the water in the right side background of "Robo's Smaller Crappie" Picture? Is that Geo giving his opinion???!!

Robo Bass · Post by **Robo Bass** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:40 pm

Originally Posted By: ukey28Nice Crappie, What about the details, What Bait, Did the big fish hit a small crappie or a crappie bait? Who's the naked fat person, bent over in the water in the right side background of "Robo's Smaller Crappie" Picture? Is that Geo giving his opinion???!!

Used spoons with crappie nibbles on the hooks

Robo Bass · Post by **Robo Bass** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:41 pm

Originally Posted By: Fire Ball Originally Posted By: swimbait101nice crappie guys, i wish i coulb be out there
its not that secret, that spot is very recognizable hahaha
It is kind of secret, lol. One of the picture gives away some details, but that is it. You need to go to the Lagoon soon!

It's pretty obvious but you can only get there via watercraft

swimbait101 · Post by **swimbait101** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:15 am

i knew it once i looked at the pic
ill be out in .....

Fire Ball · Post by **Fire Ball** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:37 am

Originally Posted By: swimbait101i knew it once i looked at the pic
ill be out in .....
Yes, but the exact location is key! You can't tell the exactly location from the pictures. It doesn't really matter though.

swimbait101 · Post by **swimbait101** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:59 am

ill paddle around in my canoe and graph it on my fishfinder
its not a massive area

Fire Ball · Post by **Fire Ball** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:45 am

Originally Posted By: swimbait101ill paddle around in my canoe and graph it on my fishfinder
its not a massive area
You have a fishfinder for your canoe? Nice, I am going to get one for my tube. I will just tell you the spot if you want to know, lmao.