Return from Vegas back to Castaic Lagoon 7/22
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:47 am
Well I made it back from my vacation in Vegas for four days just in time to do a little fishing at the Lagoon on the day before I had to return to work.
On my way home from Sin City I stopped into the Bass Pro Shops to pick up a few goodies. Got some lures and hooks plus a very cool T-shirt. Couldn't wait to get back to LA to try out my new toys and cool off a little.
Dang!!!!! It was hotter than HEdoublehockeysticks on The Strip. On Sunday it hit 119. But anyway I had a whole lotta fun hanging out at the MGM. It was 69 degrees when I got back to LA.
On Thursday morning I got up to the Lagoon at around 8 AM. Air temp was 70, water was 76. Skies were clear as a bell, water was slightly stained with algae, conditions were pretty calm. Moon was football, barometer was 29.97 and falling slightly.
Started out tossing what was still rigged up from my last trip for a while. Rotated through Senko, Ika, DS of various sizes and colors with no action.
There were several cruisers of decent size in shallow which I was sight fishing for a while and could just not get them to respond. Even went so low as to fish a 4" sculpin flylined.
Every now and then I would switch off to a new worm I picked up at BPS. 5 3/8" Tournament Series Stick-O-Worm watermellon seed.
At first glance this lure looks exactly like a Senko but there is a slight bulge at the tail end of the worm which beefs up the profile a little and also the plastic is not quite as soft as the Senko.
I was fishing this on 10 lb. Seaguar flurocarbon line, #1 XPS O'Shaughnessy worm hook, T-rigged weedless with no weight. With a touch of Smelly Jelly salty craw scent on the tail (the orange one with the sissy sparkles).
My rod and reel combo was the trusty ole Quantum Energy PT baitcaster and 6'5" BPS Extreme medium hard action rod.
Finally at around 12:15 connected with a very nice 6.5 lb. bass that put up a nice fight. After all that time with nothing that was a major relief.
Something told me when I saw those 5 3/8" water mellon worms they would work pretty well at the Lagoon and they did!!!!!
Half an hour later I hooked up with another good one. Started out as a pressure bite and I thought I was going through some thick grass. When the grass pulled back I set the hook and the fight was on.
This one was very strong. Pulled of a lot of drag and made several very strong runs and a couple of jumps before running out of gas. Honestly by the way this one pulled so hard at the beginning I thought it was going to be much bigger.
Got it out of the water and threw it on the scale. 7.5 lbs. You can see by the dent in this females stomach that she had already spawned out.
That was it for me, had to split at 1:30. Another exciting day of bass fishing at the Lagoon and a great ending to my vacation.
On my way home from Sin City I stopped into the Bass Pro Shops to pick up a few goodies. Got some lures and hooks plus a very cool T-shirt. Couldn't wait to get back to LA to try out my new toys and cool off a little.
Dang!!!!! It was hotter than HEdoublehockeysticks on The Strip. On Sunday it hit 119. But anyway I had a whole lotta fun hanging out at the MGM. It was 69 degrees when I got back to LA.
On Thursday morning I got up to the Lagoon at around 8 AM. Air temp was 70, water was 76. Skies were clear as a bell, water was slightly stained with algae, conditions were pretty calm. Moon was football, barometer was 29.97 and falling slightly.
Started out tossing what was still rigged up from my last trip for a while. Rotated through Senko, Ika, DS of various sizes and colors with no action.
There were several cruisers of decent size in shallow which I was sight fishing for a while and could just not get them to respond. Even went so low as to fish a 4" sculpin flylined.
Every now and then I would switch off to a new worm I picked up at BPS. 5 3/8" Tournament Series Stick-O-Worm watermellon seed.
At first glance this lure looks exactly like a Senko but there is a slight bulge at the tail end of the worm which beefs up the profile a little and also the plastic is not quite as soft as the Senko.
I was fishing this on 10 lb. Seaguar flurocarbon line, #1 XPS O'Shaughnessy worm hook, T-rigged weedless with no weight. With a touch of Smelly Jelly salty craw scent on the tail (the orange one with the sissy sparkles).
My rod and reel combo was the trusty ole Quantum Energy PT baitcaster and 6'5" BPS Extreme medium hard action rod.
Finally at around 12:15 connected with a very nice 6.5 lb. bass that put up a nice fight. After all that time with nothing that was a major relief.
Something told me when I saw those 5 3/8" water mellon worms they would work pretty well at the Lagoon and they did!!!!!
Half an hour later I hooked up with another good one. Started out as a pressure bite and I thought I was going through some thick grass. When the grass pulled back I set the hook and the fight was on.
This one was very strong. Pulled of a lot of drag and made several very strong runs and a couple of jumps before running out of gas. Honestly by the way this one pulled so hard at the beginning I thought it was going to be much bigger.
Got it out of the water and threw it on the scale. 7.5 lbs. You can see by the dent in this females stomach that she had already spawned out.
That was it for me, had to split at 1:30. Another exciting day of bass fishing at the Lagoon and a great ending to my vacation.