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Forum nameFreshwater Fishing in California
Topic subjectcarneros
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221, carneros
Posted by brian, Tue Mar-14-00 01:25 PM
hey,<BR> yeah, that was my first time fishing there in a while. i fished it once or twice when i was kid, but not recently. um, i think the fish are feeding mainly on small baitfish. there were a lot of cranes and herons around, so i think their hunting small fish, i also saw a small school of shad jump out of the water. my first thought was that they're feeding on crawdads, but i'm wrong. i think poppers would be productive at dusk. also, i think these fish are way back up in the tullies and timber. flipping a brush hog way back in there might pay off, but i think shad imitating baits are your best bet. spinnerbait, maybe, there's not much structure to fish spinnerbaits with in that lake. i'll be back either during the week after school, or next weekend, so i'll put up a post on how it goes. if the water was more clear i'd throw a castaic threadfin. i think the gizzard shad is too big for the size of fish they're feeding on. i'm still trying to figure out what's up with carneros, so maybe in a few more trips i'll have an idea of whether it's for real or not. we'll see, maybe i'll go out tomorrow, if i don't have too much homework. later.