Slough Crew | Mon Dec-11-06 05:45 PM |
Member since Jan 22nd 2006
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#8843, "Has anybody noticed......................."
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that the swimbait bite is a little different this year. It may just be me but I have been seeing trout get killed by bass and they wont hit anything. Last year if I saw anything like this it was an instant hook-up. I don't know if the fish are getting conditioned to swimbaits or what but it is really frustrating to see trout getting inhaled and not catch anything. Jake J
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Slough Crew | Mon Dec-11-06 10:11 PM |
Member since Jan 22nd 2006
177 posts
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#8848, "RE: Has anybody noticed......................."
In response to Reply # 0
Mon Dec-11-06 10:11 PM by Slough Crew
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I guess it's time to put away the Okuma's and pull out the spinning rods again :-( Jake J
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Slough Crew | Tue Dec-12-06 12:53 PM |
Member since Jan 22nd 2006
177 posts
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#8858, "RE: Has anybody noticed......................."
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I didn't think the bass could get conditioned to seeing some of the swimbaits but it seems like it has happened. I'm just going to start medatating before I go out or something. Jake J
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Slough Crew | Tue Dec-12-06 09:54 PM |
Member since Jan 22nd 2006
177 posts
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#8865, "RE: Has anybody noticed......................."
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I was justing thinking about the fish getting conditioned at certain lakes but Casitas continues to kick out tons of swimbait fish every year. That is probably one of the first lakes to get hammered with swimbaits and yet the fish continue to eat them. Maybe the stars haven't been lined up for me when I've been making my trips. It's still early in the season so I'm sure it will improve. Jake J
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swimbait | Tue Dec-12-06 10:41 PM |
Charter member
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#8868, "RE: Has anybody noticed......................."
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So-Cal is much different than up here. I've fished Casitas, the lagoon, Piru, Cachuma, Dixon, Poway, Wholford, Otay, San V, etc. The biomass in So-Cal and San Diego is tremendous. Casitas has a population of 10lb fish per acre that puts anything in Northern California to shame. Go to San Vicente in the spring, there aren't just a lot of fish up spawning, there are fish spawning every 50 feet around the entire lake. That's how it seemed when I was there anyway.
Casitas fish are smart, very smart, but there are so many of them that when they do bite it can still be excellent fishing. I think good fishing for trophy bass over time has a lot to do with how many are in the lake because I think we collectively catch the same fish over and over so many times.
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