I haven't been here in a while but Rob's feature on his huge bass got me fired up to fish my big trouts at Irvine this AM. I made about five casts with my Castaic softy before I hit the lure on a rock on a back swing. This broke loose the diving lip which I fortunately saved for gluing back on. The bait wouldn't dive after that but swam on the surface as a makeshift topwater. Six feet from shore a bass came up and boiled on it but missed the lure--arrrggghhh! I also fished an Optimum swimbait but got nothing doing so. I did see three trout get whacked hard by some bass where I was fishing. I will be back.