Perris 9/11 Never Forget

Lake Perris 9.11


Area fished: The Dam
Sunny and calm
Air Temp: 75 to 88
Water Temp 78 to 80
Water Clarity 8  feet  
Depth Shoreline to 20 feet deep
Time 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM


I got a Friday morning session in for a break from this heatwave. Launched out of Sail Cove and puttered to the dam. I was watching my fishfinder and thought I had kicked into some weeds I don't remember, then I realized it was a pretty big school of baitfish. Little green about 3 to 4 1/2 inches long and every where. I've had people tell me they are delta smelt, but I don' know, definitely not shad or shiners. Nothing was working for me and I could see bass gorging on these things all around me 20 to 50 yards away bass popping in all directions. There were two other tubers and no one was landing anything. One guy told me he caught a few on Castmasters early, but they were no longer producing. I tossed a lot stuff at the boiling bass when I saw them and finally landed one on a Johnson Silver Minnow.

If anyone knows more about these bait fish I'd like to hear it.

The one Bass
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Sorry about the crappy image, battery problems.

I like that picture I think it looks cool buddy, and nice LMB sir.

There are actually no delta smelt in perris .. the smelt we do see are Pond Smelt. There is also threadfin and silversides .. just a fyi on perris bait fish

Thanks Jeff,
Thanks Wes, that was the biggest school of baitfish I have ever seen at Perris, 18 feet deep and more than 30 feet in any direction by my FF.

On a side note, one of the other tubers out there let out a little scream and started kicking like mad for a few feet. I thought he had hooked up something big. He told me a big turtle swam right up to him. He was expecting a big catfish or a striper as he saw come up towards him.
haha, good times

Jerdon wrote:Thanks Jeff,
Thanks Wes, that was the biggest school of baitfish I have ever seen at Perris, 18 feet deep and more than 30 feet in any direction by my FF.

On a side note, one of the other tubers out there let out a little scream and started kicking like mad for a few feet. I thought he had hooked up something big. He told me a big turtle swam right up to him. He was expecting a big catfish or a striper  as he saw come up towards him.
haha, good times

Now thats funny . Those turtles just don't care. I had one follow me around in the east end for 10 mins or so

nice jerdon!! way to get to the stripe off.....cool pic for sure!!!

Ya I like that picture it looks radio active LOL.

hahha thats funny stuff lol, its not like those fish can do anything that bad lol, but nice catch jer