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I was fortunate enough to score a spot on my friends ticket to float tube San Vicente Reservoir for the opener on Thursday. With all the hype we initially had plans to camp out in line the night before to get a good spot in line and get on the water early. As the days drew closer we had a group discussion and decided that it would be better for us to rest good the night before and just meet up at 6a.m. the morning of and load up our gear then head to the lake with a late start. After getting our gear and supplies loaded up we headed to the lake and got in line.
We arrived to the lake around 7 and waited for our flight to be let in. Probably waited between 20-30 minutes until we were released to drive up the hill to the lake. The cloud cover was still thick from the storm that had came through and dumped rain the past couple of days. Pretty much as soon as we were in the water we started catching. The bite was consistent all day long. People were catching bass everywhere and everyone was having a good time pulling on bass with an average weight of 4lbs. I think any lure that you wanted to catch fish on would work if you dedicated a little bit of time to it.
Baits? I started off with 13" texas rigged worms and was getting them good. I switched to heavy jigs to get down faster because the volume of fish seemed to be concentrated in the 40'-70' range. Also got into some ripper deep diving crankbait bites where i was hooking up on every cast. With the fish being so deep it's a good idea to have a fizzing needle or a descending device to avoid floaters. I was using a descending device because I hate needles lol.
The total number of bass caught by me was somewhere between 50-60. I was taking pics for the trial series but would have flurries where all I wanted to do was keep catching so I got tired of taking pics. It's hard to stop throwing the deep diver when you find a wolf pack that hits the crank on every cast. I think everyone in my crew had about the same numbers. When fishing is like that it's hard to count every fish caught.
All in all it was an epic day that I will never forget and one for the history books.
Saturday 9-24 was a different story. We arrived to the lake around the same time with not a cloud in sight. We launched and decided to take a different route this time. We started fishing and kicking around the lake but the bite just wasn't like it was 2 days earlier. Some people were getting them but I struggled for a while to get a bite. I think the combination of the newly introduced boat traffic, fishing pressure, and also the high pressure system moving in had a lot to do with it. I believe the weather was the main factor personally.
Around late morning I finally started to develop a pattern that was getting me bit consistently. Still it was nothing like 2 days earlier. The key for me was more of a super slow stitch with plastics. Ended with about 20-25 fish but only photod 14 lol.
Overall it was a great couple of days of fishing with good people.
My friend Joe who fished with us made a Vlog for opening day so I'll attach the link.
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We arrived to the lake around 7 and waited for our flight to be let in. Probably waited between 20-30 minutes until we were released to drive up the hill to the lake. The cloud cover was still thick from the storm that had came through and dumped rain the past couple of days. Pretty much as soon as we were in the water we started catching. The bite was consistent all day long. People were catching bass everywhere and everyone was having a good time pulling on bass with an average weight of 4lbs. I think any lure that you wanted to catch fish on would work if you dedicated a little bit of time to it.
Baits? I started off with 13" texas rigged worms and was getting them good. I switched to heavy jigs to get down faster because the volume of fish seemed to be concentrated in the 40'-70' range. Also got into some ripper deep diving crankbait bites where i was hooking up on every cast. With the fish being so deep it's a good idea to have a fizzing needle or a descending device to avoid floaters. I was using a descending device because I hate needles lol.
The total number of bass caught by me was somewhere between 50-60. I was taking pics for the trial series but would have flurries where all I wanted to do was keep catching so I got tired of taking pics. It's hard to stop throwing the deep diver when you find a wolf pack that hits the crank on every cast. I think everyone in my crew had about the same numbers. When fishing is like that it's hard to count every fish caught.
All in all it was an epic day that I will never forget and one for the history books.
Saturday 9-24 was a different story. We arrived to the lake around the same time with not a cloud in sight. We launched and decided to take a different route this time. We started fishing and kicking around the lake but the bite just wasn't like it was 2 days earlier. Some people were getting them but I struggled for a while to get a bite. I think the combination of the newly introduced boat traffic, fishing pressure, and also the high pressure system moving in had a lot to do with it. I believe the weather was the main factor personally.
Around late morning I finally started to develop a pattern that was getting me bit consistently. Still it was nothing like 2 days earlier. The key for me was more of a super slow stitch with plastics. Ended with about 20-25 fish but only photod 14 lol.
Overall it was a great couple of days of fishing with good people.
My friend Joe who fished with us made a Vlog for opening day so I'll attach the link.
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