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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Peaks and Deep Valleys (3/21)
« on: March 21, 2024, 08:32:56 PM »
Yesterday after the 7 pounder I was just going to quit trout for the rest of the spring.  I went to get my follow-up visit at the doctor's hoping to be cleared for duty.  Turns out I'm healing really good.  Bad news is I'm still a few weeks away.  Ugh.

Got to work for an absolute mess, so talked myself into striking while the iron is hot and maybe back-to-back Lightning when I get home.  Got home just in time for my water heater to crap out on us.  Girls want hot water, but we already planned a desert trip and I'm not cleared for heavy lifting...  Peaks and Deep Valleys all day.  (I can't believe what it costs to have someone come out and install a water heater these days!)

I ran to the puddles with 2 hours to spare and try to figure out how I'm going to get this all done.  Texted my buddy Shaun who was more than happy to help even install the water heater.  I just wanted help getting it out of the truck and onto the raised pad!  Still, the rods say silent...



I checked my bait and it was all gone.  Pond Chickens?  Panfish?  Who knows....

Just like yesterday, 15 minutes before the gates lock and the action pichs up!  Missed the first, but got him on the second rod!  Huh... 7# yesterday  ... 7oz today... LOL



I put two more baits out with 5 minutes to spare and both got plucked.  I'm pretty sure they were these tiny trout!  lol

Oh well, still fun and the trout keep coming.  Thanks for reading!

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General Board / Re: Tom's Surgery
« on: March 21, 2024, 11:18:19 AM »
I guess I was hoping to be 100% after today, but it looks like I still have a couple of weeks to go.  The good thing is I can start increasing my activeness and weight slowly from this point on.

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Spring Bass 3/20
« on: March 21, 2024, 07:58:45 AM »
without a sniff from a butt!?!?

Hey Koga you've been sniffing a lot of butts, what do I gotta do?

Koga's nose has been stained brown for 60+ years....  lol

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I was at work for 13 hours on Tuesday and came back from a busy day at work Wednesday trying to unwind still from the hectic day.  I get a last-minute Teams meeting after I get home and have to jump onto a meeting that goes 30 minutes past the time it was supposed to end.

I look at the clock and decided to run down for an hour to the puddles just to get some serenity and different scenery.

Lake was crowded, but with mostly bird watchers and walkers.  Not many fishermen at all. 

I set up in a slightly different spot than I have been since it's been pretty slow lately.  It's amazing how fast an hour goes and no bites.  I decided to pack it in so I can get home for dinner when I didn't see the strike indicator on my line!  Then I realized I had a slack line that quickly turned into a screaming reel!  Fish on!

Once again, I knew it was a heftier fish!  Then I saw the bright flash of gold in the distance in the late day sun!  I also saw a lot of red when it rolled and thought I had a crazy one with a really big red stripe on it!

As I got it to the net, my excitement turned to a little grossness.  I went to grab my phone and it was nowhere to be found... WTF?!?!?  Well, there was no way I lost it, so I must have  forgot it at home.

I examined the wound on the fish and thought it may be from an osprey's talons and it got away, but I would find out for sure when I got home.

I got home and there was my phone right where I left it.  I was losing light so took a few pics and got a weight on her before carving her up.  25" and 7.11#!!!  My fifth Lightning Trout of 2024 and 6th trout over 5.26 pounds for the season!  Wow!



From the outside it only looked like the skin was melting off and the flesh looked okay, but it was on both sides by the tail.  I filleted it and the meat was spotless and pink, but I couldn't get myself to use the rotten skin parts and just discarded the tail sections.  I kept the shoulder sections since they still looked good, but quickly decided I wasn't going to eat that either but one of my neighbors wouldn't care and gladly accepted it.  At least it wasn't a total waste!

Well, I'm not expecting anymore real trout since they seem to be melting now, but I'm dropping the mike on my 2024 trout season with just a stellar "Whopper Count" besides the shear numbers of quality fish.  I do love all of the pink meat also, just not the melting red sort of stuff.  LOL

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General Board / CA Insurance
« on: March 21, 2024, 06:20:16 AM »
Friggin was dropped by my last insurance this past summer.  Finally found a new insurance carrier that would cover me, but after a few months they came back to say I needed to move my electrical panel on the house or they would drop me too.  SDG&E said, I need to upgrade from the 100-amp aluminum wire to 200-amp copper wire and they are charging me for any work that is being done on their end (which may include chopping down my trees and ripping up my driveway).  I set the wheels in motion back in September and here we are at the end of March and everything is crawling at a snails pace, but worried it will turn into a flood here quickly.

Ugh, hopefully it doesn't cost the 10K I'm being led to believe it could.  That would seriously cut down on my fishing trips this season.  Oh well, C'est la Vie I guess. 
I also have a lot of fossils to move in the garage so they can work on the wiring of the new box, so I'm not sure where I'm going to put them.  lol

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Fishing Talk / Thunnus has Arrived!
« on: March 21, 2024, 06:10:30 AM »
Besides, Bluefin tuna showing up in the counts again, a MARCH Yellowfin has been recorded in the counts!  WTH!?!?!

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General Board / Re: Tom's Surgery
« on: March 21, 2024, 06:09:08 AM »
I go in this morning for my post Sx evaluation.  Hopefully, everything is good and I can start doing more stuff soon. 

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Spring Bass 3/20
« on: March 20, 2024, 05:18:11 PM »
Yeah, most people and boats generally scare the crap out of me.... lol

Thanks Jeremy for the report!  Man, I can't believe all the bass you are getting without a sniff from a butt!?!?  And yes, they hang at the edges of structure, especially where the bass hang. 

I was ready to put something up, but it will have to wait until after dinner.

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General Board / Re: Bored on a Saturday
« on: March 17, 2024, 10:09:33 AM »
I still can't believe I've never been in that Bass Pro shops.  I'm just a little scared on what I would possibly come out of there with!

BTW, just do it....  That pontoon is SCREAMING your name!  lol

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: The Ides of March (3/15)
« on: March 17, 2024, 10:06:56 AM »
How is your stomach Tom?  Glad you got somewhere close to decompress

Getting better everyday Verne.  I'm usually till sore by the end of the day but feeling like I turned the corner.   Going to try for a few hours later and see if I can catch that big dopey trout I saw the other day.

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / The Ides of March (3/15)
« on: March 16, 2024, 08:36:59 AM »
Well, after work, I ran down to the puddles to see if I could get one of the last big trout in the lake, but beware of the Ides of March.

There was a bass guy fishing near me, but was giving some space.  I get my first casts out and the baits were perfect.  Then some older trout dude rolls up right next to my rod and casts right over my line.  As he's reeling up my line, I'm heading down to keep him from f@cking up my entire line.  He goes, "It's not a fish, I' snagged your line"  where I responded "No f@cking sh!t".  Needless to say, he couldn't even untangle his lure out of my line, so I had to clear his mess.  Ugh... Ides of March...

Fishing was slow and apparently smaller red ear moved in and just kept plucking my bait to pieces.

I finally get on the board, but it was absolutely the smallest trout I've caught in probably a decade!  What a runt! (swallowed the damn hook though and bled out so it's going to be a "neighbor's treat").



I look over to the bass guy and he hooks a monster!  Definitely the one I've seen the past few weeks and it was a whopper!  I guessed it was a 10#er when I initially saw it last week, but he got a measurement and weight with his wife taking pics for him.  9.7 pounds and what a slug!  A few casts later and he got the male, about 2-3 pounds before moving on.  I did have my bass gear and did some casting, but no dice for me.

I saw a few trout swimming the shoreline, but couldn't get them to hit a flylined crawler. 

A kid walks by and asks if he could trade a few hooks for a bobber, but he was the most courteous kid I've bumped into, and I gave him my only pencil bobber in the box.  I wish all kids had this kids etiquette. 
He said he saw a 10# trout swimming the shoreline and went back out looking for him. 

About an hour later, I saw a trout head pop up in front of me and it was leaving a wake.  I saw it and it was a roughly 6# rainbow!  Something wasn't right though as it was swimming funny and seemed like a zombie.  I dropeed a flylined crawler in it's face and cast some tube jigs in front of it, but all it did was change directions and wanted nothing to do with it.  I'm thinking the trout are all crapping out now and It's probably going to be Cats from here on out.

Well, at 6:30 a black cloud rolled in with winds and a temp drop of probably 10 degrees!  I decided to pack it in and give the Ides of March the unanimous win.

Well, the healing is coming along and I have 9 more days before I have my re-evaluation.  Until then, have a great weekend everyone!

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Fishing Talk / Re: Santee Lakes
« on: March 16, 2024, 08:11:05 AM »
Just think what would happen if you put your boat in there ! Ha ha

yep, probably run aground or kill my motor with all the vegetation.  lol

Even the Mosquito would be overkill in there I bet.

I concur.  lol

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Deja Vu (3/13)
« on: March 16, 2024, 08:10:40 AM »
So, that 10# bass I saw is really a 9.7 pounder.  A bass guy was throwing a big trout swimbait and caught her and the male.  The male was about 2-3 pounds and he weighed the female on the scale and I heard his wife call out the weight.  Man, that was quite the impressive catch! 

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Fishing Talk / Re: Santee Lakes
« on: March 15, 2024, 09:13:35 AM »
Just think what would happen if you put your boat in there ! Ha ha

yep, probably run aground or kill my motor with all the vegetation.  lol

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Deja Vu (3/13)
« on: March 15, 2024, 09:12:38 AM »
Nice recurring trip. You think there are bass big enough to eat trout in your puddles?

Now that I asked Im sure you’re gonna catch a 7lber on a fkn hot dog tomorrow.

I've seen a 10lb Bass suck up trout and small panfish the last 2 weeks, but haven't been able to get him to take an artificial.  I might just have to pin on a __________.....   Or try a hot dog.  lol

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