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DanWarme · Post by **DanWarme** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:51 pm

Judging from the banter back and forth, (and the demented picts that keep getting posted) actual fishing talk doesn't seem to be real plentiful lately.

So I thought I would throw out a generic question and see what kind of response it gets.

It's spring time and the bass are starting to think about coming up and doing the nasty. The conditions for the conversation are:
Warming weather, clear water, 55 degrees. Clear skies light winds.
What do you look for, location and structure-wise to find your fish this time of year?

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:13 pm

I was gonna ask you the same thing?

Let's take it a step further same scenario but the lake is Casitas!!!!
and the day is March 25,2007.

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:33 pm

fishing, this board is about fishing, with all the smack going around I almost forgot about fishing. I was thinking this was the Lance and H-wood scuba diving experience board? Ha...

Good thing the big fishing show starts tomorrow. Finally back to talking fishing for me! YEAH!

DeltaBound · Post by **DeltaBound** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:42 pm

It's spring time and the bass are starting to think about coming up and doing the nasty. The conditions for the conversation are:
Warming weather, clear water, 55 degrees. Clear skies light winds.
What do you look for, location and structure-wise to find your fish this time of year?

I would fish Lance Secret Baits on 10LB Flouro on steep banks fishing uphill

Ok, did I win a BazzClazz video

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Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:45 pm

Id throw a jerk bait in 3-5 ft near spawning areas adjacent to deep water! Id prefer for some brush to be near or some type of cover in the water be it a rock or tree stump or junk motorcycle...

jerkbait is a great prespawn tool if you know how to fish them.

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:52 pm

Would it be in tigerfire jerkbait bevy shad or an sp?

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:59 pm

No firetiger! Ha...

Id throw a Evergreen M-1 Minnow in bluegill or Ayu. Depending on water clarity I might throw a Black/Gold if the water was really stained.

If it wasn't the M-1 Minnow I would probably have on a deeper diving Kicker Eater in the same colors or a C.C. Preditor.

And if all else fails I have a few HMKL K-1 minnows (hand made version) in the boat somewhere! Now that is a bait!

but no fire tiger! Ha.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:47 pm

Steve,

Arnt you in the same turny as I am?? Cool:) First off I wouldn't pay any attention to these guys, its just dock talk. I wont steer you wrong buddy.

If I were you Id spool up with 4 lb. mono on a light weight pole and since its that time of year I wouldn't even bog down your speedy Champion with all those extra poles and tackle, so leave everything at home, except that one pole, one bobber and a single hook. Anything else will slow down your boat because I can promise you its going to be a race to this spot that I'm suggesting. At the launch drive fast as you can to an area that's 300 yards from the Southern most part of the island, it should be about 200 ft deep. Now this is key so shhhhhhh don't tell anyone about this.

Ok, you need to position your boat in exactly 200 feet and stay there. Take your bobber and position it exactly 3 feet from your hook, not 2.5 and not 4 ft, it has to be 3 feet on the nose. Drop this right besides your boat and hold on buddy. Don't worry about what to put on a hook because the fish are so hungry they will eat a bare hook. Pay close attention because alot of times it might be a pressure bit. Good luck bro and I'll see you at weigh in. You owe me a cold one.

Dan, dont pay any attention to this post

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:58 pm

I cant wait till Steve reads that, Ill be getting a phone call saying "Dude your crazy"

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:03 pm

you have too much time on your hands. ive fished that spot before!!!

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:08 pm

Steve's on line now...watch this

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:15 pm

Ho Lance you friken' clown I'm da one who told you about dat spot.
and da only reason why da hook was bear cuz you wen eat all da spam.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:17 pm

SEE, SEE WHAT DID I TELL YA ha ha ha ha Spam=Yuk!!

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:20 pm

That is my drop shotting swim bait spots fellas, lets keep it under wraps....

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:22 pm

Now a serious question... Do hotdogs really catch Catfish? No really, I want to take my kid is it to late or to early for catfish?

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:24 pm

I have caught them on hotdogs or old chicken on a hook as a kid!

they sell cat fish bait thats not too expensive, id give that a try before hot dogs!

Bada Bing · Post by **Bada Bing** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:26 pm

yes, and blue gill...

My little guy should be sponserd by Oscar Mayer

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:28 pm

Steve I hear Spam is good

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:30 pm

Low sodium or not?

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:33 pm

The more salt thebetter !!!

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:35 pm

Steve, you should soak it in A1 Steak Sauce

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:42 pm

A1!!!??? Dats fo Haoles Chili peppa wata Dats DAKINE!!!!

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:45 pm

Don't want to waste any A1, might need it for when Buck B has a cook out and burns them steaks!

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:46 pm

A1 Rocks!!!!

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:48 pm

Especially if you can't cook or bbq and burn everything or your in the navy and eating navy food, it is a wonder what A1 will do to anything just as Ketchup does!

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:54 pm

If given the scenario that this post was started with Would you start shallow and work out. or vice versa? Chunk rock or tules? or the flats?

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:04 pm

I would have a shallow jerkbait tied on, and throw it on the edges of flats near deeper water. I'd fish a smaller rattletrap across the flats. Also a med diving crank.
I'd bring a hula grub on a jighead up the face of the dropoffs leading to the flats. I'd fish a jig along steep rock walls and points, and drag a jig off the flats into the deeper water, or uphill to the flats.
If I'm at Casitas, I'd throw a swimbait early and late.

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:09 pm

Id stay shallow and would have started there. I dont fish deep anymore!!! I only know shallow, 6feet is deep for me! HA.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:09 pm

Oh sorry. The clear sky thing that Dan mentions is what Im not to crazy about. Id hit wind blown shores next to spawing flats with a pointer or staysee in either an American shad or Ghost minnow or even a shallow runnin crank bait. Then I might pitch a Dropshot or a small jig in Tulies becuse of the lack of cloud cover. That would be my second choice if the reaction thing doesent work out. But then again someone might read this and say sheeezzz new guy

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:18 pm

clear sky or dark sky, im still tossin my M-1 Minnow in shallow water!

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:22 pm

Right now Casitas is warmer than 55 and the vis is about 10 ft. What puzzles me is for as warm the water is the Bass act as thou it 45. I was finding 56-57 water on Sunday. And saw some in the shallows. They are starting to move up

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:00 pm

I was reading 59 degrees early, then 61.5 later in the day out there. The water visibility was AT LEAST 10'... that was some of the clearest water I've seen in a while.

I myself never did see any fish shallow.

Bassin · Post by **Bassin** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:23 pm

Do you think if Casitas gets a good portion of rain in the next couple of weeks, it will keep that 10' Vis?

Bryan

Oh, and thanks for the pointers...I'll be the one pre-fishing for the Fed event in a kickboat

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:40 pm

I dont think so simply because of the run off. It might be clearer in the areas that has more rock along the shoreline

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:46 pm

I hope it turns to mud so them bass cant see your swimbaits!!!!!

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:56 pm

Bryon, make a post on here. See if you can pre-fish with someone. A kick boat?

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:59 pm

whats wrong with the kick boat? maybe he dont want anyone to know what his pattern is.....

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:03 pm

Ive seen Bryan in that Kick boat, dont let him fool ya. He can get on plane with that thing

Rob Cummings · Post by **Rob Cummings** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:06 pm

mark poulson wrote:If I'm at Casitas, I'd throw a swimbait early and late.

Hmm..I've heard thru the grapevine that some of best swimbait bites you can get on are during the middle of the day...not like I'll be on the lake the next three days trying to prove it or anything

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:07 pm

night time!!! Night time!!! HA HA... and yes, hot hight of the sunny day can be good tooo.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:26 pm

Swimbaits? I keep hearing that word, what that

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:39 pm

they are these little baits that swim.........They don't look like trout and diffently don't swim like them. They are like the flying lures or helocopter lures. Don't waste any money on them as they are just a BIG gimmic!!!!

Hehe

Brian Linehan · Post by **Brian Linehan** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:24 pm

Tons of fish shallow that you can see. They won't bite yet.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:38 pm

Brian dont tell that to Dakine, he might try some A1 soaked Spam

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:03 pm

Im out a here, got to get home get my top secret jigs get to sleep get back to work at 6am, work 8 then drive to Havasu, FUN.

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:12 pm

Oh what a rough life you got there Lance, good luck at Havasu. Im still rooting for you to draw mike and mike!

Noluk · Post by **Noluk** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:51 am

Hmmm has there been a fishing answer given? If you know where the bass were... and you know where they want to go.. follow the road. I am certainly not a great stick but a few things spring to mind in the spring. Fish uphill whenever you can. That is the natural progression in the spring for the fish down to the bait. From deep to shallow. Fish are going to stage near their spawning areas near deep water in spots where they can ambush prey. They will be looking for high protien low energy meals.

I would try three baits for good quality fish. First would be a swimbait. I would give it a few casts on each point and across key ambush structures like a brushpile. I would expect my primary bait fo the day to be a jig worked uphill. Brown, brown/green or black this time of the year for me. Smaller profile jigs are my confidence. The crawdads are coming out of hibernation and should be moving from the deep water to shallows. The last bait I would look at is a crank. Crawdad or shad worked over any grass I could find begining to grow.

Now while all those things make logical sense to what I know... California bass read different books. And the true Cali sticks always seem to have a better read on the fish and spots. Hopefully one of them can give some insight.