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[DeltaBound]

Steve, you can also try Jigs soaked in SPAM gel. And if you want a real secret, try Vieanna Sausage gel.Oh Dakine brah.

[Lance]

Steve, Get some Pork rinds and grind them to a fine powder, add fresh Spam juice with a cup of warm mayonnaise. Let this sit at room temp for a day, this my friend is "Dakine" catfish bait

[DAKINE198]

Whatta frightful thought. AAAAhahaha

[DanWarme]

The question was where to look, not what to throw, but at least guys that wrote about techniques talked fishin! You guys can take 2 worms out of petty cash. lol

For my part I look for certain things first. #1 is warmer water so generally, I head for either Dirtier water, dark bottom areas, or the Northwest corner of the lake. That gets the most exposure to the sun and is sheltered from any cold north winds that come into the area. Warmer water = higher metabolism for the bass and hungrier fish.

Next I start trying to figure out where they are on the general lay of the land. Are they on the main lake still? Are they at the mouths of spawning coves? halfway back. or all the way back?

After that I start looking for what the water offers. Some of my favorite areas include:
45 deg. chunk rock banks.
drop offs along flats.
Steep walls.
If the lake has big wood, its a good place to find big females rubbing if the spawn is close.
Inside grass lines
Deep live grassbeds if they are the only thing growing right now.

Every day is different. Fish are roaming and there is not a lot of food around for them. Conditions change this time of year sometimes by the hour. Personally I hate having overcast rainy days in winter/early spring. Much rather have a warm sunny day.
And cold fronts, UGH! Fishing can get tighter than an ant's butt.

[Lance]

Hmmm I dont know Dan, I would have to really question your fishing ability. You didnt mention anything about Spam

[DanWarme]

1. I used to work for the guy who owned Spam. Geordie Hormel.

2. If God wanted us to eat spam, (or tofu) he would never have given us tastebuds.

[Lance]

Makes sense to me

[Hollywood]

Mine was fishing related, ha... Jerk bait, all year long!!!!!!!!!!!! The only bait in my boat. Except for those secret jigs Lance has been tossing around!

[Bassin]

Actually Lance....I had to pre-fish from my kickboat the first three days I was at Clear Lake for the AC Team TOC back in Oct. before my partner made it up there with the boat. I was able to get some great ideas and areas.

As for Casitas, Dan just gave me some ideas....some I already was looking at on the Map. I will post before I go down there asking for an open back seat for one of the days I am there.

Now for talking fishing......Hmmmm this front coming through should light up the action at Naci......

Bryan

[DanWarme]

Casitas....

Not giving anything away here so I can feel free to use it to demo the point.

1st 2 areas to go off spawn-wise every year at Casitas are wadliegh and station canyon. They are at opposite ends of the lake but they both are the quickest to warm. For different reasons.

Wadliegh usually has more color to the water. Darker water traps the heat better and warms faster.

Station canyon warms quicker because it is in the NW section of the lake. Most sunshine, protected from North winds.
Tada! Text book examples of both cases.

As far as a previous question of whether casitas will get color due to runoff. Probably not a lot. Usually Casitas needs a good frog choaker of a rain to muddy up. This storm isn't that big from what I have heard. Also, we have had very little rain this year so far. What we do get will soak in fast. I'm not predicting a big run off into the lake. Of course I could be wrong.

BTW. Has anyone found a lake that clears faster than Casitas? I swear to God, it can go from chocolate milk to gin clear in just a few days. It's ridiculous! Give me a good 2' stain any day!

[mark poulson]

At least it has a little color since the '04-'05 winter rains. I swear it was clear to 20'+ before that!
When it was low, you could see the trees in the orchard in front of Station.