Fishing Big Bear?

tALLkAN · Post by **tALLkAN** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:52 am

First time going out there in 10 plus years. Taking out my boat and was hoping for a few pointers on where to start??? Cranks? Spider jigs? Frogs? Or should i just go around the lake throwing jerkbaits.. hook it up with some 411 fellas. thanks

tALLkAN · Post by **tALLkAN** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:10 am

OHH and hows the quagga inspection??? is it like dvl?

Oldschool · Post by **Oldschool** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:59 pm

With Tourny upcoming, you won't get too many replies.
Keep in mind BBL is 7,000' elevation and freezes over during the winter. No shad, no FLMB, bass at BBL don't feed on pelagic baitfish. Weedlines, docks, shaded areas were bluegill, pumpkin seeds sunfish, crappie, baby bass, darner nymphs (dragon fly), baby carp, frogs, crawdads and night crawlers make up the bass prey.
Any lure you can work through weed cover, over weed cover, next to docks or rocks will catch BBL bass.
Good luck.
Tom

senkoskipper · Post by **senkoskipper** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:52 pm

Please excuse my ignorance Oldschool, but what is pelagic baitfish?

tALLkAN · Post by **tALLkAN** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:02 pm

thanks tom. didnt know there was a tourney coming up... just wanted to take the ol' lady out of the inland empire lakes and go catch some scenery. i bet there's gonna be a s@@tload of boats out anyway so lets see what happens? any word on how the inspections roll?

Guy Williams · Post by **Guy Williams** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:53 pm

Go with the buzzbait and spinnerbait. If it's a little slower than normal take a floating jerkbait and do some twitchin' in the weedlanes and openings for some action. If you want some bigger bites try swiming and punching/pitching jigs around the docks in the south eastern parts of the lake. Also popping jigs off the rocky area's will hurt some fish too. Good luck, I'll be up that way but with the wife for our 14 year anniversary.

Guy Williams

tALLkAN · Post by **tALLkAN** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:17 pm

thanks guy. appreciate the info. ill post some pics if i can get um.

Flippinjigs · Post by **Flippinjigs** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:49 pm

BIG BEAR??? They got bass in there? Man that brings back the day. When I lived in LA. I think I was 14 years old and that was 44 yeras ago. Thats the last time I fished Big Bear Lake and it was for trout.

Good Luck

tALLkAN · Post by **tALLkAN** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:11 pm

damn. your old school buddy

Oldschool · Post by **Oldschool** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:47 pm

Black jigs and white buzz baits...how oldchool can you get.
Tom

Flippinjigs · Post by **Flippinjigs** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:06 am

tALLkAN wrote:damn. your old school buddy

Yes I've been fishing while, and can get them most of the time. No one ever gets younger in life. You will be there someday too. 4" Blackberry Manns Jelly worm using a #4 split shot. Now thats old school (late 70's)

Good Fishin

tALLkAN · Post by **tALLkAN** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:09 pm

split shotin a manns! thats good stuff... just got back from the lake and let me tell ya there was about 50,000 boats out. it was a complete zoo but managed to get a few. caught a 4 inch smallmouth on a jig and pig. it was awsome