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Suggest watching Sure-Life video's on livewell management. Bass go into thermal shock if the water temperature they are acclimated to is 10 degrees different. The real danger is night tournements when the surface water temps are high with very low DO levels. Bass boats use surface water to fill live...

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Back in the day I would take a paint roller extension handle put 2 12volt 50 watt blubs on a light bracket extend it up 15' and put it in one of the seat holes, my boat had and extra in the center. I guess the fish thought it was a full moon , didn't bother them at all . I could see inside my live ...

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Appologize for posting this in the wrong forum.
At my age the next 4 years will not affect me directly it would affect my ability to pursue bass fishing if still fishing. The next 4 years will be like nothing any of us has ever experienced.
Peace,
Tom

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I am a retired aerospace engineer that registered Democrat to vote for JFK, my 1St vote and last for a Dem. My career started working on Mercury and ended when The Shuttle program was ended, when it was was cancelled, it was a good career. I was also a member of the Piceses bass club in the late 60'...

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Everyone has a different idea about night fishing lights. What you need is nav and anchor lights on at night fishing public lakes. You should have a powerful spot light, flash lights and a led cap light. I have seen everything for flood light to light up the shoreline like a stadium to blacked out b...

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The Delta is a different world from SoCal. Leave your finnese tackle at home. Get a San Jaquine delta chip for your sonar unit, the area is vast, easy to get lost. Think crawdads in dark colors with high contrast, blue/brown or black/red work. I would consider fishing Frank Tract area the 1st trip. ...

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The only time I use braid with jigs is in heavy cover without a leader and that is up in the Delta or Clear Lake. SoCal lakes are mostly rocky structure with some brush very sparsh cover so straight mono or FC depending time of year or day or night. Everyone thinks mono stretches which is false, FC ...

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Probably quarantine 35 days you for thinking of going to Cachuma.
Tom

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When Shimano bought G.Loomis the company changed. I was always a Lamiglas custom rod user and they stopped making customs and selling rod blanks in 2012. Lamiglas suggested ALX customs rods because Alex had their rod blanks I wanted. Turned out to be a good recommendation, excellent rod builder at r...

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Braid with leader = 2 knots to fail.
Tom

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Most Public lakes in SoCal are closed to night boating. Night bass tournaments I have fished all had 10 mph Max speed limit at night. Bright Q beam light helps if your lake allows faster speeds at night.
Tom

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Private lake. Try contacting Last Chance Tackle in Hemet.
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What Canyon lake CA , AZ or TX?
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Aviation gasoline at your local municipal airport.
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The majority of my friends are from the valley, not San Fernado Valley the San Joaquine and are conservative voters. These folks are multiple generation small farmers and local business people. Water is a big issue to small farmers their livelihood depends on it. The small farmer and local businesse...

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My memory is a little vage exactly what LMB species DVL was planted with? I know Gusti planted both Smallmouth and Largemouth. The LMB I believe were transplants from San Diego lakes and more then likely F1 Florida strain. The chart posted indictes length to girth ratio about 75%, poor girth growth ...

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For 10 years I measured and weight several hundred bass just keeping records between 1965-1975. When I started catching 10 lb+ bass treid to use The IGFA formula Length X Girth X Girth divided by 800 = weight in lbs. IGFA length was mouth closed to base of the fork in tail. Using my own data my form...

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TW has Nichols Ben Parker Hare jigs on close out and Strike King Sexy spoons are good for stripers.
Tom

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Mission Viejo was whipped out by yellow algea, upper Castaic by stripers, Castiac lagoon and Casitas by stopping trout plants.
Having caught 2* FLMB that were 28" long doesn't mean it's a WR.
Tom
* 18.6 & 19.3 lb, the 19.3 was released in the lagoon in 1993 after weighing at the Mini Mart.

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Steelhead trout are sea run rainbow trout. The native trout are cold water species requiring running cold water to spawn and hatch eggs. The trout run down river out into the ocean to grow into adult size Steelheads, then return to spawn. Unlike salmon trout don't die after spawning. We don't have c...

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The steelhead trout need cold water. Once the lake warms in the summer the flows from the dam normally are too warm Most all the steelhead waters in Ca have been ruined with the exception of some rivers in the far north coastal area of Ca. Streams without dams In lots of these waters below dams I b...

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I was truly blessed with a 7 10 this year at Casitas before the shut down. That's my best fish in the last 3 years here. I used to have schools of 8 pounders chase my lunker punker when it first came out. There were always teens to be seen and a few caught. A night tournament where they stopped wei...

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Thank you for the heads up!
Tom

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The whale that surfaces gets harpooned.
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Beautiful rainbow, close to the state record wild rainbow trout.
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California is one of the few states that doesn't manage Black Bass populations beyond initial stocking. It's been this way since I can remember and I'am old! Back in the 50's California has fishing seasons where bass fishing wasn't permitted, opening day was June 1st, trout May 1st, fishing closed O...

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Casitas is 160 miles north of San Diego.
Anyone interested in a cabled/tagged Casitas bass boat?
Tom

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C&R with bass. Years ago had a bass that was a bleeder so I cooked it to give it a try, not my cup of tea...stripers are the only ones I found that taste good. But to each their own. :? Have to say when I frequented McClure I noticed a big difference in the fish quality within a few years after...

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Thank you for the update. It's difficult to get any reliable info on Casitas re opening dates.
Tom

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Restore a boat cleaner and polish by Larsen works good.
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I was active back in the 60's promoting what today is known as catch & release of big adult size bass. I wrote letters to the editor of WON recommending skilled bass anglers release big bass, the response from WON was it's impossible to over harvest bass populations from fishing pressure and rea...

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Don't want to go off into too many tangents on this thread. 3,500' should be a major affect unless the set up is marginal to start with. If that is an issue drop 1" in prop pitch; 20P to 29P for example.
Tom

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Thank you for the link,
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Hard starting is typical with carb merc's. Simple things like fuel filter, bad prime bulb to electrical issues like power packs. To check plug fowling you need the engine and hot, then shut it without idling, pull the plugs the color should be very light tan, white is too lean and dark is too rich. ...

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I never noticed line twist with braided line spinning reels twist line with every bail rotation wrapping the line around a fixed spool. Baitcasting reels doesn't twist line. Braid being a yarn has no memory so twisting doesn't manifest quickly but it still is being twisted by a spinning reel unless...

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Plug number? L78YC Is .040- .042 You need to reduce the carb jets dia about 10% for high altitude.
Tom

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It's always a debate what we think bass see and how they interpret what they see. The bottom line is we don't have a clue. Line diameter affects nearly every lure ps action and live bait movements for that mater. Fluorocarbon line is advertised as having the same light refraction as water therefore ...

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Kramer would know he fishes Elsinore regularly.
Tom

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DVL opened in 2003, took you 17 years!
Tom

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Call Anglers Marine, Anaheim.

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A positive attitude is essential to recovery from cancer surgery. It's a long road of filled with advances and set backs. Aaron has the ability to foucs on rehab he has been keeping in good physical condition. The key to survival with cancer is early detection, surgery, stereotactic radiation, immun...

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I know what Cal Trout is CBD is about cannabis oils.
Tom

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Excellent letter!
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The second surgery went well and Aaron is resting.
Tom

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There is a lot going on during the spawn cycles. It starts with the initial pre spawn before the bass move and leave staging areas moving up to scout spawning areas. The bed cycle when males select bed site and clean out a bed then wait for the females to show up. During this initial pre spawn bass ...

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Are you sight fishing? To "bed" fish requires seeing the bass on a bed. Consider the fact male bass protect their bed site and the larger femal bass only visit the bed to lay eggs then leave. Each bass is a individual animal that behave differently. So let's say the male bass is on the nes...

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Aaron is scheduled to have surgery Wednsday the 19th to remove the 2nd tumor, get well Aaron we are all pulling for you.
Tom

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Kelly Ripa wrote:Casitas is supposed to reopen May 1. July 4th would be way crazy and kill off all small resorts so that is most likely the plan....

Good news

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Heavy boat and under powered. 3 blade SST 24p should be in the 5800 rpm range, maybe 63 mph. Adding cup can help with bow lift, adding rake can increase rpm's but you also need to get up on plane. Do you have a jack plate?
You might considered adding hp to your current engine.
Tom

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"Fishing Season" = trout fishing , not the lowly bass.
Tom

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